Comments on: DJ Williams is Officially Moving

By: Quicksilver

Quicksilver — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:48:48 +0000

Has anybody seen the video of Boss Bailey on CBS4, I live in Wisconsin and i can tell you that Boss is a beast, but the coaching staff in Detroit never got it, i don’t think they have ever been good at assessing talent. I am getting more excited about our LB core all the time, especially with what i am hearing about the steal we got in Kout.

By: Jonathan Douglas

Jonathan Douglas — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:11:42 +0000

Brenton,

Thanks for joining the discussion. My favorite part about blogging is the spirited discussions! :)

I completely agree with you that if Niko lives up to the mainstream media hype, Boss pans out on the strong side, DJ finds the weakside as acceptable as he did during his 1st season and we end up with guys like Winborn & Webster as backups, I believe our LB corp would be terrific!

My concern is not the moves themselves. It’s the given reason for the move. Maybe Shanahan will talk more about this and some other details about his decision-making will prove these comments are not the complete story – I really hope so. Because I just don’t think DJ’s play was the issue.

By: r8rh8r

r8rh8r — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:00:35 +0000

**Curtis Lofton (not Johnson)

By: r8rh8r

r8rh8r — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:57:35 +0000

I wouldn’t want to spend our second-rounder to move up. I have my heart set on Curtis Johnson or Aquib Talib with those picks. I haven’t been convinced that Ellis is the right guy for us but seeing him put up 510lbs certainly went a long way towards persuading me he could handle multiple gap assignments despite lining up in the B-gap for the majority of his collegiate career.

I could stomach a trade but only for the right price.

By: Brenton

Brenton — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:55:17 +0000

I think you’re dead wrong about Shanahan. I think that DJ would have developed into a pro bowl Middle Linebacker, but if all the buzz about Niko pans out, then we could now have a pro bowl Middle Line backer in Niko and an almost obvious Pro Bowler in DJ. This is one of the smartest moves Shanahan made this offseason.

By: Josh Temple

Josh Temple — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:03:37 +0000

* Also apologies to Johnathan above, I hadn’t noticed you wrote this post until Kyle mentioned it in the daily links.

By: Josh Temple

Josh Temple — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:01:29 +0000

While watching NFL Network before I came into work this morning they kept eluding to the trend of how teams are trying to get out of the top picks because they cost so much. Anything is possible with Shanahan, I didn’t see the Cutler pick coming.

By: Quicksilver

Quicksilver — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:51:20 +0000

I agree Josh, I think we may jump up in the draft and get a good YOUNG guy that be a starter right away. I never saw the Cutler move coming, but now i can see more possibility for a jump up in the draft, espn has even been talking about it some, we have a number of picks later on that could be used as trade bate, I see a real possibility of jumping into the top 10 and getting a good DT

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:50:24 +0000

I would love Dorsey or Ellis, but latest mocks have both going in to the Top 5-7. Too high to move up for one player.

I’m still hoping we get Robertson… after he’s released though.

By: Josh Temple

Josh Temple — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:19:10 +0000

I’m still not ruling out the possibility of us trading up ahead of #9 to make sure we can take Dorsey or Ellis before the Bengals do. I think I like the idea of filling our DT need with young talent rather than depend on trying to land busted up D-Rob in free agency.