My opinion go ahead and make your LB core a definate strength. I think if they take a LT he would be put at LG for a year anyway and then be moved to LT. And Stafford is potentially good QB but not worth #1 money. And I don’t think we can trade the #1 pick. Raji is also not worth the #1 pick. Take the definate starter and work form there. as always just me 2 cents.

This is easily, without question, the most important draft in Lions history. As I’ve said before here, while it might be nice to swing for the fences and hope you get that home run (Stafford), you need to take the safe, 100% sure pick every time here. We can’t have any busts out of this draft, especially at #1. We HAVE to get a definite base hit here.

So I’m going with Monroe, who many thing is the safest pick in this draft. I’d also be fine with Jason Smith. Either way, we’re getting a pretty safe pick, we’re filling a definite position of need, moving Backus to the inside allows this draft pick to improve two spots on the most integral part of the offense, and we’re going to take a massive step to help out whoever plays QB for the next several years.

Take the safe picks this draft, fill as many positions with quality guys as you can, and then in a year or two, you can start swinging for the fences again. In the meantime, immediate, consistent help is what this team needs. Give it to them.

There is no way around it. The Lions MUST get this position covered. They may not see the benefits next year, but 3 years from now they will be happy they made this choice.

There is no way the lions can take a LB first. That amount of money to pay him is not worth a LB. I still say Stafford. He shows alot of upside promise. If not then the OT is their next choice. But it is very clear that Stafford is to be the choice.

I prefer Curry as the first pick, but if the Lions feel that there is a bigger need on the defensive side of the ball and the money value is there…then that is who they should pick. With the Lions defense as pathetic as it was last year, that is where I think they need to spend their first draft pick. Since they now have legitimate strong side and weak side LB’s, why not have someone in the middle who can do the job? I am sure they can pick up good offensive/defensive tackles later in the draft. They need to strengthen their
D and the best person in the draft to do that is Curry!!

We might not be able to trade the pick, but we could use him or trade him to add more pieces to the puzzle!!!

I have always been, and will always be, a detroit lions fan. We who say this have struggled through so much. However I really would like to push the point that n4ry4 brought up. If we draft a QB number one overall, and it doesn’t pan out, like so many other first round picks made by the Lions, it will only set us even further back.

While I too love good LB’s, I truly believe that good football teams win the up-front battles. You MUST have a Oline, and a Dline. I would hope they consider J.Smith as their first pick. Having said that, I would trade anyone, minus Calvin Johnson, to see Cutler dawn a Lions uniform.

Bottom line, as long as they don’t take another wide receiver with their first pick, I think they will be alright.

This pre-draft month has been insane. First everyone wanted Michael Oher because he was the “safest pick in the draft”. Then they wanted Andre Smith because he was the “safest pick in the draft”, now jason smith or eugene monroe is the safest pick depending on who you listen to on TV.

Look, that just proves to me that there is no definite #1 among the LT’s. Andre smith is the best talent among LT’s, so why would we spend the #1 pick on a tackle that we can all pretty much say, isn’t the best talent at the position.

Curry is the best LB by FAR in this draft. Raji is the best DT by FAR in this draft. DT is a bigger need than LB. Our LB looks good with peterson, yes we are weak at MLB, but our starting DT is a 36 year old. I think we can steal Laurinaitis later on anyways so I chose Raji.

Raji is a beast, is the best player at a high need position available, he isn’t switching positions, he isnt the 3rd best at his position being touted as the best because the best has character issues, he IS THE BEST at his position in the draft period and it is a position of HIGH NEED now with redding and big baby gone.

curry is the safest pick and would love to add him to the core,but well see the lions have done good thus far and well see what they do in the draft ,but if not curry then go stafford,and OT at 20 this years pretty deep in that position and DT at 33, but curry would be my first pick then go to FA and get a backup QB for cheap money,cause games are won on defense and especially we all know lost in the 4th qtr on defense for us so if we decide to strengthen the defense im all for it plus our LB core would rival any in the NFL
with curry sims and peterson doesnt that just sound good wooohooo!!!GO LIONS!!!!!

they need a qb plain and simple, culpepper is terrible, why do you think nobody wanted him except detroit? look at every good team, they all have one thing in common-good qb. detroit needs alot, but they need a signal caller first. maybe trade their 1st pick for cutler? still have another in the 1st rd. and then they will have proven qb instead of a rookie. anyway, they will blow their picks like always and pick a bad player. until they quit hiring asst. coaches and get a former head coach, they’ll continue to be laughingstocks and the worst franchise in all of sports.

Mainly because I think he is the best defensive player in the draft. Im not worried about the position switch, because if they think (and he thinks) that he can play the Mike, then who the hell am I to argue.

Mediocre QB’s get the job done, because the O-line gives them the chance and TIME to make decisions, good decisions. Having to scramble and dump pass every other down, does not constitute an offense. Even if Dante can be half the QB he used to be in the past, he’ll be nothing but injured if they don’t shore up the O-line. Imagine what K. Smith and Calvin could do, if the ops defense couldn’t just focus on them. They both still make the plays, but without production by others, they are all we have. This draft is deep with defensive players, and no ONE player can turn around this franchise. With #‘s 20 and 33, we take DEF. Peterson is going to solidify the Linebackers. But what we really need, is no ego’s, play for pride, play to win. They gave up week 5 after the bye. I’ve been watching them for 30+ years, and last year was the worst, because before, they at least tried.

This draft should be the beginning. FIND the cornerstone, and build from there. Curry, Smith, Monroe, Raji……..they are all good, maybe may be great, but by themselves, they are one player. We have at least 2-3 years before we compete. But they could at least win 5.

in the 1st QTR. Every Week. Always.

I was on the live posts for all the games where we were sitting there like, here we go again.

Defense. Scoring the 20 points a game we do now is fine. Unless of course you give up 20 in the 1st Qtr.

I was not suggesting we don’t draft Defensive players…so you are telling me, if we draft say Curry, we stop giving up 20 in the first QTR? I mean no disrespect, But, when a team is up 21-0 after the first QTR, they relax on DEF a little…no one player is going to fix all the problems we have. But if we go DEF, so yeah, we stop them from gaining a big lead. But see the whole picture. Teams Play harder, when it’s close. We won’t score 20 a game unless Hanson kicks 7 field goals. I have season tickets, there every game.

Realize, as I understand, I’ll never see your point, and you won’t see mine. This blog is filled with arm-chair Qb’s, lol. But I bleed Detroit Sports, I follow all Mich Teams. I just want too see us respectable.

First of all, what happened to giving Stanton a shot? Other than that we need to do some trade talks to Denver for Cutler, he is established and had one hell of a season last year. And we still have Culpepper and Stanton. What we need from this draft is an Offensive Line or Defense. Cutler is someone you can build a franchise over and that is what the Lions are trying to do is rebuild a franchise that is Horrid.

I’d just as soon go with a complete starting force in the LB corp of Sims, Curry and Peterson. That would stablize that position for a few years and would inject an immediate defensive group. After that Mayhew can focus elsewhere in the draft. Somewhere out there is a qualified experienced QB that Mayhew should be able to pick and be an instant upgrade to Culpepper and I’m not talking about Cutler. His price tag may be to expensive.

You have to go in 1 direction or another, Both lines need WORK. You could start with OL to protect the QB of the future, that we should draft next year. The QB positon will be deep next year, and lets face it, the lions will absolutely suck this year again. So, they can fill it next year with a better QB than Stafford. If it was my team, I would put a line in place that could protect my QB of the future, before I take Stafford and send him out there to get killed. But then again, if you take Curry, you’ve got a core of LB that would be the standard in the league for years. I’ve seen there’s no absolute #1 OL so take Curry. But for gods sakes, don’t take Stafford.

I think that Stafford wins out by default. He has elite level talent, has played against the best in college football, and he was all the tools you look for in a franchise quarterback. Yes, I think Curry is an excellent choice. However, there are too many LBs in this draft and I’m not convinced that none of the others are as good as he. Furthermore, they’ve just signed Peterson. Although Schwarz and Mayhew feel he can play middle, I still feel that that is putting too much money into one area. I like Smith, but I’m concerned that he hasn’t played a lot of left tackle, and he played in a spread offense. If they don’t take Stafford, I suggest they take Monroe. Excellent pedigree, played against Chris Long in practice for years, and he’s not as much of a risk as Smith.

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defense defense defense thats what we need. new head coach (ex. defensive coor.)=

1. B. J. Rajii

1a. W. Beatty

2. J. Laurinitis

Did we forget the Andre Ware experiment so soon? Some team desparatly wants this Stafford Kid…bleed them for all you can (ala Herschel Walker) and make this pick count for a change!!! Mayhew, We brought you in to wheel and deal and make us contenders…DO YOUR JOB!!! You have made great off-season moves, its true…but this decision will make or break you as a GM…

He is ready-forget about Stafford…If you cannot get a trade-go with the O-Line…protect whomever you have back there…Schwartz is shoring up the defense…I like Stafford-just don’t think he is worth the money you WILL pay him at #1…He does Want to come to Detroit-How many people have said that in the past 10 years?

GO DETROIT LIONS!!!! FAN FOR 40 Years-0-16 or not…THAT’S MY HOME TEAM!!! I will never give up on the Lions!!!

he can be moved to middle linebacker It would give the lions an awesome defense.

we need a road grater on offensive line. year after year, we’ve tried to fix the problem on our offensive line with either free agents past their prime, or with 3rd or lower round draft picks. the bottom line is that neither solution works. our defense is a problem, but since we will not be good next year, and noone seems to want the first pick, use it to solve two problems. we get a franchise offensive tackle, and then we draft defense with the rest of the picks. i would sleep just as well with maleluga in the middle as i would with curry.