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For me that would depend on the nature of the restructure. I don't think Vaitai is in a position to accept less money, he played well last year. If we make a huge splash though and need the space (trading for Watson while covering Goff's 22 cap hit comes to mind), I would be okay making more of Vaitai's money guaranteed, to play with the cap, but I wouldn't want to increase our future obligation to him. If we stick with him at RG in 22, I don't want to force ourselves into the same commitment for 23.

Flowers was an obvious cut, I think Vaitai is more complex. I think if they can pickup one of the top three or four guards in the draft at #66, they may plug and play him and cut Vaitai. Short of this, I think they’re also open to having a competition in camp. Nelson played really well in replacement of Ragnow. If he can start at RG at the same level of Vaitai, he’s a much cheaper option. Otherwise, I don’t think they’re opposed to just playing it out with Vaitai at guard one more year. He’s not a bad option, he’s just being paid tackle money to play guard.

Yes. That’s interesting. I didn’t know this, but it doesn’t sound like that’s what they’re doing here.

This. They may have done him the courtesy of informing him he wouldn’t be with the team for fall camp, but he won’t be formally cut until June.

Looks like I'm late but I just saw the Seahawks released Bobby Wagner. He'll probably want to go to a title contender, but I'd be very interested in adding him if he'd entertain it. Let him be the Michael Brockers of the linebackers group while you add an early round pick to the room to be the future.

Yes. He's only 26 years old (three days older than Mahomes) and has already shown an ability to be a top-five QB in the NFL. I'm already prepared to give up three 1sts next year to move up for Stroud or Young, so I absolutely would do so for a proven commodity. We might not be as good this year as we would be with a #2 and #32 pick on the roster, but it should definitely be worth it long-term. I would want him to pass a physical first, being that he's been out of football for a full year now, but I would go so far as to offer Goff (plus 1/2 his cap hit for 22), Okudah, #2, #32, 2023 DET 1st, and 2023 DET 3rd... Too far beyond that (especially giving up a 4th first-round pick), and I would start to worry about our ability to build a team around him, particularly with finding playmakers. I also think with all of this said, it's very unlikely he ever comes to Detroit. Damn would it be fun to throw him in Bears fans faces twice a year though.

They're in. Any doubt of that was removed when they beat Ohio State. They might be able to get as high as a #10 seed with a win against Indiana, though I don't think it matters, they'll likely get bounced by whoever their first round opponent is.

I don't think they'll be any more thrilled with Jimmy G than they were with Wentz. Granted the same could be said for Love, but at least you can sell the unknown with him to a certain extent.

Have to wonder what Indy has in mind for QB. They don't have a 1st round pick. Sam Ehlinger is the only QB they have rostered right now. Maybe Jordan Love?

Did someone say clickbait mock? Mock 1.0 *insert laser sounds from Rams Super Bowl parade* Jacksonville Jaguars: Aidan Hutchinson, EDGE, Michigan Seattle Seahawks (from DET): Malik Willis, QB, Liberty Houston Texans: Kayvon Thibodeaux, EDGE, Oregon NY Jets: Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati NY Giants: Ikem Ekwonu, OT, North Carolina State Carolina Panthers: Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State NY Giants: David Ojabo, EDGE, Michigan Atlanta Falcons: Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State Detroit Lions (from SEA): Travon Walker, EDGE, Georgia NY Jets: Evan Neal, OT, Alabama Washington Commanders: Derek Stingley Jr., CB, LSU Minnesota Vikings: Jordan Davis, DT, Georgia Cleveland Browns: Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State Baltimore Ravens: Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame Philadelphia Eagles: George Karlaftis, EDGE, Purdue Philadelphia Eagles: Drake London, WR, USC Pittsburgh Steelers (from LAC): Kenny Pickett, QB, Pitt New Orleans Saints: Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama Philadelphia Eagles: Kenyon Green, OG, Texas A&M Los Angeles Chargers (from PIT): Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington New England Patriots: Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas Las Vegas Raiders: Tyler Linderbaum, IOL, Iowa Arizona Cardinals: DeMarvin Leal, DE/DT, Texas A&M Dallas Cowboys: Daxton Hill, S, Michigan Buffalo Bills: Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah Tennessee Titans: Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Trevor Penning, OT, Northern Iowa Green Bay Packers: Devonte Wyatt, DT, Georgia Miami Dolphins: Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State Kansas City Chiefs: Jermaine Johnson, EDGE, Florida State Cincinnati Bengals: Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa Detroit Lions: Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia Detroit Lions: Christian Watson, WR, North Dakota State

That's very possibly coming from the Jaguars looking to market their pick.

I don't think it has to. Even with keeping Reynolds (which I too agree with), I think we could still use two new WRs this offseason. Whether they're both from the draft, one from free agency and one from the draft, whatever. In an ideal world, I think Reynolds is the WR4 going into 2022. If anything, it should put Raymond/Cephus/Hodge/Kennedy/et al. on notice that their time in Detroit (and in the NFL) may be numbered.

I'm not fully sold on Hutch or Thib. I'm not going to lose sleep over the one player who isn't there, when I'm pretty sure that whoever ends up being the best player out of this draft will still be there at #2.

I know it's all in the cycle of the lead-up to the draft, and that I shouldn't get too annoyed by it..... But this newfound social media and sports radio infatuation with Jordan Davis is blowing my mind. It's like they saw big man go fast and thought that it magically makes him the greatest player ever... Dude recorded 7 sacks over 4 years. Big man is good at what he does, maybe will even become the best in the NFL at it, but he's a bit of a one-trick pony. If he didn't get sacks and pressure at Georgia, surrounded on all sides by 1st round NFL talent, playing against college offensive lines (although SEC lines), why would he produce them in the NFL? I don't buy the "he was always double teamed" line (as an explanation for why his production is lacking). Derrick Brown, Quinnen Williams, and Ed Oliver are the only DTs taken in the last decade in the top ten. Putting aside the dubious nature of potentially joining that group, they averaged 12 sacks in each of their college careers (despite Williams only playing two years in college and Oliver three compared to Davis' four), surrounded by far inferior talent on the defensive line as Davis was. Also despite Derrick Brown (like Davis) being known more for his run stuffing than his pass rushing. If you want to bring really successful NFL DTs into the conversation, saying that he'll be the Aaron Donald or Ndamukong Suh of 1st round DTs, they collected 29.5 and 24 college sacks, respectively. If you're a team that needs a run-stuffing DT big man, and can afford to put aside more pressing needs to fill that hole for the foreseeable future, Davis is your man. If you're a team that desperately needs playmakers (ding ding ding!), he really should not be in consideration in the top half of the 1st round. He's just a better, more athletic, Levi.

Thought this rings pretty true.

I don't think that we will be trading for Ridley.

Davis should not be a top five pick. He might sneak into the top ten, but even that would be extremely high for a player like him. He will be a wall of a NT against the run, but he's not likely to be an every down player in the NFL, and he's not productive against the pass. Think of Levi Onwuzurike. Certainly has a valuable, and often underrated role on an NFL team, plugging holes along the line. It's not the type of franchise role that is up there with edge rushers, LTs, and QBs though. I'm not sure who Watson was supposed to be, but if DeShaun Watson re-enters the draft I'll change my tune about taking a QB at #2. 😄

You would think he should be more than “just” a run stuffing NT, but his college production tells another story. No more than two sacks in a year through his Georgia career. I think they envision Levi as a poor man’s Davis. A big man in the middle who will not be run through. Travon Walker is who really intrigued me today from a Lions perspective. Ran a damn 4.51 as a hand-in-the-ground DE. I wouldn’t be opposed (depending on how the board fell) to picking him up at 6/9/11 (or maybe even 2 if Hutch is gone) and converting the defense back to more of a 4-3. We need linebackers anyway so it’s not like we’d be forcing an elite edge rushing OLB to the inside.

Having the Texans at #3 helps us I think. I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see them look to replace Davis Mills at #3. I’m not at all attached to the #2 pick. If they would take Hutch/Thib at #2, two of Karlaftis/Ojabo/Walker will probably be available at any of 6/9/11. If they’d rather a WR, it makes more sense to take one at 6/9/11 than 2 anyway. I’m not saying to give away the pick, but I am okay with being a little flexible in our asking price. If any of them offered “just” their 2022 and 2023 1st, it might be a loss on the trade value chart, or compared to what other high 1sts have gone for recently. But it gives us a really good pick this year, plus the ammo we need with a 3rd 2023 1st to hopefully go get Stroud or Young next year.

I prepared and convinced myself before the combine that I wouldn't allow myself to fall in love with Willis if/when he wow'd everyone. He always made sense as the QB to rise through the process, because someone was going to and Willis is the athletic one of the bunch. I just don't see him as a franchise QB. He threw three picks to Middle Tennessee State. Another three to Louisiana-Monroe. Against the only two ranked opponents he played, (15) Ole Miss and (22) Louisiana, he went a combined 30/69 (.434) for 335 yards, 2 TDs, 5 picks, and little contribution on the ground. I know he didn't have a ton of weapons at his disposal, and had a sieve of an offensive line at times, but he didn't seem to make what he did have count. This wasn't some Joe Burrow rise to the National Championship. Using Randy's comp, it wasn't even an incredible FCS run (Lance went the 2019 season throwing 28 TDs and 0 picks while going 16-0). Willis has good numbers and is an athletic QB, but his vision and instincts were mediocre at the college level. Last year, he would have been the 6th or 7th best QB, next to Kyle Trask. Is it theoretically possible that behind a more competent offensive line he is able to develop into an average NFL QB? I think it is. I also think it is more likely that his lack of vision makes him a poor man's Jameis Winston.

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To the Panthers or to the Broncos? 😆

4.39 was the official time, they were way off. His official time was 1/100th of a second worse than Garrett Wilson’s, and below a handful of other guys.

I think he might go as early as #3 to the Texans.