00:00All right, every day before the NFL draft, we've aggregated all the Detroit Lions news
00:05and reports that are out there.
00:07How does it impact us as we get set for tomorrow's first round of the NFL draft?
00:13Let's go.
00:15All right, today, Dan Graziano of ESPN is reporting that Miami's Francis Maui Noah
00:20has a herniated disc in his back, which is worrying some teams.
00:24Quote, I'm not predicting a huge drop from Maui Noah, but it wouldn't surprise me
00:28if Fano or even Ione went before him.
00:32If Maui Noah falls all the way to 17, would you?
00:39Wow.
00:40I mean, there's a red flag if he falls all the way to 17, right?
00:43And if it's just simply this report, which, by the way, the report says it's asymptomatic
00:48at this point in time, I feel like this is more, this report coming out and people reacting
00:56to it is more along that.
00:57That's a smokescreen.
00:59You know, this is your classic prior to the draft.
01:03Somebody is throwing it out there to try to see if he's going to slip and fall.
01:07I don't know if Brad Holmes planted this story or not, but I think that it feels like a story
01:12that isn't going to gain much legs, particularly if this herniated disc is asymptomatic.
01:17Now, is it something to watch out for?
01:19Sure.
01:20You know, and I imagine that Maui Noah is well aware of this and he's been aware of this
01:24and still played at a high level despite that he's got that.
01:27And I do have concerns, but I don't have concerns enough to pass on the best offensive lineman
01:31in the draft.
01:32I suspect he's not going to make it out of the top 10, but if he does, I wouldn't hesitate
01:36to take him.
01:38But in my mind, I have no hesitation at all.
01:42In reality, I would probably wait out the eight minutes on the clock before I make the final
01:46pick there for him if he's there just to see if there's any trade interest because I'm going
01:51to do my due diligence, but he's not going to be there.
01:54Risk tolerance.
01:55Those are the key words.
01:57Every team has different risk tolerance, right?
01:5932 different medical reports on the same player.
02:02If he's a short-term red flag as far as maybe you have to redshirt him this year, but long
02:07-term
02:07he'll be okay and he's available at 17, you absolutely take him.
02:11I mean, that's him and Sewell, your bookend tackles for years to come.
02:14Absolutely.
02:15I don't really endorse taking a guy you have to redshirt the first year,
02:19but with him, that kind of talent, I definitely would.
02:23But if it's a long-term injury, obviously, hell no, I'm passing on him.
02:27So yeah, as long as your risk tolerance, your doctor tell you it's okay, then I take him
02:31at 17.
02:31That's crazy.
02:32Yeah, I agree with both of you here, but A, I don't think he'll be available.
02:37B, I'd probably jump on him.
02:39Albert Breer calls it a cleanup surgery.
02:42What he reported today, it's when he will have it done, not if.
02:46Right now, as you mentioned, symptom-free, he feels fine.
02:49So he's going to do it either right away as soon as he gets drafted, in which case he'll
02:53miss three months and have this cleanup surgery, and he'll come back in the middle of training
02:57camp and probably be slowed at the beginning of the season, or he'll put it off until after
03:01the season and deal with it in the offseason, or if something goes bad during the season.
03:07I don't think he's going to be there.
03:08If he is, I would take him.
03:10But I agree with you.
03:11I think this is a classic pre-draft smokescreen.
03:15All right, there are now three mocks with the Lions moving up.
03:19ESPN's Pete Schrager added to that list today.
03:21All three have the Lions moving up to 13 and drafting where the Rams are.
03:26Albert Breer reporting today that Tampa at 15 is looking to trade back, and Ian Rappaport
03:31of the NFL Network says the Jets could be coaxed out of 16.
03:34I don't know if the Lions are moving up two spots or one spot, but with the entire world
03:38projecting an offensive lineman to Detroit, the 15 and 16 spots are spots teams could try
03:44to leapfrog into to scoop up Detroit's coveted O-lineman.
03:48If you're Brad Holmes, does this compel you to move up, compel you more to move up, and
03:53not lose your guy?
03:54Well, I would say this.
03:56I would be pretty damn laser-focused on my number one bucket guy, the realistic bucket
04:00guy that you think you can get.
04:02And if he is there at 13, I'm moving up and getting him, all right?
04:06Because that's my number one guy, and I want to get him.
04:08If he's gone by that point, because I think maybe that's the cutoff point, if he's gone
04:12by 12, then I'm going to be very confident in my bucket list of players, and knowing Brad
04:19Holmes and how he has operated in the draft, not that I know Brad Holmes, but the way he's
04:23operated I know, I don't think he's going to be fixated on a position group.
04:28He's fixated on the best players he can get.
04:31And if teams are going to leapfrog past the Lions and move into spots 15 and 16 to take
04:36offensive linemen that we may like, that's not going to say that that's exactly what
04:41Brad Holmes likes.
04:42Brad Holmes may like the safety, and he's going to take him.
04:44May like another edge rusher, and he'll take him.
04:46Maybe he goes linebacker, whatever.
04:48He's going to do what he's going to do.
04:49And it's not going to be because, not in the first round anyway, it's not going to be
04:53because he sees teams behind him trying to move up.
04:56Yeah, Brad Holmes has a list, and it's not by position.
04:59It's by best player available.
05:00And if that player happens to be an offensive lineman that other people think that the Lions
05:04are focused on, and they move ahead of the Lions, so be it.
05:07Brad Holmes moves on to the next player on his list.
05:09I personally don't feel compelled enough for any certain player to move up.
05:12I want them to keep their draft capital that they have, because look, this year they don't
05:16have a third round pick.
05:17I'm kind of sick of not having third round picks moving forward.
05:20But so, unless it's some guy that you really feel strongly about, which I don't, I wouldn't
05:24move up.
05:25I'd rather move back, to be honest, so you can get more draft capital.
05:27So, if the team's going to leapfrog the Lions for an offensive lineman, so be it.
05:30Brad Holmes will move on to the next guy.
05:32Speculation of teams behind the Lions that want to move up include Carolina, Philly, San
05:36Francisco.
05:37And look, obviously this question's hard to answer not seeing the board, right?
05:42You have to see the board and see who's available.
05:44I tend to think, go ahead and leapfrog the Lions, because there is several buckets of players
05:52at multiple positions that make sense.
05:54I think it's a decent year, given their needs to be drafting at 17.
05:58Okay, you guys want to scoop up all the alignment?
06:00Well, that pushes a better edge rusher to us, or a better defensive back to us, whatever
06:05the case may be.
06:06So, I'd be compelled not to move up in a defensive tactic.
06:12Next item, Justin Rogers.
06:14The Detroit Football Network was on with Dan Miller and Jennifer Hammond, their talk show,
06:19and he led the discussion on pick 17 with Monroe Freeling and Blake Miller.
06:25Those two, the tackles.
06:27Then he threw in a third name, Keldrick Falk, edge rusher, Auburn.
06:31How would you feel if Keldrick Falk from Auburn, the edge rusher, was the pick?
06:36I'm going to say this clearly.
06:39I do not like Keldrick Falk.
06:46I think he looks like the Johnny Bravo of this year's draft, and that he fits the suit.
06:51He looks the part, and specifically, I don't like him because I think he, just as a physical
06:58specimen, looks to be what the Lions like in a player.
07:02Hey, he's huge.
07:03He's 6'6 and 285 pounds.
07:06He can play inside.
07:07He can play outside.
07:08I don't want that.
07:09I don't want it.
07:10He doesn't have the production in college.
07:12He had 10 sacks in three years.
07:14His high sack total was seven a couple years ago.
07:16This past year, he ended up with just two sacks.
07:19They say he's an edge setter, and yet he's not some massive tackling guy.
07:25He's a massive guy, and imagine if he gets his hands on you that you're going to go down,
07:28but I don't see the production from him leading me into the way that I want to go.
07:35I want to pivot to other positions or players for sure.
07:38I don't know if Falk could be considered a pressure guy either, so he's a hard pass for
07:43me, Doug.
07:44Doug, he's very young with lots of room to grow.
07:47I think that anyone drafting him thinks that he could reach the ceiling.
07:50That's why they would draft him.
07:51It's a potential pick, basically what it is.
07:53He's got really good size already.
07:55Needs to work on his pass for us, though.
07:57Like I said, he's got room to grow, right?
07:59Solid in the run, apparently.
08:01I'm not taking a run stopper at 17.
08:03I would pass on this.
08:04I would not be happy if they took Kendrick Falk at 17.
08:07So I'm a fan.
08:10He is considered a great run stopper.
08:13And no, he didn't have the production at Auburn, but everybody says he's got the skill set that
08:17they think it will translate to more numbers in the NFL.
08:21He's also a character guy.
08:23He's got the Lions DNA.
08:25Rogers told a great story about how his sophomore year, sophomore year, he was chosen by Auburn
08:32to represent them at the SEC media days.
08:34Not a senior, not a junior.
08:36They sent a sophomore.
08:37He's got leadership qualities.
08:39I just think he reeks of a future Detroit line.
08:43And finally, Colton Palsy of the Athletic gave a bucket of players that Lions could be
08:48choosing from at 50.
08:49On day two, here we go.
08:51Illinois edge rusher Gabe Ackis, Pittsburgh linebacker Kyle Lewis, Texas Tech linebacker
08:57Jacob Rodriguez, Miami defensive back Keontae Scott, Arizona's trading Stukes,
09:01defensive back Auburn edge, carry on Crawford, Georgia Tech guard, Kalen Rutledge, TCU safety
09:08bug Clark and Michigan edge, Jay Sean Barham and Oklahoma's Grayson Halton.
09:12Who do you want out of that group?
09:15I mean, it's a, it's a large group.
09:17There are a couple of names that stand out to me that if they're there at 50, I'd be
09:19really intrigued by it and would take, and it's, it's Rodriguez, the linebacker, um,
09:25and, and Stukes, the defensive back Rodriguez.
09:28It's interesting.
09:29Dave Burkhead of the Free Press had a column today talking about how he thinks the number
09:33one need for the Lions is linebacker and off ball linebackers.
09:38They like that.
09:39They've got Jack Campbell in the middle, but maybe not so thrilled with what production
09:44they've gotten out of Barnes.
09:45And you've got Rodriguez who was, you know, a later pick who's coming off an ACL and last
09:50year.
09:50And, um, you know, he was, he was okay last year, but I don't know if he's more than a,
09:55uh, than a special teams player.
09:57So does it make sense to go get a linebacker?
10:00Well, someone like Rodriguez, he looks awfully good.
10:03Um, and I'd, I'd absolutely can would consider Jacob Rodriguez.
10:09The idea of trading Stukes, we discussed, uh, I don't know if it was yesterday or the day
10:13before he is intriguing because he's a guy that can play safety.
10:19He can play corner might be ideal as a nickelback.
10:22And we know the NFL that they throw the ball a ton in the NFL.
10:25So it's almost like he's on the field an awful lot as a nickelback four, three, three speed.
10:31And I, a lot to like, the only thing that the negative is he's coming off the ACL where
10:36he missed the entire year of last year and part of the year before, uh, that is a concern,
10:41but not at 50.
10:42I'd love it at 50.
10:44Yeah.
10:45I like Stukes too.
10:46I got really, really good size, like six to almost 200 pounds.
10:49My only issue is it will he fit in the lines defense.
10:52So obviously if Shepard and Campbell don't think he's a man type cover corner, which it doesn't
10:57seem like he might be, they might not want like him just because that alone.
11:00But as far as a player and skill wise, I think it's a ball hawk, good ball skills, a lot
11:04of
11:04interceptions, pass defended, bigger, bigger corner.
11:07Like I said, they can move to safety.
11:08Like you said, Gator, I only think they like the versatility.
11:11I like the versatility.
11:12I would take Stukes.
11:14I love Jacob Rodriguez and I really like Kyle Lewis trading Stukes and Bud Clark.
11:22So at this point I take one of those four, if any of them are available.
11:27And if they didn't get a tackle in the first round, I become the biggest Larry Borum fan
11:31ever and hold my breath and hope he can get the job done.
11:33If they did take a tackle in the first round, then I like this one, two combination because
11:37there are some defensive playmakers available there in the second round.
11:42And there it is.
11:43That concludes the very latest reporting on the draft and our Detroit Lions.
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