There's a whole ton about the Cassel trade that I hate and will continue to hate, but eliminating the possibility of trading up isn't one of them.

If the Chiefs wanted that QB, they could have just taken Sanchez.

Oh, Pioli also passed on Freeman, who BTW rallied his team from 17 down today....

Or the best QB from the draft, Freeman.

When you trade for a guy in February before another guy who was not a lock #1 is taken in April, you've passed on him.

It's pretty clear who Pioli thought his QBOTF was, and it was clearly established that Stafford and Sanchez were #1 and #2 for QBs in the draft.

There's a reason why the Lions also negotiated with Aaron Curry and other players at #1.

With that old pay system, I think it's reasonable to think that Detroit would have seriously considered swapping #1 with #3 had we sweetened the pot with something like our #34.

I don't understand why people prefer Sanchez over Freeman.

Don't give me that shit the he has been to two consecutive AFCCG.

And drafting Sanchez would guarantee that we don't draft Luck. Good thing that didn't happen.

Lions had two first round picks in 2009, there was talk about them trading the 20th overall to New England for Cassel and taking Jason Smith #1.

I doubt anyone does.

But they didn't because Mayhew is a good GM.

After going 0-16? No way.

Is portend a word? I feel dumber after reading your post.

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I actually know a number of Lions fans. I used to live around there, and several were apoplectic that they didn't draft Smith or Curry.

They should be happy now. Because so far, Smith and Curry have been shit.

This occurred to me today, also. Our defense is far too passive. We have a pathetic pass rush and it is killing us. You simply cannot give offenses that much time in today's NFL. You cannot do it.