Lions should pass on Stafford, tackle other needs with top pick

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:37:00 -0400

Before discussing Matt Cassel, a stellar week in the NBA and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model Bar Refaeli…

Like many of my fellow mock drafters (or is it mock draftees? draftites?), I have the Detroit Lions selecting quarterback Matthew Stafford with the overall number one pick.

If the lot of us is correct, the Lions will have made a mistake.

In the role of prognosticator, my job is to predict what each team will do when its turn during the April 25 draft comes up, putting its needs, the draft board, rumors, team history and other factors over my own personal opinion.

The latter is why God (or Bill Simmons; I am never sure whom to give credit to) created blogs.

(Um, Ben, how does that make sense? Sounds like political double talk to me, affording you the opportunity to be correct regardless how the pick turns out. Hmmm).

Ok, hear me out. Yes, the Lions are in dire need of a quarterback. In fact, no team has a worse collection of signal callers right now and I’m not sure how much my opinion would change even if Jon Kitna were to return.

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Lions should pass on Stafford, tackle other needs with top pick