The Inside the Den episode titled “Building on the Foundation” features Cam Sutton, CJGJ, Isaiah Buggs, and John Cominsky before cutting to the scouts last year!
It shows how dynamic Lions leadership is, because they were WRONG about those 4 guys being “foundational” but they were right about enough other things that none of us noticed!
How about you? In this insane magical ride from NFL joke to serious SB contender in just 3 years, which of your takes was really wrong and which debatable take did you have that turned out right?
I was wrong about:
Jared Goff. I’ve lamented his lack of clutch gene right up until he was clutch for us through every playoff game.
Gibbs & LaPorta. I can’t be the only one who said WTF when those names were called so early. Lions traded back and picked up two STUDS from that one trade. But I was a doubter. No more.
I was right about:
Campbell was the man and I stuck by him when folks were calling for his head after like a 4-20-1 or whatever it was record.
CJGJ was an a-hole that we didn’t need. He looked good to me until he put out that blue mask idea and I realized that he loves the villain role a little too much. Detroit was beloved all over the league for being a bunch of hardworking guys and he wanted to do the whole bad boy city of criminals narrative. Take that ish to Philly.
My jury is still out on:
Brad Holms 4th round pix and beyond. I know he crushed it with Amon-Ra, Houston, and Rodrigo but that was in year-1 when he waited on the board to fall to him. Since then he’s been more aggressive moving all over the board to get BroMart, Manu, Sorsdal, and whatnot from increasingly obscure places. None have panned out yet so he may need a John Dorsey-type getting him to trust the board again.
Come on Den-isons. Please share your honest takes on what you were wrong about, right about, and still doubting. It’s June, we need some good convo here!
They were “right” about CJGJ’s role and talent. They were hesitent to take Brian Branch because he was redundant to CJGJ, but they loved what BB brought to the table. They even had to explain it to Sheila when they took Branch. “We realize he plays the same role as the guy we just signed, but…” Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. The staff trusted their board and didn’t “reach” for a different player. They made it happen and now have “the rich man’s” version of CJGJ.
It’s so unfair how he gets let off the hook for that due to JRey. Reynolds might have failed to move the offense, but CJGJ gave them 15 and a 1st. He moved SF’s offense for them.
I’ve always preferred realness over show/showy.
Barry was real. Deion Sanders was show. Depth of character with the ferocity versus a ‘look at me’
Detroit ain’t Broadway.
I’m sure he would be happy AF that fans are talking about him like this, either way.
Broadway may be a show, but it has nothing to do with being showy. The point of a great Broadway play is that at end of it, there is a great applause.
That’s the point. Putting on a show that gathers applause and clapping naturally, not forced… Which is exactly what will happen if he shows out. Or gets a sack. Or stuffs a run 3-yards deep in the backfield.
I too prefer realness over show but @BigNatty Deion is the best cornerback to ever strap up. He was deadly real. Literally took away half the field on 49ers defense in SB 29 victory. Then went to Dallas and took away half the field on THEIR SB 30 victory the very next year! He was absolutely a difference maker, supremely confident and entertaining because he truly was the greatest.
And as another greatest of all time who got dinged for talking and dancing too much famously said “Braggin’ ain’t braggin’ if you back it up.”
[That was Islamic philosopher and boxing legend Muhammad Ali for some of you young folks on the forum]
And for good measure, over a 14-year career, players always said Deion was a good locker room guy. He just knew football is an entertainment biz, so to quote him “Look good, feel good. Feel good, play good. Play good, pay good.”
