Love Dan Campbell's 1st draft w/Lions

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Lots of qbs can throw a ball when they have time to throw. Lots of rbs can run the ball when you make holes for them. Games are won and lost in the trenches. Always have been. Always will.

Waiting 25 years for a mahomes type player is the outlier. Not the norm.
Exactly . We aren’t getting a once in a life time QB.
 

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I'd take it, Speilman left broadcasting to help them build their roster.
 

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Doesn't matter, that league is gone.

The Chiefs guards were the worst run blockers in the league last year...they had no problem scoring bc they have a qb and wrs.

You can win with good skill players and an average ol. You absolutely can't win with poor skill players and a great ol.
Every housewife in America has a fantasy team.

The owners wanted that following and revenue and it changed the game.

Definitely not for the better IMO but is what it is.

I don't expect the league to attempt to change it back the way baseball is.
 

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They didn't take a quarterback, and have nothing at WR, so the rest is pretty meaningless.

They're building a team that has no chance at contending.
Ya taking a year to figure out Goff is a bad move. The guy is terrible and being surrounded by significantly less talent and a less creative coach definitely isnt going to help. I thought Fields was the smart pick for them.
 

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They won't be the Lions of old for long. Dan seems to appreciate draft capital and draft value. Dallas stopped being the Cowboys of the 90s when JJ decided he had all of this draft stuff figured out.

he had a can't say no offer fall in his lap from an aggressive team sick of their qb and who was friends w/ their qb. I'd be hard pressed to really credit him
 

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Lots of qbs can throw a ball when they have time to throw. Lots of rbs can run the ball when you make holes for them. Games are won and lost in the trenches. Always have been. Always will.

Waiting 25 years for a mahomes type player is the outlier. Not the norm.
Nope.

There is 0 scenario where you win a SB with a qb who can't handle pressure. Andy Dalton cannot win a super bowl
 

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They didn't take a quarterback, and have nothing at WR, so the rest is pretty meaningless.

They're building a team that has no chance at contending.

LOL.........right because when you build a contender you start from the fringes back the the middle and take WR's.
 

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Not without a quarterback you don't, and no it isn't.

You can scheme to compensate for average OL, you can't compensate for a lack of playmakers

Do you really think they are going to never get a QB? Detroit has been drafting playmakers and WR's for decades and it hasnt gotten them anywhere. They nailed this draft. Skill position can come later when they actually get a legit QB for the future.
 

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It's a project that has no chance of success without a QB. It'd be 2-3 years if they had a qb, right now, there is no reasonable timeline that they'll contend

Fields was right there for the taking and they did the worst thing possible. They're purposely building to be what they Bears were last year.

If they are banking on Goff to be their guy than I agree with you. I just dont think that is what they are doing. Taking Fields may have been the play.
 
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