The old adage is, if at first you don’t succeed, try try again.
Perhaps we need to apply this saying towards the Detroit Lions draft methods of the early to late 2000’s. It wasn’t long ago when Detroit was the laughing-stock of the NFL in terms of their draft decisions. To put a long story short, they went receiver happy. For three consecutive years starting in 2003, the Lions used their very first pick to pluck out supposedly, the best wide out that year’s draft had to offer. None of those pics panned out for them.
2003 Carlos Rogers #2 overall
2004 Roy Williams #7 overall
2005 Mike Williams #10 overall
To their defense, all three of these wide outs were absolute beasts in college, and would have passed any eye test by an average football fan’s standards. And to his credit, Roy Williams had his moments with the Lions albeit a short stint with them.
After taking a year off, in which they selected a line backer in Ernie Sims with the ninth overall pick in 2006, they hopped right back on that bike after falling several times, and tried again. This time selecting Calvin Johnson with the second overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. Bingo. Boy did they ever get it right. I won’t mention Calvin Johnson’s accomplishments in the NFL, we all know he’s a monster, but when you’re given the nick name “MEGATRON“, and rightfully so, it speaks volume to the type of player you are. When Detroit finally got it right at receiver, it allowed them to sew up the other sexy positions on the roster. Matthew Stafford in 2009, and Ndamukong Suh in 2010. And while Stafford and Suh get all the jersey sales and glory out in the Motor City, I can’t help but think they wouldn’t be there had it not been for Detroit finally getting the proverbial monkey off their back with the Calvin Johnson pick.
I guess the moral of the story is, we shouldn’t laugh at David Kahn and his point guard infatuation just yet … he may have a Optimus Prime in the making.
This isn’t even a decision in my mind. He’s a threat every play to go the distance, and even when it looks like he’s stuffed he can break off a Barry Sanders-esque escape. Nobody is surprised when he puts up 200 yards and a score or two! His skill set is off the charts and better than every other RB in the draft. He vowed to come back this season bigger and faster, definitely scary for any of the competition he’s about to run over!
Titans have always been built as a run-first offense, as Conservative is Jeff Fisher’s middle name. Don’t quote me on that, could be Fred for all I know. As the Titans continue to employ a sub-par passing game, the two back system will flourish, and Johnson will receive the bulk of the carries on 1st and 2nd down. I was impressed with his receiving game as well last year, a great target with much better than average hands, shiftiness, and speed.
I wasn’t happy about sitting at five, you typically watch the 3 sure fire running backs get picked, and are left with about 5 different players who all have there pros and cons (this years crop includes Steven Jackson, LT, Westbrook, Gore, and Portis). But holy smokes does a gift fall to me with Maurice Jones-Drew. With the featured role in the back field all his, and the experts putting him at 2 at worst 3 on there boards, I feel like I get a big time break here. More then likely I will be looking to match a catch happy MJD with a top tier wideout in the next round. 
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