Where are our weak links at?

I mistakenly omitted DT…. Suh or McCoy will fill that hole

With the addition of Jones (PacMan) I still doent see CB it as a strength. He was mediocre in Dallas, and needs to prove he still has the skill. CB and Safety holes contribute to still one of the worst secondaries in the NFL.

Burlesson, was a nice addition but he is injury prone and B. Johnson was good in spurts but couldnt hold onto the ball. D. Williams? Nope, and CJ needs to stay healthy.

We have Sims (coming off of a injury filled season) Levy (sleeper stud) and Peterson. Who else? There is no depth at the LB spot.

RB. Smith, Morris, Brown. Smith major injury, Morris getting older, and Brown needs to make big gains in the mental department.

Oline if healthy isnt as bad as it looks. But Peterson needs to get healthy. They will add to this group and I think it will be solid next year.

are at the QB, TE, and WR positions…

Obviously we are set with Staff, Hill, and Stanton
With Pettigrew and Heller as our receiving and blocking TE’s, we have two solid contributors there
We just signed Burleson, we have Johnson and Johnson, and several other serviceable receivers to play #3 or #4

So if we could solidify our offensive line, and grab a young back to pair with Kevin Smith, our offense would be fine, in my opinion. Our defense is the main concern (as per usual).

We NEED another ‘every down’ DE. We’ve got some rotational guys, and a proven starter in VandenBosch, but I’m not sure that the DE by committee deal is going to work.

DT, we’ve got some pieces in place, with Williams and Hill, along with some OK depth guys, but we could use a ‘game changer’ to disrupt in the middle. I’d say we’re better in the middle of the defensive line than the outside.

Our LB’s are nothing to really fear… Sims has been middling his whole career, and it’s looking more and more like he might just be stuck in the wrong scheme. Levy is unproven, so everyone is crossing their fingers that the front office’s faith in him is founded. Peterson is a proven, aging LB who we’re hoping can produce at or near a level he once did. I think we need a LOT of work in this area, and I’m as concerned about it as I am our secondary.

Speaking of which, even IF we DID sign Adam Jones, that doesn’t make our secondary anywhere near legitimate, even now. I once advocated drafting Kyle Wilson in the top 10 if we traded down, and I meant it. Aside from Louis Delmas, our secondary is still devoid of playmakers. We’ve traded for or picked up several #2, nickel, even depth CB’s, but no one we’ve gotten is really ready to take the reigns. I wouldn’t be upset in any way if we ended up picking Berry at #2 and Wilson or another starting caliber CB at #34. I think Berry gets the onus, due to the fact that he’s probably a better corner with his safety skills than most or all of those CB’s. This is our biggest weakness by far, and it matches up TERRIBLY with our ridiculously pass-happy division.

Just my two cents.

Weakest – Guards. Our two best ones are returning from the IR. The rest stink.

Weakest – CBs. Last year we picked up Buchanon, Henry, and King in the offseason and thought we had improved. WRONG. I don’t see that our new additions are much different.

Every other area needs still more improvement. Lets fill a few more holes this year and hopefully the 2011 off season will see the Lions will see us actually building some strength and depth.

If we pick Suh or McCoy, I would be willing to call our D Line a strength. Not perfect, but a strong unit that I would match up with almost any in the league.

I’d say the weakest is CB. We’ve got to draft our future CB soon. Pacman is not the answer. Maybe a stopgap if we get lucky.

RB next. Smith is a real question mark. Brown has shown flashes of brilliance, but not enough. No one else has stepped up. We need our AP, CJ, LT whatever initials you want superback.

WR not the weakest, but we lack a true slot type receiver. That would go a LONG way towards helping us continue drives.

LB again depth issues. But we could probably get by with what we have

OL can always be improved. We have some aged vets, and we need a OG. I think we can get a good one this year.

S We’ll need someone to cover deep for Delmas so we can cheat him up and let him drop the hammer. Berry would be perfect!

is everyone leaving out safety and defensive end? We need to draft a d-end and a safety. Probably more than we need to draft a d-tackle. I don’t care if Suh is there, Berry should be the pick, or we should trade down for more picks.

CB – Our guys will basically play one spot up on the depth chart. I hope we draft someone round 2, or 3

RB – Kevin Smith is decent, but I don’t think our run game is threatening with solely him as our running attack.

SS – We need a quality starter here to make Delmas available to do even more.

DT – Stop the run! We’ve wanted it for years…man, I hope we draft Suh.

LG – I tend to think our OL is ok at best, but it seems everyone agrees we need to upgrade here. Again, I am hoping in round 2, or 3 of this draft.

I think they are our biggest weaknesses, hopefully all of those things are addressed at some point during the draft.

Not for the strength difference, but from the hard work and dedication to the weight room. Every time you raise the bar your blue collar shows a bit more.

I think the Lions have been clear on that too. Just like the Chris Houston trade. They went after him because he is the type of corner we want to have on our team. Because he is a Detroit Lion at heart. Because he carries himself like a Lion not only during the game, but in practice and off the field too. Basically thought Gym Shorts (errr Jim Schwartz) has said that he has a specific schematic for each position he looks for. You can see the common thread with Stafford, Pettigrew, and Delmas last year. That definition blurs a bit for the other picks. You see that each of those players is a fierce competitor that not only has talent but carry themselves with a swagger. A certain confidence that their will be imposed on opponents. So when you look at the first round guys, or the guys Detroit has had in town, even though I have been arguing that the other picks need to be considered too, Suh does jump out as the obvious choice. Though Okung is the biggest talent at tackle I am not sure he has the biggest attitude. For that your looking more along the Brian Bulaga, Trent Williams, <aurkice Pouncy line of thinking.

There are a few positions of need, but right now our CB situation looks like it’s beyond dire. I’m sorry for the language, but if our week one starters are Houston and Wade, we are FUCKED.