Its now offical....Lions lock up Stafford

[sportscurmudgeon]

This is BAD news for the Skins - - if you believe that Danny Boy is "smitten" with Sanchez. That means that ANY team with a draft pick between 2 and 12 can threaten the Skins with taking "their boy" and there is no other quality QB out there in the draft for them to take if the Skins decide to call the bluff.

This might make Danny panic and trade all the way up to #2 or #3. Cost for that could be Campbell plus the #13 pick plus a lower round pick.

If the FO makes a trade like that it will probably go down in history as comparable to the signing - - and the forced starting - - of Jeff George.

BTW, if the Skins trade up for Sanchez and deal Campbell away in the same trade of some subsequent trade and you were Sanchez' agent, how much would you hold out for in negotiating with Danny Boy? $50M guaranteed? Why not? A trade up would have shown his hand and it's not as if he has a Pro Bowl QB on the roster to start in place of Sanchez. I would LOVE to be the agent in that circumstance...

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

This is BAD news for the Skins - - if you believe that Danny Boy is "smitten" with Sanchez. That means that ANY team with a draft pick between 2 and 12 can threaten the Skins with taking "their boy" and there is no other quality QB out there in the draft for them to take if the Skins decide to call the bluff.

This might make Danny panic and trade all the way up to #2 or #3. Cost for that could be Campbell plus the #13 pick plus a lower round pick.

If the FO makes a trade like that it will probably go down in history as comparable to the signing - - and the forced starting - - of Jeff George.

BTW, if the Skins trade up for Sanchez and deal Campbell away in the same trade of some subsequent trade and you were Sanchez' agent, how much would you hold out for in negotiating with Danny Boy? $50M guaranteed? Why not? A trade up would have shown his hand and it's not as if he has a Pro Bowl QB on the roster to start in place of Sanchez. I would LOVE to be the agent in that circumstance...

I don't know if it's any worse now than it was before -- Stafford was projected to go to the Lions all along. They had to see this one coming.

As far as the money is concerned, that's never been an issue for Lil' Danny in the past.

I'm trying to convince myself that drafting Sanchez might not be as bad as I think. Maybe everything will be fine with the O-line, maybe everyone will stay healthy, maybe Haynesworth gives us all the pass rush we could possibly need, maybe Sanchez will click with our receivers in ways that JC never could, maybe this, maybe that ...

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

This is BAD news for the Skins - - if you believe that Danny Boy is "smitten" with Sanchez. That means that ANY team with a draft pick between 2 and 12 can threaten the Skins with taking "their boy" and there is no other quality QB out there in the draft for them to take if the Skins decide to call the bluff.

This might make Danny panic and trade all the way up to #2 or #3. Cost for that could be Campbell plus the #13 pick plus a lower round pick.

If the FO makes a trade like that it will probably go down in history as comparable to the signing - - and the forced starting - - of Jeff George.

BTW, if the Skins trade up for Sanchez and deal Campbell away in the same trade of some subsequent trade and you were Sanchez' agent, how much would you hold out for in negotiating with Danny Boy? $50M guaranteed? Why not? A trade up would have shown his hand and it's not as if he has a Pro Bowl QB on the roster to start in place of Sanchez. I would LOVE to be the agent in that circumstance...

50? are you serious? lemme have a drink of whatever's in your cup man

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

This is BAD news for the Skins - - if you believe that Danny Boy is "smitten" with Sanchez. That means that ANY team with a draft pick between 2 and 12 can threaten the Skins with taking "their boy" and there is no other quality QB out there in the draft for them to take if the Skins decide to call the bluff.

This might make Danny panic and trade all the way up to #2 or #3. Cost for that could be Campbell plus the #13 pick plus a lower round pick.

If the FO makes a trade like that it will probably go down in history as comparable to the signing - - and the forced starting - - of Jeff George.

BTW, if the Skins trade up for Sanchez and deal Campbell away in the same trade of some subsequent trade and you were Sanchez' agent, how much would you hold out for in negotiating with Danny Boy? $50M guaranteed? Why not? A trade up would have shown his hand and it's not as if he has a Pro Bowl QB on the roster to start in place of Sanchez. I would LOVE to be the agent in that circumstance...

I still do not believe that. I firmly think that the Sanchez thing is all smoke. I may be the only one in the world but I firmly believe that we have been fishing for trade-downs or for other talent to fall to us, nothing more.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I still do not believe that. I firmly think that the Sanchez thing is all smoke. I may be the only one in the world but I firmly believe that we have been fishing for trade-downs or for other talent to fall to us, nothing more.

You're not alone Lotus.

[724Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

You're not alone Lotus.

That at least makes three of us.

It's good to have the specifics of the contract but any other player the Lions selected would have been a surprise. I like Stafford and think he'll do pretty well throwing to Calvin Johnson.