Draft talk

There has been a lot of players moving up and down the draft board across mock drafts. It seems like the most consistent pick is sadly the Lions taking Tyron Smith. Bowers dropping to me seems like hogwash, this guy is a beast. QBs taken will decide a lot. Teams know  which QB they want. They will stay put and take their guy or they will try and trade down. I think there is going to be a lot of trading. Patriots realistically could trade up for Von Miller and then do there usually trade down with their other pick. Kevin Kolb is a big trading piece for the Eagles and probably will get traded to a team like the Cardinals for their pick. I would expect the Cardinals to get more in return for that trade but we'll see. Akeem Ayers has been really dropping in these mock drafts. Jimmy Smith as should be expected is talked about everywhere, but mock drafts safely put him late first early second.

What should the Lions do? They guy they want most is going to go in the top 6. The next guy they want most will go top 10. Other guys they really need are going 10-30 picks later. Picking at 13 would not be good for them. Thankfully Julio Jones and Mark Ingram will be wanted commodities and will be threatening takers right behind the Lions. I also think their could be traders for a tackle. I think the tackle will be trading up for a is Carimi at this point. Teams over the years seem to see where the first tackle or two is taken. They try and get the guy where they feel there is a big drop off. I think most teams feel the drop off is at Carimi. You don't want a second rate tackle in the NFL. If the Lions can stock up with late first round picks and early second round picks they could have an amazing draft. I'm not only talking trading down, but also up with their second round and other picks.

The Bears desperately need a tackle and the Lions need to stock pile draft picks. I realize the a trade within the division is tough, but it's about the area of a late first round pick. The Bears would give up their entire draft except their 7th round pick. Lions would now be drafting at 29.

I think you would see another 6th round pick traded to another team for a player in the wrong system,  but we'll see if they can keep those magical trades going. The Lions move up to 36, giving up their mid second round pick and a fourth rounder.

They use the Bears late second round pick and their mid 3rd round pick to move up to 40. The Lions end up drafting at 29, 36, and 40. Instead of 13 and 44, where every guy they want is gone. Now their 3rd and 4th round picks would be 16 spots lower also. I'll take three guys over two. Guys that we would want here are Akeem Ayers and a CB with the first two. The CB could range from Aaron Williams to Brandon Harris to you guessed it, Jimmy Smith.

It's the 40 pick that is still a high pick that is interesting. The Lions filled two gaping holes. They still have a need at LB and maybe CB. They have a good chance at signing at least one good player at CB and LB. Now they very well could sit back late in the second round and take Mason Foster that would be a good pick. At 40 though you could get a star player. They could take a RB if Mike Leshoure is there. They could get a WR, Titus Young, the Maryland speedster Torrey Smith, or Jon Baldwin. Another option is what they were stuck with at 13 a OL. The tackle would be Benjamin Ijalana. A guard is much more likely. Pouncey would a dream pick, but Wisniewski is a guy I love and should be there. Watkins and Cannon are late second round guys that would be taken if we don't trade the bears pick, especially is Mason Foster is gone.

A guy that could be taken at anyone one of those spots is Martez Wilson out of Illinois. This is a guy I bashed a bit and mock drafts do have him falling. I think a team will love his speed and take him earlier than he should, but he could easily fall. The past few years a LB has really fallen. Rey Mauluga is the best example of a LB falling. I think ILB have been falling because of the 3-4 systems out there, Martez can play in both systems so he shouldn't be hurt. I have seen Martez as late as 61. Which to me is a good value pick there. I also think it's important that he go with a team that is more established to  not put too much on his shoulders right away. He needs to become a more instinctive player to be one of the greats and that is going to take time. With the Lions D line it wouldn't be that bad of a fit for him. He's built well and has good combine numbers to prove, but can his speed make up for instincts at the next level. I don't think so, that's why I say he needs more time. He's a guy that could explode in year 2 or 3 of his NFL career.