re: Brandon Coleman - Thoughts?

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We need treadwell.

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Definitely would not hate the pick, but to me we need immediate impact youth at both guard positions as well as D line. I feel almost the same about our CB's as I do our WR's in that we've got enough young talent that could still develop into legit starters if not game changers so we do not need to get younger and draft these positions but rather go after some veteran FA's like we tried to do with Browner. Although if a true #1WR is available in the draft it'd be hard to argue against that. And we need to cut Browner regardless of dead money, it'll still save us like $1M+ so to me that's worth it.

Lewis will return at #1 or #2, plus Breaux/Swann/PJ are all 26 and under and would be a solid 2/3/4.....I'd like to see us target someone like Leon Hall, Terrance Newman, Sean Smith, or Jerraud Powers on a short term deal in FA

Cooks/Snead/Coleman all did okay this year as 1/2/3, but they would look even better as more of a 2/3/4.....I'd like to see us target someone like Anquan Boldin or Malcom Floyd in FA......Although a person I'd really love to see here and it's not as crazy as it first sounds is Calvin Johnson. At 30 years old there is no way the Lions keep him at a $24M cap hit, and reports are saying people close to him are indicating he will not take a pay cut, my guess is because he wants out of Detroit. He's also "mulling retirement" but I don't think that's a big possiblity. If he does leave Detroit which seems most likely, aside from maybe a bigger contract elsewhere I don't see why he wouldn't want to come here in a dome and play with Drew who showed zero signs of slowing down and Payton staying here