spending a Sunday morning snuggling with my son and watching Batman: The Animated Series is like a top-3 surreal parenting moment, just eclipsed by actually becoming a parent and the moment they string together words to form a thought.
i’m trying to be over here more, it’s nice!
lol i’ll pass along the feedback
Rodriguez, Jacas, and Ponds were all players i'd have been thrilled to choose at No. 50, but that's the business. maybe not the position everyone's clamoring for at this spot, but i *really* like Scott as someone who could immediately compete at nickel/safety--and be an insurance policy for Branch.
with the 22nd pick, Blake Miller was the easy pick--would've been content with just taking him at 17--but hey, another top-100 pick for our troubles! hoping we can find a DE in R2, but open to a DB or LB, too.
alright, well, the board definitely didn't fall our way in the first round! Mauigoa goes No. 3 to Arizona, Freeling to Cincy at No. 10, and Fano went No. 12 to Dallas (thought about moving up here after the Freeling pick, but couldn't get it done without giving up future capital). so we traded back!
here we go!
i’m thinking like doing a mock draft here for the Lions starting… now? try to finish it before the Wings play in a half hour.
let me fire up the simulator and share my picks and brief thought process!
oh, for sure, i think OT is Plan A. but i also found Holmes’ comments about Larry Borom to be more conviction than smokescreen.
for my best guess, i think it goes:
- OT
- DE
- DB
- Trade back?
DE is the most mocked—and the most likely—but honestly, wouldn’t be *shocked* to see a CB if the value is right. maybe even a bigger SAM LB if the Lions want to stay in more base on defense.
certainly something to consider!
took a look at the past ten years of teams trading up from around pick No. 17 in the NFL Draft to see what it could cost the Lions to move up
www.prideofdetroit.com/detroit-lion...
if this was what i was missing over here, consider me a transplant
Sorry, Francenstein’s monster
i want to get over here more often, that’s for sure.
they got talking dino’s over on this side???
what’s going on over here?
it’s a good point!
been working our tails off writing roster previews for the Lions ahead of training camp. check out the whole series (so far) with the links in this preview by @bknappblogs.bsky.social on Graham Glasgow www.prideofdetroit.com/2025/6/27/24...
@ryanpod.bsky.social breaks down the value of DT Tyleik Williams at pick no. 28, and the fit he will make immediately on the Detroit Lions roster
www.prideofdetroit.com/2025/4/25/24...
i was tripping, but now i’m on the righteous path.
old habits die hard, y’know? glad to see you over here, Joel.
alright, took a month off from Twitter, didn’t miss much other than interacting with the good folks that seem to have migrated over here anyway.
if there’s anyone i need to follow over here that i haven’t already, help me out!
Took a tour of AT&T stadium while I was on a work trip and found the exact spot Anthony Hitchens committed a felony in 2019 @detroitonlion.bsky.social @erikschlitt.bsky.social @perfett.bsky.social @ryanpod.bsky.social
@ryanpod.bsky.social mannnnn I’m glad I kept listening to the pod. Sam’s is in my area and used to be a couple miles away. Sam’s parking lot basically extends into the farm behind it and the front spots are practically on a main road going 55. Used to frequent.
shoutout for those of you who read and shared my work on this one. one of the top-read articles on SB Nation team sites for Friday, 1/24.
more hopeful for Rakestraw than Martin at this point, but this regime has a history of players turning a corner in Year 3.
as pointed out, Glasgow would have a dead cap figure right over $5 million, so it feels like an opportunity to have a conversation before making a decision. i think at his current cap figure, that’s pretty expensive for a good depth piece.
