Why Lions blew it taking Calvin Johnson | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Is everybody finally ready to concede what’s now painfully obvious? The Lions blew it when they drafted Calvin Johnson last year with the second overall pick instead of offensive tackle Joe Thomas or running back Adrian Peterson. The final piece of damning evidence against the decision is the team’s preparation for next month’s draft.
Despite the need for impact on the defensive side of the ball, the Lions will opt for offense once again in the first round with the No. 15 pick — either an offensive tackle or a running back.

They’re still looking for their Joe Thomas or Adrian Peterson a year later.

Well-Well, it’s the the Lions version of the Pistons Guaran-sheed it’s Krazy-Kinta. Jon Kitna re-ups his look in to the future on how many wins the Lions will have in 2007.

I’m still thinking it will be at least another 2 years before they get to the level of 10+ wins and possibly making the playoffs. Good thing we have the Tigers, Wings and Pistons in this town.

“See, that was 10 games before I saw the schedule, too,” the quarterback told WDFN-AM (1130) this week. “I’ll keep to myself what I think we actually will win. But it’s more than 10 games.”

The Lions went 3-13 last season and are 24-72 in the Matt Millen era.

“I think, last year, man, it really sucked,” Kitna said. “But the good thing about it, like coach (Rod) Marinelli said, he found out who wanted to be here, who didn’t, and he’s been able to put his stamp on this team.” freep

James Hall who was traded this offseason doesn’t have much to say about his former team. Nothing we haven’t heard before i.e. Dre Bly or Joey Harrington.

“I personally didn’t feel that the organization was going in the right direction, as far as the people they were bringing in to make it a winning team,” he said. “I just got tired of, every two years, rotating the coaching staff, guys going in and out, not really having any continuity on the team. I just felt like I wasn’t going to have the opportunity to get something done there. “It got to the point where it was so frustrating, disappointing, that (the playoffs were) hard to watch.”

Finally, asked to compare the Rams and Lions, Hall said, “I can see a huge difference in the team speed. It’s like night and day here.”freep