He was handsy early on and got alot of penalties but he had a solid rookie year overall. Definitely sticky in coverage. Rakestraw and Wingo got hurt. Mahogany is future starter a G. Hopefully Manu is Decker replacement. Vaki was good on special teams. They took more developmental guys this draft that weren’t forced to play immediately
This is a casual take IMO. That draft is basically what Baltimore and other great teams do every year: get some depth, get some development guys, and fill small holes. The roster was simply too good for us to have a bunch of rookies make impact. Arnold played well overall and was in phase more often than not. He'll be really good next season, I have zero concerns about him. My only draft issue was Rakestraw. Good player but how many shots are we gonna take on injury prone players only for it to blow up in our face immediately. I'm not sure he's durable enough to play NFL special teams and I'm not sure there's a starting spot for him on defense so....what's the plan next season. We just wait for year 3, when Amik is gone and he can compete for nickel?
You guys are banking on future production when this team is contending right now. Teams like Baltimore, KC and Buffalo have all-time QBs, which Detroit does not. This team needs to consistently add talent for the current year and they did not do that this season.
Even before Hutch went down, pass rushing was a question mark. Again, Hutch led the team in sacks and he played five games; Smith was second with four and he only played half the season for them. It's not like I'm second guessing this. I was bytching about it all offseason and before the trade deadline.
This upcoming draft cannot be about depth. It needs to be about impact players. I would trade these picks to land an impact guy.
If Glenn leaves, it will be interesting to see what kind of DC they bring in or promote. I like Glenn but hid defense got torched by quality teams WAY too often and he was stubborn as fukk. Maybe a new DC can get better results.
I've seen a lot of Stafford talk the past 24 hours. I don't know why everyone keeps ignoring that the Rams made major trades year after year until they won. Brandin Cooks, Jalen Ramsey, Leonard Floyd, Stafford, Von Miller and Odell Beckham. They traded for Miller and Beckham during the 2021 season and both balled out in the postseason.
