D4L, Thats all the media does anymore; they get fed whatever spin their ‘source’ wants, repeat it faithfully in whatever media they are in, and call it a scoop. It then gets spread everywhere as fact by the other journalists and talking heads. They never seem to question the motives of the guy giving them the story, or correct themselves when it turns out later that they have been fed a load of crap. It is lazy and unethical, but thats what they do.

This is the same in sports reporting, business, politics, entertainment,…… . The lesson to be learned is to think about what is being spread, verify it with other sources, and be sceptical.

As far as I know he is an excellent pass blocker and needs to work on his running game. Monroe is a bit more balanced, but if the lions are looking for pass protection then i would suspect Smith.

…..he had the best combine by far of all the O Lineman.

is more injury prone

Thats one of my main problems with drafting Stafford at #1. We will then have to reach for a Left Tackle [Beatty I guess] at #20, who is not really setting the world on fire [a younger Backus?]. Or the worse option, trade up from #20 to get Oher.
Then we start drafting defence.
It will be more difficult to get difference makers on defence later. We need solid starters on defence from the draft.

I think there is going to be a lot of false info out there until someone is signed. Some of it will probably be leaks specifically from the Lions to throw people off.