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For those who say we needed to draft a LT first...


I went over each draft for the past 8 years and looked at teams who drafted offensive tackles as their first pick. I only used the first 10 picks for each year, because, let's face it, this range is where the Lion's would have drafted pretty much every year during this span. And I noticed something interesting: the majority of teams who took tackles are still needing a franchise QB. So for those who claim we should have gotten a LT with our first pick, well, they don't have any evidence to support it as far as this data suggests. Teams went LT first, but still never got a franchise QB. They are still stuck in a rut. The "wisdom" of protection, then passer isn't as lock solid as people claim. But I'm sure you all can debate it.

Name Pick Team Explanation
2009
Jason Smith #2 St. Louis Looking for a QB.
Eugene Monroe #8 Jacksonville Looking for a QB.
2008
Jake Long #1 Miami Still needing a QB.
2007
Joe Thomas #3 Cleveland Took Quinn, got burned.
Levi Brown #5 Arizona Got lucky with Warner, now
entering unknown water with Leinart.
2006
D'Brickashaw Ferguson #4 NY Jets Maybe got a QB now? 4 years
later.
2005
None
2004
Robert Gallery #2 Oakland QB's all bombed out.
2003
Jordan Gross #8 Carolina Delhomme never panned out.
2002
Mike Williams #4 Buffalo Never got a good QB to protect.
Bryant McKinnie #7 Minnesota Favre emerges 8 years later.
Levi Jones #10 Cincinnati Only team that got it right.

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