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QuikSand · 03-10-2023, 12:43 PM

OK, fiddling with a mock draft as I have some soft time at the keyboard.

DET sits on two firsts and two seconds...just great for this sort of navel-gazing. I find myself always taking a CB with one of the firsts, and then with the second generally a best value sort of pick, usually at DT (Bresee or possibly Cancey). The WR group tends to be among the "top available" guys but I haven't really dug into anyone beyond JSN who is a bad fit for the Lions, as he mostly maps onto the super-slot role they are using St. Brown for.

I'm also frustrated by the wide variation in player rankings...it's inevitable, but feels more worrisome this year than last. On the PFN site we can get speedy Pitt DT Cancey in round three, elsewhere he's top-40. That LB Jack Campbell is all over the place across sites. I don't like gaming the site (knowing certain guys will be unreaslistically late pickups).

I have been getting a TE in round two, usually - this draft feels loaded with them.

So, starting out something like CB-DT-TE-LB has a good feel, to me.

03-10-2023, 12:43 PM	#93
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	OK, fiddling with a mock draft as I have some soft time at the keyboard. DET sits on two firsts and two seconds...just great for this sort of navel-gazing. I find myself always taking a CB with one of the firsts, and then with the second generally a best value sort of pick, usually at DT (Bresee or possibly Cancey). The WR group tends to be among the "top available" guys but I haven't really dug into anyone beyond JSN who is a bad fit for the Lions, as he mostly maps onto the super-slot role they are using St. Brown for. I'm also frustrated by the wide variation in player rankings...it's inevitable, but feels more worrisome this year than last. On the PFN site we can get speedy Pitt DT Cancey in round three, elsewhere he's top-40. That LB Jack Campbell is all over the place across sites. I don't like gaming the site (knowing certain guys will be unreaslistically late pickups). I have been getting a TE in round two, usually - this draft feels loaded with them. So, starting out something like CB-DT-TE-LB has a good feel, to me.