I have refrained from commenting on the Lions' draft debacle in the hopes that it was a bad dream. Instead, the nightmare continues. Sometimes, in planning plan an event, a marketing strategy, an article, it is useful to play the "what can this absolutely NOT be" scenario.
That's what the Lions' executed on draft day. They overpaid for a QB, they drafted a really good TE after signing a TE free agent and with other decent TE's available in later rounds; they drafted a safety when they had signed some free agent DBs, and they drafted an LB that will not start, an OL in R7, a twig-like RB just like the one they have already on the roster. Then, they drafted ANOTHER TE.
It seems that a even a wholesale management and coaching change...and a new logo... is not enough to change the organization's ineptitude on draft day.
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Teams either draft for a need they have or they draft the best available player...or they're insane/inept (think Al Davis) and draft whoever they think is exciting.
ReplyDeleteThe Lions are a sad franchise, but they can turn around just like Miami and Atlanta did last year. It's down to the leadership of the team--will they accept continued lackluster effort or not?
I think the Lions would have won a few games and would not be the laughingstock of sports if every game, every down they put out their best effort.