Mayock says Lions should not draft Stafford

[SenselessChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Mecca

When a team hasn't won in years and isn't close isn't that when you should be willing to take a risk?

I don't think any team should be risk adverse. I mean, if that were the case, no one would ever draft anyone because EVERY pick is a risk.

With that said, you assume that these guys are scared. I think they just want to take a risk that they believe in.

I am, by nature, a huge risk taker. I like to gamble, I own my own small business, I own a lot of rental property. If I have the choice of a sure three dollars, or a good chance to make six.... I nearly always the six.

But, it is something that I have to believe in.

If you bet football, you don't just bet every game just because you 'could' win. You bet the games you believe in. This is similar to the early rounds of the draft. The more money you are betting, the more you have to believe in the game.

I think late picks are like the lottery. If I play the lottery, I don't 'believe' in the numbers, but the money gambled is so small and the potential payoff so large, that it makes sense to me.

I just don't know why you assume all these teams are 'scared' just because they don't believe in these guys.