Changing My Tne

now I am the driver of his bandwagon. “all aboard, next stop, the endzone.”

I had to debate everyone on these goddamn boards about this. I think I was literally the ONLY Best supporter on POD. Despite the fact that nobody could ever come up with any genuine concerns about him besides durability, I argued I don’t know how many times over the guy.

And K-Smith and him be like two peas in a pod, their syles compliment each other very well.

During the POD mock draft, Best and Matthews were available at #34, and I prefered Matthews over Best. The real draft didn’t work out that way, and I’m happy the Lions chose Best although the concussions and the report of a neck muscle problem is a concern. If Jahvid didn’t get hurt and miss the last 4 or 5 games, he probably would’ve been the first RB taken instead of CJ Spiller.
I liked what the Schwartz had to say about the pick. It was something along the lines of “I’m a defensive coach, so I know what a nightmare it is to match up against that type of player.”

But now he is on the team and one of us so i will back him 100% all day everyday. I think him and Smith will be sweet in the backfield together, i am curious to what the hell Jim will do with all the backs on the roster.

up. I remember thinking to myself the second they traded up that we were going to pick like Taylor Mays or a corner or something. When they picked Jahvid my first reaction was like why? But then I realized that this dude can light up the field at any second and at any given time they could give him a swing pass or set up a screen and he could be gone. I was even more happy when they drafted Amari in the 3rd because I thought they were going to pick a corner with that second 1st round pick even though most of the best corners were gone. I would say he has some of the highest “potential” with the rest of the offensive weapons we already had and those we picked up in the offseason.

I was convinced Best is a good pick after watching some highlights.

with Morris and Smith. Those same plays with Best are going 20+.

I was on board with getting Best at #34 before the draft. The PoD favorite, if I remember, was Kyle Wilson, who ended up going one spot earlier than Best. He would have been a good player to trade up for too, but I think Best will have a bigger impact.

my cousin forced me to watch film of this guy a few weeks before the draft. i was really against taking an RB this high, given our needs, but I absolutely fell in love. he has cheetah speed but more importantly changes direction on a dime and has great vision. give this guy a little day light and he is going to bend the field.

we will find ways to get the ball into this guy’s hands. he was the best offensive weapon available in the draft.

Ryan Mathews was gone. I admit, I wasn’t that on board with Best coming here because I didn’t think he fit what the Lions were trying to do. I felt that they were looking at more of a every down back, which I felt Mathews better represented.

Now, I see the logic in it all and I am very excited to see the kid show us his stuff. I guess where I changed my tune is whether or not he can be an every down guy. I’ll admit, I’ll be a little skeptical until he becomes that guy, but Schwartz thinks he can do it and that’s good enough for me.

I’m still on the fence about him. Of course, it wasn’t a bad pick. I thought he was the second best back in the draft after matthews, and the fact that we got him at 30 is a great value pick, but i wanna see him on the field b4 i make any real judgements.

Just him wearing a Lions jersey gets me to hop on.

But i just bought my Best jersey. Initially i thought we should get whats his name from Stanford.
I think we did the right thing though.

and his name rang a bell meaning he did more damange than i wanted to recall. It was a couple of years ago but i was ok with it, but i thought we would have gone D.B. if we were going to trade up. So i quess the F.O. had a hunch about Kevin Smith. As it stands today I Like It. I just cant beleive our damn luck at running back or returner the last 5-6 years.

I love the idea of having a homerun hitter in the backfield, but a very interesting player.