Draft Targets?
by JMW62689 on Jan 6, 2010 8:33 PM EST
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These are some of my Draft Targets by round
Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska: The guy is amazing, is there really any doubt that if he is there we should take him?
Eric Berry SS Tennessee: Excellent Safety Prospect, maybe the best one ever, but it doesn't really make sense to Draft him with Delmas already back there
CJ Spiller RB Clemson: Very good RB, people say he could be the next Chris Johnson, I don't know about that but one thing is for sure, he is good. Although he is good, it really risky to pick him because of our offensive line, can he produce behind such a pile of junk?
Russell Okung OT OK State: Big and Atheletic, i don't know if he is as good as Smith or Monroe last year, and neither of those players are starting at LT in the NFL, that is why he is not higher on my list
Round 2:
Patrick Robinson CB Florida State: Should be a starting CB in the NFL and probably really good too, we need a CB really bad, but we also need a lot of players at other positions too
Bruce Campbell OT Maryland: a nice OT that some people say might be as good as Okung and Trent Williams, but others say he is late 1st round early 2nd. We need a OT (Even though Jim Schwartz believes Jeff Backus deserves Pro Bowl Votes)
Bryan Buluga OT Iowa: Again a nice OT Prospect, and again we could use one
Vince Oghobaase DT Duke: 6'6'' 300 lbs +. Look everybody you have all been saying why draft 2 DTs, why not draft 2 DTs? what has Sammie Lee Hill shown us? is there anyone else behind him? maybe Cohen, i say keep Cohen and Cohen cut the rest that gives you 5 DTs and a Hybrid type player in Fluellen (DT/DE)
Golden Tate WR Notre Dame: A little undersized but has great speed and playmaking abilites, i am seeing him in the Slot between Johnson and Johnson.
Jermiane Gresham TE Oklahoma: Yeah a TE, look we need upgrades everywhere, over Pettigrew no, but over Fitzsimmions and Heller? oh yeah, look not my ideal choice, but its another weapon.
Round 3:
Dexter McCluster RB/WR/Wildcat Ole Miss: Small and Fast. Look if he puts on 30 Lbs i think you got a steal, he has Toughness and Speed, two things you cant Coach. Yeah maybe a risk, but its a risk that could pay off huge in my opionon.
Mark Dell WR Michigan State: Good most of the time, great at others. He has some issues which could cost him, but he makes some big plays
Greg Matthews WR Michigan: Very disappointing Senior year, but he was a good option back when U of M had Manningham and Arrington, which is the WR we will see? that is the question.
Round 4:
Blair White WR Michigan State: Good Speed, Great Hands. Should be a great option in the Slot, very reliable too
Larry Asante SS Nebraska: you get a Solid Safety to go along with Delmas, which is really all we need.
Those would be some of my Draft Targets i am thinking about. I saw we look for some OG,CB,RB,WR and DE prospects in the 5th,6th, and 7th Rounds.
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Good targets
All of the 2nd round targets you have, i have seen projected first rd except the DT from duke. Patrick Robinson i have seen go late 1st so if hes there i would like the Lions to pick him or if they dont like anyone there they could trade down and get Javier Arenas and pick up an extra pick. Or i think if there looking for a good complement back with Smith then javid best would be a consideration at this pick if he is still available. I think the DE Selvie from S. Florida would be a good 3rd rd target. WR Freddie Barnes or OG Brandon Carter would be good targets for the 4th rd. I like Blair White but he is projected more toward 5th rd or lower so i think we could pick him up later.
Brandon Ghram
would be a nice 2nd round pick up also
by timmy20 on Jan 6, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
good post
but i think Bruce Campbell and Bryan Buluga are 1st round material, what we need are guards, and Mike Laptui, Charels Brown, Selvish Capers, and Ciron Black, will be possible lineman available. Laptui will play left guard, and if we take one of the tackels they will play right tackle. Cherilus will move to guard, he will be better off there. Cherilus has good speed to pull and good size to be a road grader. However his foot work isnt that great, we need a guy who can dance a little bit.
MikeLupati 6’6" 330 lbs
Charels Brown 6’5" 295 lbs
Selvish Capers 6’5" 298 lbs
Ciron Black 6’5" 327
Heights and weights incase you wanted to know.
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First off I think Gresham is a first prospect and secondly y would we waste a 2nd round pick on a back-up TE? Also 2 DT’s is a waste because we need other positions before we start looking at depth. That’s liking people saying we should waste a pick on a backup QB. I dont understand that logic but other than looking at depth instead of positions who need new starters good job!
+1
Gresham pick makes very little sense to me. A 2nd rounder as a back-up??? We are a ship filled with holes…………..the one we filled is TE. Use that pick to fill more holes, no need for a back-up. If you want a backup re-sign Hell or Fitzy.
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+1
Yeah, not your best choice JMW
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by Hyperion Ecta on Jan 7, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
I totally agree
But as i said, its another Weapon, yeah you would be running a lot of 2 TE formations and thats why i have him as my last option up there. I don’t want to see them Draft him over a position of need, but if he is by far the best player on the board, i say why not
I can see your point
Obviously having Grew and Gresham would provide us with possibly the strongest TE’s in the league, but do we need that? I don’t think so. I’d be very surprised if Gresham was on our hitlist.
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Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.
by Hyperion Ecta on Jan 8, 2010 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
Patrick Robinson is overrated...
read the ESPN draft lab on him. I think Kyle Wilson from Boise State is a Much better corner then Javier Arenas. Campbell will end up being a top ten pick after the combine, and Bulaga will be a first for sure. Then add Arthur Jones, Mike Iupati and Jahvid Best to your round two list. You could even add Jordan Shipley and Toby Gerhart to your round three list. Gerhart will never be flashy, but I can guarantee the guy will move the chains. Greg Matthews, I think he will be a very late round pick, somewhere between 5th and 7th rounds, Rich Rod’s screwy offense really killed his draft stock . I would love to get Matthews, Carrs recievers that went in the late rounds always ended up being solid pro’s.
Freddie Barnes
I watched the guys bowl game, he is a solid reciever. People kill him because he is not a speedster, so he will get drafted late. He could be a late round steal. One other guy is Mike Johnson, hes a guard from Bama. He’s a guy we could probably get in round three, and he could be a starter from day one.
stud interior OL
we need a guard, a tackle, and start looking at center. interior lineman we can get in later rounds. we could consider moving one of our tackles to guard but I don’t think we really want to do that.
as far as DL goes, this is the most critical need on the team. I say we take a strong look at DT Gerald McCoy since Suh will go probably go #1. I like what I see from McCoy. not seeing much for 4-3 DEs in this draft.
if we aren’t in love, we could try to trade down or go with Berry (SS) or best OT available.
Even as an MSU diehard....
…I think you’re overrating Mark Dell a lot. He’s also a junior and seems unlikely to come out. Was very inconsistent this year, bad play, great play, bad play, great play. One of the guys suspended for frat party invasion. Seems like he has the ability to be great in college, but it hasn’t quite clicked yet. I’d be shocked to see him as a third round pick if he declared.
Oops, misclicked
For the Lions, they’re still in the position of being able to pick almost any position and have it be an upgrade.
I like the idea of going d-line first, but I wouldn’t immediately discount Berry if he’s all that. Two safeties have to be on the field, after all. D-line is the easier pick, though, because paying #2 money and #33 money to your safeties seems a little unbalanced.
For O-linemen, it’d be best to find someone later who they think can play guard now and maybe be the LT of the future.
by witless chum on Jan 6, 2010 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
eric berry
yuo do realise you allowed to safteies on the field right? and he may be able to play corner but we won’t know that until combine and pro days
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yes i realize that
but honestly are both Safeties going to get a ton of pick and a ton of tackles? no. Would it be awesome? yes. is it a need? no. All we need is a solid guy back there with Delmas, a compliment not an equal.
Couldnt help but notice most of your late round pics are from a michigan based school….just saying a little biased
+1
No Arthur Jones from Syracuse in the 2nd Round??? Come on Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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U think he could go first round Latif??
PS – his younger brother at SU is even better than Arthur. You’ll hear a lot about him next year if SU finally fields a winning team (where have we heard that??)
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well..
i’ve seen a couple of mock drafts have him in the first round, including draftcountdown…which is usually pretty good at mocks, so i wouldn’t be surprised. Plus, there is a big need for DTs this year
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The Profiler
You said exactly what I was going to say! There are two safeties on the field, so drafting Berry would not be bad at all, in fact, it could just be the best pick we could make. Having two superstar safeties means that our poor CB play could be hidden as well as we would be able to shutdown the opponents’ downfield passing game. I would love to see Berry land in Detroit.
Eugene Monroe started thirteen games in 2009. All at Left Tackle.
His play improved significantly through the year. I don’t believe that Okung is as good as Monroe.
Jason Smith only played Right Tackle and only started five games for the Rams before going on IR.
Okung is not good value for us at pick #2. In my opinion.
I think..
Okung is a much better prospect than Monroe, and would be a solid pick @ 2. If Suh isn’t there, I think he is the best option. I really don’t want to see them take a safety with the second pick in the draft.
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Some assorted comments.
Round One: Spiller and Okung are not #2 worthy. Gerald McCoy is and Derrick Morgan is a slight reach. I don’t agree at all with your comment about Berry. Having two outstanding safeties is not a luxury. It is a need.
Round Two: I don’t like any of your targets here. Campbell and Bulaga will be long gone, the rest are not worth our pick [#34]. As others have said: Iupati OG, Brian Price DT, Odrick DT, Brandon Ghee CB, JPP DE, Chad Jones S, A Jones DT, a WR who slips out of the first round [LaFell or D. Williams, no not the one we have].
Round Three: All the guys you have are extreme reaches. I like Asamoah OG, M. Johnson OG, A. Dixon RB, K. Wilson CB, R. Jones S, J. Dwyer RB, B. Graham DE, K. Jackson CB, J. Arenas CB, J. Fox OT, Jeremy Beal DE.
Round Four: S. Render OG, Austen Lane DE, CJ Wilson DE, L. Houston DT, Jay Ross DT, Gerhart RB, Hardesty RB, JD Walton C-OG, McCourty CB, Shipley WR, Blair White WR might be good here, J. Woodall S.
You have to remember that when we pick so early every round that we should have first [almost] crack at anyone who falls. With our multitude of holes we should be able to just take the BPA. Or trade down if a team below us is really worked up over an available player.
Nice list North
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.
by Hyperion Ecta on Jan 7, 2010 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
No offense..
but I really don’t like your picks. I would never take CJ Spiller with the 2nd pick in the draft. He is purely a one-dimensional running back. Chris Johnson’s success is being taken a bit out of proportion here. Secondly, I don’t like how your draft is filled with WRs and RBs…we shouldn’t draft one of those positions until at least the 5th round IMO. Plus, guys like Mark Dell and Greg Matthews aren’t even all that good.
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go look at WR from UofM and MSU that are in the NFL or were in the NFL
It is a pretty good list of players, yeah you have some guys like Charles Rogers, but still the list is pretty impressive. (This will all change because UofM no longer runs a Pro Style Offense)
not a strong argument
you can’t decide whether a receiver is good just because he came out a specific college. True, UM has had some good wideouts in the NFL, but thats no argument for whether not a guy like Greg Matthews will be a good pro. Only his skills can decide that. MSU hasn’t even had that many receivers in the NFL. Only one come to mind: Derrick Mason
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Plaxico,Mason,Devin Thomas,Musihin Mohammad
Solid NFL WRs, maybe not great, but not bad either. and Greg Matthews was Henne’s 3rd option and at times it seemed as though he was his 2nd behind Manningham, Rich Rod has screwed up Michigan football, but thats a whole other arguement
Where do you go to find evil Defensive players?
FSU,Miami,Florida? Where do you go to find a good Offensive lineman? a traditional style Offense and you find those in the Big 10 or Big 12. If you want a Big huge DT look no further than the SEC. you want a freakish Athelete look to the Pac 10. Its not hard people, kids pick their schools based on a style that fits them, a great example Pryor picked OSU over MSU because he wanted to play in the NFL, OSU runs a more Pro Style Offense than Michigan does. Look Posistion players go to places that have produced talent at their individuial posiston before, its really not hard to figure out. So yes Colleges do produce players at spots time after time
Not convinced
So you’re gonna try to tell me that everytime I want a corner I should find the player coming out of FSU? That makes no sense. Also, you make it seem as if UM and MSU are wideout centrals, they’re not. Yes, they have produced some decent talent, but thats no reason to take a wideout from there. If I were to follow you’re logic, then I shouldn’t take Calvin Johnson in the first round b/c he didn’t play at a “big name school”.
Plus, I don’t see how you can justify Devin Thomas as a good draft pick. The guy was drafted in the early second round, and had like 350 yards last year. He is closer to a bust than a good WR. Mushin Muhammed was drafted in freakin 1996…he really shouldn’t count, and Plax got in trouble everywhere he went, so hes really not worth the production (which wasn’t anything over the top to begin with)
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I tend to agree with you latif
There’s obviously some truth to the other’s points. For example, Alabama are well known for producing O-Lineman, but that doesn’t mean you should look for your OL there.
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.
by Hyperion Ecta on Jan 8, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
Ann Arbor?
I’ve often referred to that town as The Center of All Evil.
What? He can’t block a dead gopher? Humph, details.
Some Michigan WRs who set the NFL on fire this decade.
David Terrell, Marquise Walker, Adrian Arrington, …..but you gotta give Michigan its due, they have/had a lot of WRs and QBs in the NFL. Makes sense, don’t you think?
I really liked Marquise Walker. The guy had the greatest pair of hands that I have ever seen. I know he was not fast, but I always thought he would make an NFL career out of his ability to make the tough catch in traffic and in the end zone.
Good concept
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