Mr.TaterSalad

Sometimes, when you're unsure of who to draft, you need to consult the NFL's foremost draft expert, Martin Mayhew. I called Martin up asking for advice and he was kind enough to oblige. We did a mock draft together and these are our results in the annual What Would Martin Mayhew Do Mock Draft.

They had a top 10 offensive line without Data I. I see no reason to keep him unless the dead cap money is too high to cut him. Otherwise find a guy to play Guard in the draft and move on.

When you look at the top two teams in the league for QB sacks, pressures, and ability to get after the QB, they are the two teams playing in the Super Bowl, Philly #1 and KC #2. The Eagles had 4 guys along with double digit sack totals, the Chiefs only had one in Chris Jones. But what these teams understand is that you can never put enough pressure on opposing QBs and that being able to get after a QB makes your defensive backfield look better too. Look at the game yesterday, the Chiefs were starting two rookies I believe at corner and it didn't effect them because Chris Jones and that defensive front were monsters going after Burrow. If we can have a three-headed pass rush monster with Hutch/Houston/Wilson up front I am all about that. Just as Paschel has versatility to slide along the line I believe Wilson, given his extreme athleticism lengthy body structure, can do the same. You can never have too many pass rushers in today's pass happy NFL.

I don't believe that either Jalen Carter or Will Anderson will be there when the Lions pick at #7. I'm also unsure that Myles Murphy will be available. One guy that I'm really interested in though is Tyree Wilson out of Texas Tech. Looking at all the teams that made the AFC/NFC Championship games they all have multiple game wreckers up on the defensive front 4. I'm of the opinion that a dominate front 4 can make your back 7 and/or your secondary look a lot better. My pre-combine view of a guy like Wilson is that he has the size, strength, length, and versatility to be a dominate DE/Edge guy in this league. 61 tackles, 14 TFL, and 7 sacks were his senior year numbers at Texas Tech, so the production is clearly there. The Draft Network: Tyree Wilson Scouting Report

Pride of Detroit: NFL officially sets 2023 salary cap: What it means for Lions From the article . . . Last year, the Lions saw an increase in cap space of $8 million based on adjustments, but they are not expected to reach a number that high this season. For example, we already know that Kalif Raymond hit enough incentives to earn him over $1 million in bonuses this season, and Jamaal Williams earned $250,000 for reaching 1,000 rushing yards. Keeping in mind that the final salary cap number for the Lions is still in flux, at this time, Detroit has roughly $16.2 million in available cap space for the 2023 season. While $16.2 million doesn’t seem like a large amount, it is actually the 13th most available in the league. In fact, there are actually 14 teams that are all over the salary cap allotment at this time, despite the increase.

If the 49'ers can take the NFC by storm with a QB carousel that included a 7th round pick starting then we can do it with Jarred Goff, who has already been to a Super Bowl. I agree though, I want us to be a top-tier team next year and with an aggressive off-season and a couple of big free agent signing and a homerun draft pick or two, we can be. Assuming we still have a good running game next year, I believe we will have the offensive talent to hang with anyone in the NFL not named the Bengals or Chiefs. Even those two teams we will be real damn close too. Given where we are at right now and the potential big step we can text next year, I will be very disappointed if Holmes goes out and doesn't make a major free agent signing or too on defense. The team is ready to take the next step and a talented free agent or two on defense can be the guy/s to help us do it. If he sits on his hands and only makes small-time acquisitions that will be underwhelming to say the least.

RIP to one of the toughest, nastiest, and most talented players to every play the game. Bobby Hull wasn't simply a tough SOB, he had the talent and scoring prowess to back up the attitude. It should also be acknowledge that in his personal life Bobby Hull was a shit human being who beat up his wife and abused her repeatedly. He was not really a great person at all, but I still think his contributions to the game and overall talent can be acknowledge.

One of the games of the year for sure.

Reminded me of when the Bengals had the Steelers beat and Vontez Burfict knocked Antonio Brown out and cost them the game.

That decision to go for it took some serious stones by Zac Taylor and Joe Borrow on 4th and 6.

Damn, this is really unreal. I've never seen one team have this many injuries at QB.

WOW, I can't imagine a team having to go through 4 starting QBs in one season. I think Philly is going to run away with this in the second half.

I'll only complain if the defense falls apart again and they decide to fire the DLine Coach instead of the Coordinator.

There is the scene at the beginning too where the same cop asks Furious "did you get him" and then he expresses disappointment that Furious didn't shoot and kill him because had he, it would have been one less gangster for them to have to worry about.

The pole camera footage shows the best angle. They beat the ever loving fuck out of Mr. Nichols and completely dehumanized him. Fuck everyone of those individuals!

Those thugs thought they would deliver some street justice to a young thug and so they did. How dare you run from us boy. How dare you make us chase you down. We'll show you who the fuck is boss by beating your ass to death. It goes to show that bias and racism in policing transcends white police officers.

When we start winning next year and win our first playoff game in 100 years we can finally enjoy the postseason and have that be our favorite time of year.

I think my pre-combine big board for each of the two first round picks looks something like this. Pick #6: 1. Will Anderson/DE 2. Jalen Carter/DT 3. Bryce Young/QB 4. Myles Murphy/DE 5. Tyree Wilson/DE Pick #18: 1. Joey Porter Jr./CB 2. Devon Witherspoon/CB 3. Christian Gonzalez/CB 4. Drew Sanders/LB 5. Cam Smith/CB

I think each of the guys in the top 3 prospects could be real solid NFL players. Kincaid in particular looked real good in the Pac 12 Championship game I watched against USC and he posted career numbers I believe. But given the needs all over the defense we have, the fact that good TEs are found all over the draft, and this organization's prior history with TE busts, I'm not touching any one of the top 3 guys in the first two rounds.

I'd probably prefer Joey Porter Jr. given his size, insane arm length, and ball skills. But if we went Edge/Corner I'd be very happy with that.

We just went through the whole Levi situation, so I am quite a bit shy about taking a DT with injury problems, who doesn't play full seasons, anywhere above the 4th round. I would pass on Breese.

At this point, who in DC doesn't have classified documents at their home?

Drafting Michael Mayer TE/Notre Dame at #6 overall is one sure way that Brad Holmes could ruin the offseason for Lions fans.

I believe Director of Player Personnel Lance Newmark has been with the organization dating back to the Bobby Ross days. 25 years or so.