Detroit goes 0-38

[KillaK]

Ever wonder what happened to the players?

 

[steeljake]

Big fucking deal. You got rid of bad players... isn't this a good thing?

I think the point is that out of 38 drafts picks one of them should have turned out to be a franchise player. The best one out of all them is that bum Roy Williams and he is about to be #3 on a depth chart behind a rookie and an undrafted free agent.

 

[PEYMAN18]

I guess Millen was the football god's way of saying "We gave you Sanders and your didn't do shit, now you get Millen"

We'll atleast only 1 player from his 2008 Draft is gone and 2 players are still on the team from his 2007 draft....

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Thats reaching pretty remarkable levels of fail.

 

[Buzzman]

Even worse 5 of the 8 picks from 2007 are gone as well. 1 is Calvin the other 2 are bums named Drew Stanton and Manny Rameriz who will eventually be cut. SO in the end between the years of 2002 to 2007 only Calvin johnson will have had a positive impact.

But things are promising because the first draft after Matt Millen got fired we hit good on 6 of them.

 

[PEYMAN18]

Even worse 5 of the 8 picks from 2007 are gone as well. 1 is Calvin the other 2 are bums named Drew Stanton and Manny Rameriz who will eventually be cut. SO in the end between the years of 2002 to 2007 only Calvin johnson will have had a positive impact.

But things are promising because the first draft after Matt Millen got fired we hit good on 6 of them.

EVEN worse is that so far, his 2008 draft so far is straight garbage. I have slight hope for Cherilus, Dizon is amazingly bad, I love Smith, but Best is going to be such a beast, Fluellen I can see getting cut, Avril is probably the best player in this draft and even his future is uncertain, Moore isn't even on the team any more, Felton has been solid at FB so far, I don't even know about Cohen and Caleb Campbell I hope can be a solid backup at LB.

I can see most players in this draft gone in the next 2-3 years, the legacy of Matt Millen will never die!!!

 

[USCChifan]

Mike Williams is actually having a good offseason w/ Pete Carrol and the Seahawks and he may make the roster. One of the biggest Millen busts is having success somewhere else, unlike Charles Rogers

 

[G-men]

I love Smith, but Best is going to be such a beast

and so was Joey Harrington
bama:

 

[Buzzman]

Harrington came into a lose lose siuation. There was no way he was going to have success and the losing finally cracked him mentally. He was actually a good player but the Lions Lionized him.

 

[G-men]

Harrington came into a lose lose siuation. There was no way he was going to have success and the losing finally cracked him mentally. He was actually a good player but the Lions Lionized him.

it was a joke.....

 

[PEYMAN18]

Today, the Lions released Daniel Bullocks, the last player remaining from a 5-year stretch of drafts. That's 0-for-40. Here's what became of them all, and I warn you, it's not pretty. I'm not going to name names (to protect those involved), but see if you can match up the fates of those 40 picks with this draft history: http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?teamId=1540&type=team


2002:
•Spent 4 solid seasons with Detroit. Traded for a 5th round pick. Hasn't played since 2007.
•Out of the league.
•Currently thriving in Denver.
•Never played an NFL down.
•Caught 5 passes in his 3 years with the Lions.
•Out of the league.
•Never played a down.
•Out of the league.
•Played one game in 3 years.

2003:
•Legal troubles, character issues, washed out of the league in 2005.
•Had a few good years in Detroit, now out of the league.
•Started every game for four straight seasons. Then went to a good team, and doesn't start anymore.
•Out of the league.
•Out of the league.
•In the CFL.
•In the UFL.
•Out of the league.
•Cut by a CFL team.
•Never made a team.
•Never made a team.

2004:
•Consistently underachieved. Now consistently underachieves in Dallas.
•Had great rookie year. Never equaled it.
•Had excellent rookie year. Never started again. Reigning UFL champion.
•Started 5 games in 5 years with Lions.
•Out of the league.
•Played in Arena Football, CFL.

2005:
•Spent 2 years with Lions. Traded as part of a package for a 4th round pick.
•Spent 4 "meh" seasons with Lions. Left as a free agent.
•Out of football.
•Is Dan Orlovsky.
•Managed to play 8 career games without recording a tackle.
•Died in a motorcycle accident.

2006
•Had a good stint. Traded.
•Injury-plagued. Released.
•In the CFL.
•Solid few years, after the Lions cut him.
•Never played a down.
•In the UFL.
•Out of the league.

From five consecutive drafts, I count only two unqualified successes: Andre' Goodman and Ernie Sims. And of course, neither is plying their trade in Detroit anymore.

Just remember this list next time Matt Millen appears on your television, getting paid to analyze football.

:suicide: So....much....fail...

 

[Berowsk]

•Is Dan Orlovsky.

I gotta show my brother this. HA.