If you make an investment, it is imperative that you have full confidence in it.

That is why Mr. Ford is backing his guy. The man he originally chose to run the ship.

The second round, where the Lions really could have found the means to help themselves, like you stated, has been an unmitigated disaster for them, which should be a terminable offense for Millen, in my eyes.

Due to salary cap and other issues, the selection of Johnson will likely lead to the Lions taking pennies on the dollar in exchange for Roy Williams this off season, which will also be nothing short of a disaster for Millen.

Glad to hear Davis will get a look now that Williams is on IR.

The first and second round of the draft is usually used on players who will start playing immediately (except for quarterbacks). Teams will usually use these picks to fill some glaring holes. Even the good teams, who have late picks and not many of these glaring holes, usually have a starting position for their 1st-rounders. If they dont, they make one. They’ll release a high-price or injury-prone veteran.

Our first-rounder, Calvin Johnson, had practically no impact on the team this year. There wasn’t a need for a receiver. Not a pressing one anyway. He’ll have an impact eventually, but they knew that he would have to learn the system and adjust to the pro game. So they weren’t counting on him being a big part of their success this year as the Vikings had with Adrian Peterson, or Cleveland with Joe Thomas.

They didn’t pick any of the second-rounders to help this year either. Stanton is a quarterback so that pick was definitely not to help win games this year. Alama-Francis wasn’t gonna start this year either since they had picked up DeWayne White and were counting on Kalimba Edwards to become a sack artist. Gerald Alexander got to play this year but it was by default. Bullocks and Kennedy had a strong hold on the safety positions.

These guys were all picked to add depth. They were guys that Marinelli were gonna play primarely on special teams and used them sparingly during a game to give his startes a breather.

Marinelli is now giving a more serious look at these guys. And that is a good thing. We didn’t have a third-rounder but Marinelli is gonna give Arizona’s third-rounder, Buster Davis, a chance to play and get involved. Manny Ramirez should also get a look. He cant be worst than Blaine Saipai.

I hope that next year’s 1st- and 2nd-rounders will be used to fill holes, rather than bring depth. Second-day picks should be used for depth and special teams.