In 2002 and 2003, two Detroit teams had top three draft picks and both teams have failed to develop that player. The Pistons won the NBA Championship despite selecting Darko whereas the Lions have lost a lot of games with Joey Harrington at the offensive helm. Both teams now must decide what to do with their picks. With the Lions soon to be open to free agency and the Pistons on the verge of the trade deadline, the two Detroit teams must decide on their futures.
What QBs did the Lions miss out on by picking Harrington? Patrick Ramsey, Josh McCown, David Garrard, Rohan Davey. Granted, Jeremy Shockey, Javon Walker, Ed Reed, and Clinton Portis were still available, but it was a weaker draft overall… many good role players, few superstars. (Interesting fact: The Bills picked Mike Williams (OT) with the #4 pick and the Cowboys picked Roy Williams (S) with the #8 pick.)
The Pistons passed on Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony, Dewayne Wade, etc. That does hurt, but who knows if they could’ve blossomed under Larry Brown’s tight grip on rookies. D-Wade would’ve and Melo may have… but Chris Bosh?
I think that one of these teams should part with their mistake and the other still has time to reverse it. The Pistons should (and will) trade Darko before the Feb. 23 trade deadline. The deal I heard about with Orlando is crap. They’re only looking to dump salary and possibly pick up a future 1st round pick. They really can’t afford to give up Carlos Arroyo to do so.
The Lions should give Joey one last, one-last-chance. Not because he deserves it. He seems like a really good guy, but his playmaking abilities are lacking. They need to keep him because the free agency market is abysmal. They aren’t in a position to draft a top QB because they won too much last year. They should stick with Harrington and draft a 2nd tier QB and see who can thrive under Mike Martz’s offense.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Quote of the Day
"I'm so pissed. I got my paper back and my professor gave me a poor grade. I looked over his corrections and I only had 2-3 grammical errors." -Girl I overheard talking on her cell phone.
Ok, but how many words in the paper did you make up?
Ok, but how many words in the paper did you make up?
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Fantasy Super Bowl XL
To figure out my Super Bowl prediction, I fired up the old Madden 06 and put in the matchup. For those of you who haven't seen two computer teams compete, it is kinda cool at first, but gets boring pretty quickly. Here's the scoring plays:
2nd Quarter 3:39
The Steelers keep moving the ball with Bettis. On 3rd-and-6 from Seattle's 23, Ben Roethlisberger throws a perfect play action pass to Hines Ward for a touchdown. That makes Pittsburgh 5-6 on 3rd Down Conversions so far.
7-0 Steelers
2nd Quarter 3:26
On the first play, Shaun Alexander goes off for a 71 yard touchdown run, completely untouched by the Steelers D... I'd put money down that we won't see that tonight.
7-7
2nd Quarter 2:06
Seahawks get the ball on their own 28 and score another touchdown on the first play... Chris Hope intercepts Hasselbeck, fumbles it, and Shaun Alexander returns it 66 yards for a touchdown. Virtual Bill Cowher starts shouting from the sidelines, but he doesn't look anything like Sargent Slaughter... he just looks evil.
14-7 Seahawks
2nd Quarter 1:16
Josh Brown kicks an impressive 55 yard field goal after Seattle goes 3-and-out... again. I could use some buffalo wings, nacho dip, and ice cream cake about now.
17-7 Seahawks
3rd Quarter :33
After Roethlisberger tried throwing a 2nd-and-8 pass into triple coverage and an incompletion, Jeff Reed kicks a 28 yard field goal.
17-10 Seahawks
4th Quarter :59
Josh Brown kicks a 44 yard insurance field goal.
20-10 Seahawks
4th Quarter :46
Roethlisberger throws a 77 yard pass to Antwaan Randle El.
And that's it! Pittsburgh couldn't recover the onside kick, so Seattle wins 20-17.
Troy Polamalu intercepts two passes.
Roethlisberger goes 14-28 for 220, 2 TDs and 1 INT
Hasselbeck is 2-9 for 31 Yds and 3 INTs
Shaun Alexander rushes 15 times for 137 yards and 2 TDs (9.1 yards per carry) and is named the MVP.
I'll go with this as my prediction... Seahawks 20, Steelers 17.
2nd Quarter 3:39
The Steelers keep moving the ball with Bettis. On 3rd-and-6 from Seattle's 23, Ben Roethlisberger throws a perfect play action pass to Hines Ward for a touchdown. That makes Pittsburgh 5-6 on 3rd Down Conversions so far.
7-0 Steelers
2nd Quarter 3:26
On the first play, Shaun Alexander goes off for a 71 yard touchdown run, completely untouched by the Steelers D... I'd put money down that we won't see that tonight.
7-7
2nd Quarter 2:06
Seahawks get the ball on their own 28 and score another touchdown on the first play... Chris Hope intercepts Hasselbeck, fumbles it, and Shaun Alexander returns it 66 yards for a touchdown. Virtual Bill Cowher starts shouting from the sidelines, but he doesn't look anything like Sargent Slaughter... he just looks evil.
14-7 Seahawks
2nd Quarter 1:16
Josh Brown kicks an impressive 55 yard field goal after Seattle goes 3-and-out... again. I could use some buffalo wings, nacho dip, and ice cream cake about now.
17-7 Seahawks
3rd Quarter :33
After Roethlisberger tried throwing a 2nd-and-8 pass into triple coverage and an incompletion, Jeff Reed kicks a 28 yard field goal.
17-10 Seahawks
4th Quarter :59
Josh Brown kicks a 44 yard insurance field goal.
20-10 Seahawks
4th Quarter :46
Roethlisberger throws a 77 yard pass to Antwaan Randle El.
And that's it! Pittsburgh couldn't recover the onside kick, so Seattle wins 20-17.
Troy Polamalu intercepts two passes.
Roethlisberger goes 14-28 for 220, 2 TDs and 1 INT
Hasselbeck is 2-9 for 31 Yds and 3 INTs
Shaun Alexander rushes 15 times for 137 yards and 2 TDs (9.1 yards per carry) and is named the MVP.
I'll go with this as my prediction... Seahawks 20, Steelers 17.
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