New Year...New Thread

Thanks to gritz for for this list:


here are the top FAs this offseason

Pos Overall Rank Name Type Yr Ht/Wt 2008 Team

DT 1 Albert Haynesworth UFA 7 6-5/320 Tennessee
CB 2 Nnamdi Asomugha UFA 6 6-2/210 Oakland
DE 3 Terrell Suggs UFA 6 6-3/260 Baltimore
WR 4 Roy Williams UFA 5 6-4/210 Dallas
MLB 5 Ray Lewis UFA 13 6-1/245 Baltimore
WR 6 T.J. Houshmandzadeh UFA 8 6-1/199 Cincinnati
OLB 7 Bart Scott UFA 7 6-2/240 Baltimore
DE 8 Julius Peppers UFA 7 6-7/283 Carolina
CB 9 Chris Gamble Re-Signed 5 6-1/200 Carolina
MLB 10 Karlos Dansby UFA 5 6-4/240 Arizona
OT 11 Jordan Gross UFA 6 6-5/300 Carolina
RB 12 Brandon Jacobs UFA 4 6-4/264 NY Giants
OT 13 Marvel Smith UFA 9 6-5/321 Pittsburgh
OT 14 Mark Tauscher UFA 9 6-4/315 Green Bay
TE 15 Owen Daniels RFA 3 6-3/247 Houston
C 16 Matt Birk UFA 11 6-4/309 Minnesota
C 17 Jeff Saturday UFA 10 6-2/295 Indianapolis
OG 18 Stacy Andrews UFA 5 6-7/342 Cincinnati
OT 19 Jon Runyan UFA 13 6-7/330 Philadelphia
OT 20 Tra Thomas UFA 11 6-7/335 Philadelphia
OG 21 Jahri Evans RFA 3 6-4/318 New Orleans
OG 22 Mike Goff UFA 11 6-5/315 San Diego
OLB 23 Michael Boley UFA 4 6-3/223 Atlanta
OLB 24 Leroy Hill UFA 4 6-1/224 Seattle
CB 25 Dunta Robinson UFA 5 5-10/184 Houston
C 26 Jason Brown UFA 4 6-3/320 Baltimore
S 27 Jermaine Phillips UFA 7 6-1/214 Tampa Bay
S 28 Oshiomogho Atogwe UFA 4 5-11/210 St. Louis
DT 29 Rocky Bernard UFA 7 6-3/290 Seattle
DT 30 Jovan Haye UFA 4 6-2/295 Tampa Bay
MLB 31 Jonathan Vilma UFA 5 6-1/230 New Orleans
MLB 32 Mike Peterson UFA 10 6-1/235 Jacksonville
S 33 Sean Jones UFA 5 6-1/215 Cleveland
MLB 34 Channing Crowder UFA 4 6-2/247 Miami
OLB 35 Angelo Crowell UFA 6 6-1/246 Buffalo
MLB 36 Eric Barton UFA 10 6-2/245 NY Jets
OT 37 Willie Colon RFA 3 6-3/315 Pittsburgh
OT 38 Khalif Barnes UFA 4 6-5/325 Jacksonville
QB 39 Kurt Warner UFA 11 6-2/222 Arizona
RB 40 Derrick Ward UFA 5 5-11/228 NY Giants
C 41 Eric Heitmann UFA 7 6-3/318 San Francisco
DE 42 Chris Canty UFA 4 6-7/300 Dallas
WR 43 Amani Toomer UFA 13 6-3/202 NY Giants
WR 44 Bobby Engram UFA 13 5-10/188 Seattle
C 44 Richie Incognito UFA 4 6-3/305 St. Louis
TE 45 L.J. Smith UFA 6 6-3/258 Philadelphia
TE 46 Bo Scaife UFA 4 6-3/249 Tennessee
WR 47 Bryant Johnson UFA 6 6-3/211 San Francisco
RB 48 LaMont Jordan UFA 8 5-10/230 New England

I like signing Scott Linehan, a proven OC, I'm really liking the staff so far Schwartz is putting together, hopefully now the GM can get in some players for them to work with

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Originally posted by TheHansBecker:
I like signing Scott Linehan, a proven OC, I'm really liking the staff so far Schwartz is putting together, hopefully now the GM can get in some players for them to work with

Hopefully, Schwartz has a good say as to what they draft. This isn't Millen anymore going against what the scouts say and picking a guy he thinks will pan out.

Linehan to coach Lions' offense
ESPN.com news services



Scott Linehan, the former St. Louis Rams coach who turned down the San Francisco 49ers' offer to become their offensive coordinator, has agreed to join the Lions in that position, the team announced Friday.

Terms of a deal were not disclosed.

Linehan declined the 49ers' offer Sunday, saying he wasn't ready to commit to his next coaching move.

Linehan, a respected former offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings, was fired four games into his third season as the Rams' coach last September.

New Lions coach Jim Schwartz hired veteran assistant Gunther Cunningham as defensive coordinator Wednesday.

I also love the idea of a former coach being our O-Coordinator. So far not bad, IMHO.

Stafford with the 1st pick makes me sad though.

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Originally posted by JROLLA:
I also love the idea of a former coach being our O-Coordinator. So far not bad, IMHO.

Stafford with the 1st pick makes me sad though.

I don't like that idea either but what if he turns out to be a stud? you never know. His game does translate to an NFL offense. I think Smith, Oher, Black, and the guy from Baylor are all even and we could sign 1 of them with the 20th pick or in the 2nd round.

Personally, I think we should build the rest of the team first so we don't have to rely on a young QB to save to the team. Plus I still want to see if Stanton can play even though he seems pretty fragile. Orlovski was'nt that bad either.

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Originally posted by gritz:

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Originally posted by JROLLA:
I also love the idea of a former coach being our O-Coordinator. So far not bad, IMHO.

Stafford with the 1st pick makes me sad though.

I don't like that idea either but what if he turns out to be a stud? you never know. His game does translate to an NFL offense. I think Smith, Oher, Black, and the guy from Baylor are all even and we could sign 1 of them with the 20th pick or in the 2nd round.

Personally, I think we should build the rest of the team first so we don't have to rely on a young QB to save to the team. Plus I still want to see if Stanton can play even though he seems pretty fragile. Orlovski was'nt that bad either.

I agree. No to the QB. WE need a game changer on D or a LT.

But I here scouting is Schwartz's strong point. And I have been pretty satisfied with Mayhew at GM so far.

I like the Linehan signing as well... it's always good to have someone with head coaching experience on your staff. Even if he didn't fare very well...

I'm starting to lean towards Eugene Monroe as our #1 pick. I think that in the end, he's going to be the top rated LT in the draft. At 6-6 315, he's enormous...

http://www.draftcountdown.com/...ot/Eugene-Monroe.php

And here would be the other guys I would go after...

1A Eugene Monroe(LT)
1B James Lauranitis(MLB)
2A Alphonso Smith(CB,KR)
3A Andy Levitre(OG)
3B Derrick Williams(WR,KR)
4A Chip Vaughn(SS)

FA signings, Albert Haynesworth, Bart Scott, Dunta Robinson, and Oshiomogho Atogwe... dream signings more than likely.

DE DeWayne White(Might not be big enough to play DE in 3-4)
DT Albert Haynesworth
DT Cory Redding(Fast enough to play DE in 3-4)
DE Cliff Avril, pure passrusher to use in Hybrid D(See Terrell Suggs)
SB Bart Scott(can also play inside if we lineup occasionally in a 3-4)
MB James Lauranitis
WB Ernie Sims
CB Dunta Robinson
CB Alphonso Smith
FS Oshiomogho Atogwe, playmaker at FS creates TO's
SS Daniel Bullocks

I would like that defense alot.. if we played a hybrid 3-4, 4-3 defense we could really put alot of pressure on the QB. on running downs we can go with White and DeVries as the DE's, then when we go to a 3-4 on passing downs we can move Redding to DE and go with Alama-Francis or Fluellon as the other DE, and bring in Avril as an OLB to rush the passer.... whew my mind is a racing

I think that Luga is gonna be be much better than Laurinitis.

Lauranitis= OVER RATED x300000

Maualuga all day every day over him.

I think if Detroit can trade down to pick #3, they should pick up some later round picks. They could draft Smith at #3 and then couple a late round pick with that #20 pick and move up to get him. He's not a consensus top 5, or 10 or even 15 guy roight now, he is a consensus top 20 guy though. SOmeone always slides, a little farther than people thought a guy would. So it's possible that he could infact slide. Aarron Curry is a consensus higher pick than Ray, so you just never know. Wait till after the combine. Plus don't forget there is a FA signing time between teh combine and the draft. It's still very early on to really peg what teh draft will, or even should look like. I'd prefer to go after Smith with teh top pick so that whoever is eventually brought in to play QB isn't getting creamed a la Carr in Houston a few years back. YOu either decide to protect your QB or it ends up as a game of smear the... well I think you get my point. SMith also is a dual threat OT, he can push through to second tier blocking so that teh RB is getting clean lanes to get through. That take pressure off the QB. Smith is truly something special, like Jake Long a year ago and Joe Thomas two years ago. Really can come in and start on day one and make a direct impact in a positive way.

I'll be really ****ed if the Lions draft a QB in any of teh rounds on day one. NExt year will be an f'n free for all on QBs. Besides, lets not kid ourselves. While QB is a need position this team needs to fill, a guy they draft this year will not get them in teh playoffs. We have enough holes in this team that they need to be addressed first. You can put a one or two year patch on teh QB spot, but positions like OT and most of the Lions defensive spots are higher priority. At least that's the way this fan sees it.

They should draft a LT with that pick. I don't really like Stafford, and next year there will be a lot of good QBs. With the 2nd pick, I would go for defense.

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Originally posted by ruiner:
They should draft a LT with that pick. I don't really like Stafford, and next year there will be a lot of good QBs. With the 2nd pick, I would go for defense.

this man speaks the truth

Hmmm how about this... trade the #1 pick to someone in the top 10 for a top 10 pick and another pick in the 3rd rd. We then could trade the 20th pick and our 3rd rd pick(maybe throw in another 5th rounder) for another pick in the top 10.

With those 2 top 10 picks we take the best LT available of out Eugene Monroe, Andre Smith, Michael Oher and Jason Smith. Then with our 2nd top 10 pick we take Rey Maualuga. So we get a franchise LT and MLB in this draft.

Then we have a 2nd rd pick and 2 3rd rd picks still to work with. Alphonso Smith, Andy Levitre, and Derrick Williams...

^If we could pull that off I'd be down with that cuz no number 1 pick could single-handedly save our team. And now just having better coaching will help some of our shortcomings. I'd prolly make the same picks you mentioned.

Ya, it seems like the Stafford talk has calmed down a bit

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Originally posted by Brandon:
Hmmm how about this... trade the #1 pick to someone in the top 10 for a top 10 pick and another pick in the 3rd rd. We then could trade the 20th pick and our 3rd rd pick(maybe throw in another 5th rounder) for another pick in the top 10.

With those 2 top 10 picks we take the best LT available of out Eugene Monroe, Andre Smith, Michael Oher and Jason Smith. Then with our 2nd top 10 pick we take Rey Maualuga. So we get a franchise LT and MLB in this draft.

Then we have a 2nd rd pick and 2 3rd rd picks still to work with. Alphonso Smith, Andy Levitre, and Derrick Williams...

You essentially gave the exact same idea I did, like 3 posts and 4 days earlier... What's up with that?

I will say this, I want to see the LTs at teh combine before I'm on teh Andre Smith bandwagon 100%, I believe there are about 8 LTs that could go top 20, sooo... I'd like to see which one performs the best when all the factors are levied equally!

It really makes me angry to see that Tebow and Bradford are staying at their schools. I think they would really look good in a Lions jersey.

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Originally posted by Lionsloser07:
It really makes me angry to see that Tebow and Bradford are staying at their schools. I think they would really look good in a Lions jersey.

I want Bradford much more than Tebow. I wouldn't mind getting Tebow after the 1st round. That's why I would rather wait until next year to draft a QB. We need the best OT.