broncosmitty
Banned in Europe
I'm still not that happy we didn't draft a Safety. It should have happened. And I blame Mike Thomas for it.
I'm still not that happy we didn't draft a Safety. It should have happened. And I blame Mike Thomas for it.
(1) If a punter has been a 40 yard per punt guy all his career, then suddenly starts averaging 45, wouldn't you say something has changed? Or do you think this was an abberation?
(2) Just like there is more to playing DE than how many sacks one gets, there is more to punting than average yards per punt. Ever hear of hang time? Directional punting?
You and MikeD don't think he would have been drafted, that's fine, totally your opinion. What makes me curious, though, is how many combined years do you guys have in scouting to honestly make yourselves believe that you know better than the dozens of professionals involved in our draft process?
For what it's worth, Martin worked with the same kicking coach as Allen, and said kicking coach outright said that Martin has a much bigger leg.
I think he quoted your boy Allen as saying "Wow, what do I gotta do to kick like this guy?" or something darn close to that. Maybe I'll have to find the link to that one so you can see that industry insiders (you know, the guys that don't know as much about professional football prospects as a guy who runs a Golden Tee company) think Martin is a better prospect than Allen, who is apparently the best punter available this year that absolutely no team with an opening at punter wanted...
TrustMeIamRight- not sure if you follow the NFL or not, but 8 of the top 10 punters last year were drafted. So you can fill that position with UFA's, if you want a crappy punting situation like we had last year. How many of your UFA's have we cycled through in the last couple years? How'd they work out for us?TP -- not sure if you follow the NFL draft or not, but VERY FEW punters are drafted. 2 were drafted in 2013, 2 in 2012, 1 in 2011, 3 in 2010.
It is a position you can fill with UFA's.
Dont we already know the answer to this question?If you are on the board to draft a punter -- are you going to take a 2 time Ray Guy award winner, who led the nation in yards per punt and net punting or do you take the guy who averaged 40 yards a punt for 3 years and jumped to 45.5 or whatever it is for one year?
Then apply and quit your bitching. It's obviously easy enough to do. Aren't u the one that said nothing gets done behind a desk? So get your ass out and apply already. What are you waiting for?Well with the past 50 years of Lions football. I'm starting to believe anyone one us could do their job with a 8 hour seminar.
TrustMeIamRight- not sure if you follow the NFL or not, but 8 of the top 10 punters last year were drafted. So you can fill that position with UFA's, if you want a crappy punting situation like we had last year. How many of your UFA's have we cycled through in the last couple years? How'd they work out for us?
However, if you want one of the best punters in the league, statistics show that you pretty much have to draft one.
Well with the past 50 years of Lions football. I'm starting to believe anyone one us could do their job with a 8 hour seminar.
Then apply and quit your bitching. It's obviously easy enough to do. Aren't u the one that said nothing gets done behind a desk? So get your ass out and apply already. What are you waiting for?
I wish we had drafted a safety too. Phillip Thomas is going to be a good player for a long time, imo. Too bad we gave up this year's 4th for Tahir Whitehead, I'd rather have Thomas by a mile.
I think we're good with our top 3- Delmas, Quin and Carey are all quality guys, but replacing Spievey/Silva/Johnson with Phillip Thomas (or another rookie safety) would have been a great move in my book.
Oh well, though. I suppose complaining about not upgrading our 4th safety isn't such a bad thing...