Thing is with the AFC North, it’s easy to put Cleveland on top now but they’ve blown their wad for the year. I can’t see them making any other big FA moves and their draft likely won’t do much for this year. Meanwhile the Ravens and Bengals could pull some nice players out fo the draft, depending on how they play it.
The Ravens have traditionally done good in the draft.
…Until they lost Phil Savage.
Nah, they’re still pretty damned solid. Phil Savage helped for sure and he should help the Browns out as well.
Hmm, wonder if the Bears can land him to doubly screw over the Lions.
ESPN is reporting that Bryant Johnson signed with San Francisco today.
He’d immediately be their best runner AND receiver…
I came back to report the same thing. He apparently only signed a 1-year contract, and considering the 49ers suck and Alex Smith hasn’t really shown much, it’s a pretty baffling decision. True, Martz is there, and Johnson might see him as the guy who can help him have a huge breakout year in that system, but that seems like a long shot. Martz’s system will take a little time to master and the Niners have more competition at WR than the other teams who expressed interest. You have to guess that Jackson, Bruce and Battle will be the top three guys going into camp, so Johnson will have to fight for playing time.
I can’t believe the Bears weren’t able to put together a reasonable offer for him. He’d assuredly be a starter and I’m sure we could have signed him to a 3-year deal at a pretty good price if this was his best alternative.
In other news, the Bears and Lovie Smith had a private workout in Boise with OT Ryan Clady this week. Most Mock’s I’ve seen lately indicate that the top 3 and even 4 OT will be off the board before the Bears pick so I’m not sure that this will go anywhere, but I love the idea.
DJ Hackett is still out there, and he actually has the game to be a starter. Don’t fret.
For you, SenorBeef.
No reports of him planning any visits to Chicago. He apparently walked away from an offer from Washington (something that a lot of people have been doing this year, uncharacteristically) and has plans to visit the Titans, Bucs and Panthers.
I really don’t want to see the Bears take a WR on the first day, but the FA crop is basically spent and we don’t have enough now. Cedric Benson is just killing us in every way possible. We haven’t been able to go after a RB in FA because of his salary and if we end up taking Mendenhall or Stewart with our first round pick it’ll really cost us at other positions of need. I’d love to get both guys, but we need a OT and a DT much worse.
The perfect world outcome for me at this point is getting Hackett and Kevin Jones in free agency and drafting OT Clady in the 1st and QB Flacco in the 2nd. That addresses every position of need. The Bears haven’t shown much urgency in adding a RB or WR in FA so neither of those will happen and Clady will probably be off the board. Though if we get Flacco I’ll at least be able to sleep at nght.
…And the man crush continues…
Gotta have something to get me through this long, lonely offseason.
I understand. I just looked up Josh Johnson to see if there was anything new added to his info.
le sigh
Check the date. Yeah, here it is again.
Go ahead. Kick me in the teeth.
I hate football.
Feh. If it weren’t for Martz’s ego (giving up on the run after 2 straight 100-yard games by Jones) and Shaun Rogers’ inability to bypass the buffet line, the Lions would have won 10 games.
I think you got a real bargain in Bodden. I only saw him play last season but he was the only guy in the Browns’ secondary covering anyone and seemed to have a real nose for the ball.
If Millen can stay lucid for the 12 minutes it will take to spend a first-round pick on a need position (RB, under tackle, offensive tackle?) you can have a really, really good team. It’d be even better if you had gotten something - anything - for Kevin Jones.
In fact, given that the Vikings’ secondary seems to have gotten worse, rather than better, and the questionmarks surrounding Aaron Rogers, I’m going to pick the Lions as the NFC North champs.
You could end up with Kevin Smith in the 2nd or 3rd rounds and make both of my predictions come true
I’m sorry, get Jonathan Stewart in the first round? What did you say?
Apparently, I’m betting happy with the draft this year. A coworker and I have a bet going to see if McFadden will be the best rushing rookie (I say it’s Stewart) and I delayed the actual bet until after the draft. I’m betting with you. Someone else at work wants to bet on Mendenhall being the Lions’ pick (he says he bets his entire paycheck…I’m perilously close to accepting).
I hate football.
I miss Kevin Jones.
Somebody shoot me.
Kitna is a very good QB. But they have nothing in reserve. If he goes down they are done. Plus they are not building for the future. Kitna is old. They have no experienced ,capable backups. As weird as it sounds,this will be Detroits best chance. They are set to get worse.
Josh Johnson in mid-round 3 would be nice.
Seriously, I’d like to see the Lions not draft en masse and hope to fix problems with quantity. I want to see them draft for quality. Use a 4th rounder and a 3rd rounder and trade into the bottom of the second…Daniel Bullocks and a 4th rounder and possibly get into the bottom of the third…those kinds of things.
Fuckin’ football.
Kitna absolutely fucking sucks. You are crazy. Did you happen to watch the 2005 playoff game between the Bengals and the Steelers after Carson Palmer was injured?
Noodle arm, small hands, severe case of spontaneous fumbleitis when under pressure, forces throws…his best season as a starter was that lone Seahawks 9-7 team where they backed into the playoffs and they lost in the first round.
Are you kidding me?
Kitna is a good guy and a leader, but lacks the sheer physical tools to be a good QB, especially on a team like the Lions where Martz wanted to throw 40 times a game. Kitna is horrible.
A good guy to lead team prayer circles, though.
Never blamed Jesus when he lost, but was quick to give God praise when he won…blech.
God has no place in football. It’s an evil game.