“Every team has a different plight, every team is in a different place, different direction, different phase in their team building.”
“ We have a plan in place that we don’t want to alter, we don’t want to mess with that,”
At 6-2, ya know what that means….
FTP
I agree with a lot of what you’re saying, but playing devils advocate.
Good teams go from first to worst in 1 year all the time.
Other contenders made big splashes.
Who knows when we will ever start 6-2 again? (You think in the years to come, but it’s the NFL, it’s not that easy)
I would be very upset if we make it to the playoffs just to lose in the first round because our pass D can’t help out. It would be a lost and disappointing season for sure.
And I honestly am not going to blindly trust GMs on every single decision. I think it’s weird to agree 100% of the time with a decision. We should be able to disagree but still like what’s happened so far.
Even the best GMs in the world make bad decisions sometimes
Green Bay, Chicago will both improve by next years time and will want to try and take our nfc north spot. Guaranteed.
Like I said I do agree with most of what you said but you also have to understand. We should be doing our best to try and get a number 1 seed. If we can’t handle Lamar and geno smith, what’s going to happen when we go against somebody with geno smiths skill level in the playoffs? They will pass for over 300+ yards against us like they did in previous games.
Love the lions and root for them. I just think it’s something fans should think about. Or at least acknowledge.
The league is designed for teams to not stay in first for long. From the way the draft works to the schedule. Playing a first place schedule is no joke and you slide capitalize on an easier schedule while you can.
I trust Brad’s overall vision but anyone saying moving a pick especially not a first rounder is “mortgaging the future” is just dumb. Even the best teams waste draft picks all the time, look at 49ers they traded 3 1sts for a QB they essentially cut 2 years later. Trading away a second round pick should have absolutely no long term impact on a team, if it does there are bigger issues as there is like a 40% chance that player picked there is a bust anyway