is heading to Seattle, according to Foxsports.com

“Seattle has traded linebacker Julian Peterson to Detroit for defensive tackle Cory Redding and what is believed a 2009 fifth-round draft choice, a source told FOXSports.com.”

They could still go for Aarron Curry but Jason Smith looks like a stronger lock right now, also DT’s Jerry, Hood and Brace should all becoming to detroit for a visit, one of those 3 will be on our roster shortly. Too bad on losing the draft pick though…

or Monroe. I like Smith, but Monroe has produced for a longer period, and I’ll trust that over the potential to have a guy who spent the majority of his time in a two point stance to adapt.

We take stafford first and trade him for cutler that would be good with me and take ray ma at 20 you heard it here first why else would he be selling his house,i smell another trade sniff!!! sniff!!!!(trade yes please)

I’m stoked as hell for the next season and we haven’t even got to the draft yet. Mayhew and Schwartz are making great moves.

I’m as optimistic as anyone ,but i dont think currys going 1st unless thers no hope for a cutler deal then im all for it cause he can play all over,but remember culpeppers only on a one year deal(thank god)and the 2 drews are unproven so where would that leave us at QB.so dont be surprised if we go stafford #1 and ray ma #20 and the best DT #33 and
then the best OT #65? or vice versa with 33 and 65,but i remain very optimistic its only getting better with these great pickups so far lots of scenarios still to come the more we pickup on trade or freeagency(still some FA available that can play)

possibility we will sign maybe one more guy but thats about it. Now its time to build through the draft i think we’ve done our fair share of building in FA we need to save some money for some young raw talent.

I agree ,but if that guy isnt a backup QB then is the stafford scenario more likely?

I would rather get a Quality backup QB and go for the curry scenario only if the cutler deal
isnt possible though,but we wont see any thing from that until we see if he shows up for mini camp and i dont think he will cause he put his house up for sale today,whether will
be able to trade for him or not who knows?so i dont see anymore deals for at least a few
days but i think weve done very well to this point and think the coach has done well!!

Cory Redding was looking very promising 2 years ago and has since been non existent. To get a player of Peterson’s talent, even if he is a little older, is a great swap.

I think this move may lend to the the lions doing the same thing some of us recommended to Sean, and that is, if Peria Jerry is still there at #20, no doubt you take him.

I agree with everyone else that I think OT is now the favorite look for the #1. However, I just have a hard time believing that Stafford is the future and I definitely see the lions drafting a QB. If they draft QB #1 I wouldn’t be shocked to see them pull one over on everyone and take Sanchez over Stafford. Sanchez has a lot greater upside. If they don’t take a QB in the first round, then I expect them to try and get a sleeper in the 3rd.

to see us take curry at 1, I think the smarter move here is to take an OT at and possibly an LB or something else defensive at 20. We could take a QB in a later round. Maybe josh freeman or someone else could be a choice. you never know. Prime example – Tom Brady.

not bad! peterson has been a beast ever since coming to the league. to redding, good riddens!! i never liked redding, and to this day, don’t understand how or why he was franchised. i always felt that he was a fraud, made no plays at d-end or at d-tackle and got exposed this year as a starter playing next to a lesser tackle. i think its safe to say that most of his stats were a result of playing next to shaun rogers for all those years.

having said that, it looks like we wont be drafting curry. i would really like to see smith or monroe taken first. im not impressed with either stafford or sanchez. i feel that both stafford and sanchez were products of having good supporting casts around them on offense and suffocating defenses that opposing teams feared. i feel that the playmakers on georgia and usc made plays, while stafford and sanchez were asked to be efficient with their throws. stafford played from behind too frequently for the talent that he had around him, and sanchez hardly ever played from behind because of the talent and usc’s defense, both red flags if you’re looking for a franchise qb. besides, freeman and harrell did more with less in college.

this year’s draft should be utilized to fill needs, as next year’s draft will sport a better qb class. i would like to see detroit draft an o-lineman with the first pick. the pass protection is horrendous and the run blocking is just as bad. for the second pick, either a d-tackle or safety, both glaring needs for the defense. i think we could get freeman in the third round.

Aaron currys a beast Im happy we got julian but currys a beast, we need a cornerstone and hes a friggin monster!!!! We can pick up any F.A Qb next year when weve got a defense that only gives up 14 points a game, were gonna be so improved as a team its a joke…if we can get a Curry, Maeuluga, and mickens lineup with the first 3 picks we’ll be on our way..

Has anyone cosidered that the reason we’ve been set back for so many is years is that we keep swinging and missing on 1st round QBs, even one’s that Kiper and other scouts believe will be good, to the detriment of actually building a “team.” Long, Ware, Harrington. Figure 3 or 4 years per and that’s almost a decade wasted on 1st rd QBs who couldnt produce.

I’ve been thinking about how this changes/impacts the draft and this is what I’ve come up with. I don’t know how many will agree (or if anyone will for that matter) but this is what I’ve come up with. I still like Curry at 1.1 and move him inside to play MIKE. I don’t know if he can transition that well but from everything I’ve seen he is a beast and should be able to do it. At 1.20 we take Peria Jerry and let him play next to Jackson, which would give us a solid front 7. At 2.1, hoping and praying that one of them is still there, Mack or Robinson to play LG. If we could do that, hopefully that would help Backus out enough to allow for a fairly solid line. Just my thoughts though

In lieu of the Peterson acquisition, I would prefer they draft either Monroe or Stafford. Although Smith had a wonderful combine, I am very skeptical of drafting a offensive tackle that spent most of his time in a two point stance, and didn’t start playing tackle until his sophomore year. I applaud his physical skills, but he seems a bit raw for the #1 pick overall. Monroe paid his dues at Virginia, faced Chris Long in practice every day for three, and has great lineage- see Branden Albert and D’Brickashaw Ferguson. As far as Stafford, I think they have a wonderful opportunity to do the right thing by drafting a qb and letting him sit, and learn without the pressure.

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