Janoris Jenkins

We wont have a full back because we don’t need a full back for our system. We just insert Will Heller in where Felton would be.

I think our O-line is avg…Above avg Pass protection…Below avg run blocking.

a running back does not make an offensive line better, in any way. You cannot have a running game without the holes to run through, period.

The exception to this rule, of course, is Barry Sanders.

Regardless, I’ll be happy with whoever we take really. I think we have to accept that our OL is gonna be pretty much the same next year, outside of Leonard Davis taking Peterman’s spot (which I could see us doing to trade Peterman during/before the draft to move up). Cherilus and Sims aren’t going anywhere. Backus looks to be locked in for another year, Raiola is probably gonna play until he gets a ring or pops a knee. He’s a captain. As with KVB, I think he can squat on his starting position as long as he wants, unless we get some sort of break.

It’s long overdue. The problem is drafting real OL help is also long overdue. What I’m wondering is how far Dre’s stock will fall given the weed arrest. Perhaps that could be the best of both worlds for us and we get a top flight OL AND a top flight CB between our first 2 picks. Besides, I’d rather have the more physical guy given both are great in coverage.

While I think Jenkins is a good CB most scouting reports I have read say Claiborne from LSU is the best cover corner in the draft (many feel he is a better cover corner than Patrick Peterson, but that he isn’t as big).

Second while we have not spent high round picks on O-Line yet, the strategy that I have noticed the Lions like to employ is to take the best player at a given position in the draft. At #23 if they feel that there is a player who is best at their position this year that is who I expect they will take (which to me seems like Konz is quite likely because most reports I have read have him as the #1 C in the draft). But maybe they think Jenkins is the best CB in the draft and take him. They also prefer high character guys, and that is one of the knocks on Jenkins. They also tend not to specifically try to fill needs, but just take what they believe is the most talent player (assuming they would actually have a role on our team). So, even if they think the secondary is the weakest unit, it doesn’t mean they will use a high round pick to fill the need, they have been more willing to use free agency to do that in the last few years.

Finally, while I don’t think our secondary is great, I feel that the D-Line had way more to do with us losing that game. Brees was under very little pressure that whole game and the Saints were able to convert by running on 3rd or 4th and short. It is usually up to the D-Line and LB’s to make those types of stops. We have also used much more of our resources to make the D-Line a strength, but I can’t say they had a better game than the DB’s, which to me means they under-performed more.

i am sorry but there is just NOOOO way anyone can convince me he is a first round pick. Talent wise 100% yes… as a person “hell to the naw”. He isn’t at florida for a reason. And though he may have cleaned us his act since… can you really look any gm in the face and say use your first round pick on him? And it isn’t just that he smoked weed. It is the manner of which he got caught on top of it.. How could anyone be that dum!!??? ..no way on Jenkins

He hasn’t taken a player with significant character issues. So while he will most likely consider Jenkins, I’m not sure he will pass the sniff test on character issues…Whoever is selected will be a playmaker Mayhew feels will be a good football player. That is all we know at this point IMO.