Number 9 gets his Motor City Groove On.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

To know you've just landed one of the potential greats of all time; must feel nice.
http://www.detroitlions.com/document...ment_id=484312

Some practice footage:
(note Gunther's snazzy new duds)

http://play.rbn.com/url=nfl/nfl/open....rm&proto=rtsp

http://play.rbn.com/url=nfl/nfl/open....rm&proto=rtsp

http://play.rbn.com/url=nfl/nfl/open....rm&proto=rtsp

[L.A. Chieffan]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

it wasnt that they never made any calls, he said that at the end no one was calling us and we werent calling them. maybe he heard the offers and didnt think they were worth losing out on the guy they wanted?

He says "No, we weren't making any calls either. We felt good.."

IF he did hear other offers and decided he didn't like them then so be it, however that's not what he said.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

He says "No, we weren't making any calls either. We felt good.."

IF he did hear other offers and decided he didn't like them then so be it, however that's not what he said.

he also said "at the end" correct?

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by THISmaqe

We reportedly tried to trade with the Detroit Lions at the #20 spot and they refused. It's quite simple, nobody wanted our pick when they knew they could Sanchez at #5.

Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

pioli said straight out that they never tried to trade.

Originally Posted by Raised On Riots

"You need a partner to trade with".

"There were no partners".

Originally Posted by Brock

Not exactly.

PIOLI: “We didn’t receive any calls on trades once we got down near the end.”

Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

Immediately after that:
Q: "Were you guys pursuing other teams to try and slide down?"

A: "No, we weren't making any calls either. We felt good..."

Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

He says "No, we weren't making any calls either. We felt good.."

IF he did hear other offers and decided he didn't like them then so be it, however that's not what he said.

see i take that exchange as being : at the end we received no calls and made no calls. he was referencing the last minute dealings

[L.A. Chieffan]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

he also said "at the end" correct?

He didn't say at the end IIRC. But the Browns did end up trading 2 spots later

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

He didn't say at the end IIRC. But the Browns did end up trading 2 spots later

the browns took a terrible deal, but pioli said they werent getting any calls at the end then immediately after(your words) said they werent making any either

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

I think this exchange from the now-Legendary "Mother**** You Scott Pioli"-thread pretty much sums it up:

Originally Posted by SBK:

If we hadn't traded for Cassel, Sanchez would have been taken at 2, and someone would have given the Rams a great offer to trade down. If it was us, we would have at least lost our #2....

In retrospect, I really think trading for Cassel was the best option available to us since we were sitting at 3.

Sucks, yes, but that's the way things are I guess.

Originally Posted by Raised On Riots
Never say never, but I have a hard time believing the Rams would have had the balls to make a move. They wanted their boy, just like Detroit, and did what everyone thought they would.

Originally Posted by SBK:

They were trying to trade out of 2 on draft day. Nobody wanted to be in the top 5, the only team that was willing to take it up the ol poop shute was the Brownies to get out of there.

Think about it, if we didn't have Cassel who would we have been picking? Would the NFL believe that Pioli was going to hitch his wagon to Tyler Thigpen?

The whole world would have known we were taking Sanchez at 3, so anyone that wanted him would have been talking to the Rams. That would have to be us as well, as we would have known that we were screwed.

I wanted Sanchez bad, but seeing the play that he got, and watching the Jets trade up from 17 told me all I needed to know. Drafting @3 Pioli made the best move he could, which was trading our 2 for Cassel.

Originally Posted by Raised On Riots

Yeah, I can see that. Too bad we got screwed on landing at #2 overall; it could have been a whole different day. Though in retrospect, I think we were getting Cassel come hell or high water whether sitting at 2 OR 3.
Had he not had the year he had in NE, and been available due to cap space in the name of Brady, we probably wouldn't have landed Pioli because he wouldn't have left.
Pioli's a smart guy; I don't question that. But I also feel he is a very conservative guy as well, for better or worse.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

pioli said straight out that they never tried to trade.

He was talking about while we were on the clock during the #3 pick.

We reportedly talked to the Lions days before the draft and they wanted no part of the #3 pick.

Like it or not, the leverage was at #2, not #3. We had no shot at trading down - our only hope was to call everybody's bluff and take Sanchez. They decided to stick to their board instead and I'm fine with that.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

I agree with you if there were no trade partners than take the guy you want and be done with it. However he states he never made ANY CALLS.

Add to that 2 spots later a trade WAS done and I'm gonna have to go with option B.

You have to put those comments in CONTEXT.

He was talking about getting and making calls WHILE WE WERE ON THE CLOCK.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by THISmaqe

He was talking about while we were on the clock during the #3 pick.

We reportedly talked to the Lions days before the draft and they wanted no part of the #3 pick.

Like it or not, the leverage was at #2, not #3. We had no shot at trading down - our only hope was to call everybody's bluff and take Sanchez. They decided to stick to their board instead and I'm fine with that.

Agreed. The best part is( hopefully ), no more D-line in the first round for a while.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by H5N1

you know what they say about potential, right?

****. I've got the POTENTIAL to be a billionaire. shit ain't happening any time soon.

The best all time story about potential and reality;

little boy goes to dad to ask the difference, dad says he has the best answer. Tells him to go ask his mom if she'd sleep with Robert Redford for a million dollars. He does and the mom says "yes, of course". The boy reports to his dad what his mom said, and the dad says to go ask his sister if she'd sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. He does and the sister says "yes, of course". He reports back to his dad again and the dad says, "there you go, that's the difference between potentially and reality."

Son;
Potentially, we're millionaires, but in reality we live with two whores.....

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by CrazyCoffey

The best all time story about potential and reality;

little boy goes to dad to ask the difference, dad says he has the best answer. Tells him to go ask his mom if she'd sleep with Robert Redford for a million dollars. He does and the mom says "yes, of course". The boy reports to his dad what his mom said, and the dad says to go ask his sister if she'd sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. He does and the sister says "yes, of course". He reports back to his dad again and the dad says, "there you go, that's the difference between potentially and reality."

Son;
Potentially, we're millionaires, but in reality we live with two whores.....

[L.A. Chieffan]

Originally Posted by THISmaqe

You have to put those comments in CONTEXT.

He was talking about getting and making calls WHILE WE WERE ON THE CLOCK.

Why wouldn't he make one frickin phone call while he was on the clock? I watched the Patriots draft room vid and BB was wheelin and dealin like a used car salesman on meth.

What did Pioli do for 15 minutes? Twiddle his thumbs and pray that somebody would call him and offer them a kings ransom? Thank his lucky stars that he got Jackson at 3?

BS. I guarantee he worked the ****ing phones like a goddamn madman and tried to swindle somebody, and when it didnt happen he acted all cool about it and just said 'What. We got the guy we wanted all along'.

Riiiighhhht.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by L.A.Chieffan

Why wouldn't he make one frickin phone call while he was on the clock? I watched the Patriots draft room vid and BB was wheelin and dealin like a used car salesman on meth.

What did Pioli do for 15 minutes? Twiddle his thumbs and pray that somebody would call him and offer them a kings ransom? Thank his lucky stars that he got Jackson at 3?

BS. I guarantee he worked the ****ing phones like a goddamn madman and tried to swindle somebody, and when it didnt happen he acted all cool about it and just said 'What. We got the guy we wanted all along'.

Riiiighhhht.