Opinions Needed for Mock Draft

by Sean Yuille on Feb 23, 2009 3:42 PM EST in NFL Draft

I am participating in a mock draft on Football Burrito with other NFL bloggers and want your opinions before I make a pick. The first thing I want is your thoughts on who I should take #1 overall. After that, let me know what you think about this trade I have been offered by the Browns blogger:

Lions get:

QB Derek Anderson
WR Braylon Edwards
TE Kellen Winslow

Browns get:

WR Calvin Johnson
#20 overall pick

Personally, I do not want to give up Calvin Johnson, but it is very enticing to get a QB, a TE, and a hometown WR (even if he can't catch a pass). Right now I am leaning toward declining the trade, but I will take the results of the below poll into consideration before making a decision either way.

Anyways, leave your thoughts in the comments section.

UPDATE: I declined the trade.

Poll

Should I make the above trade?

Yes

35 votes

No

295 votes

330 votes | Poll has closed

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The wouldn’t have offered that trade last year. Only after Derek Anderson is exposed as a fraud is that a possibility. You’d give up an arguably better WR, to get back an iffy QB, that might tie your hands in other ways, and what’s left? Kellen Winslow for a #20 pick?

Granted, I’m not a fan of the KWII, but with as many needs as the Lions have, that pick could be put to better use.

by ahtrap on Feb 23, 2009 4:27 PM EST reply actions

I agree

Looks like the decision has been made based on the feedback of the poll. lol

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by Sean Yuille on Feb 23, 2009 4:31 PM EST up reply actions

Mock

I don’t like the trade proposal giving the perfomances Anderson and Edwards had last year. Calvin is our go to guy for years to come and that is just too much to ask for.
As for the mock I think we should go Curry number one!

by tigers4ever on Feb 23, 2009 4:53 PM EST reply actions

If they throw in Thomas for Backus...

…then it’s a done deal

by n4ry4 on Feb 23, 2009 5:29 PM EST reply actions

#1 overall

Curry looks solid and safe!
A nice dual threat at OLB, its a thing of beauty.

by BtotheLT on Feb 23, 2009 6:01 PM EST reply actions

crazy

CJ is gunna be the best WR in the league hands down if we get are O Line and qb situated we could get better qbs in free agency then Anderson u cannot trade Megatron no matter what.And for the love of god draft Curry him and Ernie o lord we wouldnt even need a 3rd lb lol

by TherealOG on Feb 23, 2009 8:17 PM EST reply actions

. . . not like Anderson, Edwards, and Winslow got them much of anything last year. Sacrificing a player who could go down as one of the best ever to play, plus a chance to get a player we desperately need at LB, CB, OL, etc. . . no way.

Peace
Ty

http://thelionsinwinter.blogspot.com

by ty@thelionsinwinter on Feb 23, 2009 9:07 PM EST reply actions

Sean, when is the mock draft going to be posted?

Make us proud. Take curry, laurinaitis, unger, tyson jackson, pat white, and then fill in the rest of the holes.

by MatthewDC on Feb 23, 2009 9:27 PM EST reply actions

obviously not all of those, but those are the guys i think are good picks..

If you dont take curry then I like Laurinaitis, but if Jackson falls to 1.20 you should take him.

And hopefully unger is still there at 2.1 but I doubt he makes it out of the first round.

by MatthewDC on Feb 23, 2009 9:35 PM EST up reply actions

Aaron Curry at 1-1

Then maybe Britton or Beatty at 1-20 (unless Sanchez falls that far).

I would not make that trade. Anderson is suspect and Winslow is a cancer. CJ is the real deal

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by Jettero2112 on Feb 24, 2009 7:11 AM EST reply actions

I live in Cleveland...

…and these three are the scapegoats for the floundering Browns offense last season. Give up our best offensive threat for a shadow of the 2007 season? Not a chance!

by ShiveringTim on Feb 24, 2009 7:21 AM EST reply actions

I wouldn't take it by a slim margin

Building for the long haul does not mean giving up your biggest offensive threat and a building block. If you want to win 2 more games (my projection on how those guys would help us) next year, make the deal, but you mortgage the future.

by ReichardZ on Feb 24, 2009 10:36 AM EST reply actions