Going off topic, I saw Jenn Sterger on Kevin's lackadaisical blog. Man is she a babe or what. She says something about looking like Favre's wife, yeah a younger thinner and hotter version. Don't get me wrong I believe in the sanctity of marriage, but Jenn Sterger is a 10.
Last off topic issue I wanted to talk about were a couple of products I got from one sale a day. I don't know how many of you are as skeptical as I use to be. I've boughten two great products from there. Delivery is slow, about two weeks. I never really need anything that fast when I'm bargain hunting anyways. Now the two products I got I had been looking on eBay for a while. First is the redeye mini from Thinkflood. Good product, it takes sometime to get everything right. I haven't set to much up yet. There are somethings that make this product awesome. I can scroll through a TV guide on my iPod then touch and it switches the channel. For people like me, that have to turn the channel and wait for them to go through one by one on the guide channel it sucks. Now you can download the app for free and use the guide, but there is a better app that I use to use, i.TV (free). Part of the reason I like i.TV better is because I'm use to it. I think redeye looks more customizable though and I will eventually like it better. It can also do multiple things with one click. What I mean by that is I can set it up to turn on the TV, the DVD player, switch the AV, and then play the DVD. All this with just the touch of one button. Going into the last thing I want to mention is that it can supposedly communicate with all devices that use infrared. I have only setup my TV. I will setup other stuff when I get situated. The second thing I bought on one sale a day, was a cooling pad. It is a thermapak heatshift cooling pad. First of all they do an amazing job and they are so easy to transfer. I know $30 is pricey, but it is worth it. I have a newer laptop, so overheating isn't much of an issue. Now for both these products I got them for $15 and that included shipping.
Free agency never seems like it is going to start and we are never going to know what we have. This lockout situation is really going to be tough when signing draft picks come around. I wonder how teams are going to deal with it. You can start negotiating with your draft picks, but when push comes to shove it is going to hurt one side. How do you estimate what the cap is going to be if there is one at all. An estimate actually will not give you that good that good of a number to go by. The reason it won't is because you have to include zero, which would be a huge difference compared to the other numbers. Now if it's a remote chance of being zero it wouldn't affect it much.
Lets get onto our Lions
Needs
2 CBs
2 LBs
G
WR (down field threat)
RB
I would hope they could sign a free agent at CB and LB. We have 6 picks and 6 needs. The only chance you really have at filling a need area in the 7th round is a speedy receiver and we do have that need. Lets remember the hype that came with Tim Toone. Who is still on the practice squad which isn't terrible for a 7th round pick. Ideally we could fill 3 in the draft and 4 in free agency. Now I've talked about the guys we can get in free agency and we will take a look at that again soon, possibly not until after the draft though. A CB and a LB has got to be two of the first 4 picks. Now you can't caught on a guy drafted in the 4th rounder as a starter, a 3rd rounder on this team at those two positions has got to be though. Later rounds is a ideal to try and get a WR or a RB. I've seen Shaun Drough left out of a lot mock drafts and I really like him. If he is there in the 4th round I would love that pick. I would love the first 3 picks to be CB, LB, LB though too and that is going to be tough. It's tough for teams to get WRs and RBs right, that is why you need to try and get these in the later rounds, also because it's less of a need. Lastly Stefan Wisniewski would be a great pick in the 2nd round for this team.
Prince
Fills a huge hole for the Lions. If they can resign Houston or maybe someone else, Nnadi. It would be a strength for the Lions very fast. It is really tough to say that Prince will be available to them. Ideally I think moving down and getting Ayers would be the best thing. DE might be the best available pick, and you almost have got to pull the trigger. Problem is, it doesn't fill a need.
Martez Wilson
This might be a stretch of a pick. It could definitely happen. The reason that moving down was good for the Lions is because there were so many 4-3 LBs still on the board and they saved money. They also would get a 2nd round pick next year which will help with a lot of maneuvering. One time 1st round pick slips to the 3rd round. Like I said in an earlier post, there is always that guy that shockingly falls. I wonder if the 3-4 teams pass on him. I see a lot of DTs to come off the board for the 4-3 teams. Also, a lot of 3-4 teams need NTs as well. He had a horrible pro day according to everyone, he might be the faller. I like to call that person the Rey Maualuga. I will say this, boy was I wrong about him. I still remember gushing over him when I watched film of him.
Mason Foster
As some of you know this is my dream guy in the 3rd round. It is like having a high school crush all over again. I might have to get a foster jersey if he gets drafted by the Lions. Excellent fit for the Lions here. I have posted about him earlier. Some people grade him in the 4th round, I just can't believe that. Early 3rd round is my estimation where he goes. 4th and 5th round picks you could look at Matthews and Herzlich. I don't think either one is an immediate starter, but could eventually be. Matthews at the very least will be the special teams stud, which the Lions shouldn't pass on him if he is available to them.
Out of this draft you get two great LBs with versatility. Martez or Levy can play the inside or outside position. Foster would be on the outside. All 3 LBs would be great in pass coverage, very fast guys. Prince would be a great in pass coverage. I think the only huge hole on the defensive side of the ball is that last CB spot. Corey's offside penalties this year might be relevant and kill is much more when they wouldn't have actually scored anyways. Lets face it Corey got free passes on his penalties because they were going to score anyways.
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