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Word leaked on Sunday night, but the Chris Houston trade is officially official, a done deal. The trade went down as originally reported. Per Killer Kowalski at Mlive:
The Lions sent a sixth-round draft choice to the Falcons and the teams will also swap fifth-round picks -- the Falcons move to No. 2 in the round while the Lions will now pick in the No. 18 slot.
You get a chance to obtain a starting corner for a 6th round pick, no matter how good he may, or may not, be, you make the deal every single solitary time...especially when the current corner depth chart says, "Left cornerback 1st string: TBD. Right cornerback 1st string: TBD."
At SI, Peter King brings up the Lions, something he rarely does. In this case, he praises Jim Schwartz and the Lions for their rebuilding of the defensive line (Pre-waiving of Dewayne White). He believes the drafting of Ndamukong Suh or Gerald McCoy would be the icing on the cake. For what it's worth, King has the text The Schwartz sent to Kyle Vanden Bosch on the eve of free agency:
I could be anywhere in the country tonite, but I am here in Nashville to see you. Can I get a half hour tonight or tomorrow morning?
Schwartz
Awww. It sounds like something out of a romcom. All that's missing is "Hugs and kisses!"
At the News, Tim Twentyman tells the unwashed masses the Lions will likely bolster the running back position in the draft. In other news, the sun rises in the east and Russ Thomas is still dead. Anyway, here's what Twentyman has to say:
With this year's draft also deep in defensive and offensive lineman, one of the top three backs in the class could fall to the Lions with their first pick of the second round (No. 34 overall). Most analysts agree that the top three running backs in the draft are Spiller, Best and Ryan Matthews of Fresno State.
All signs point to the Lions taking a running back early in day 2 of the draft. As Twentyman says, the likely candidate will be the home run hitting type, as "The Lions had just five rushing plays of more than 20 yards in 2009, and two of those came from the quarterback position." Damn, I miss Barry Sanders...
Also at the News, John Niyo throws a name out on the wall, just to see if it sticks. In this case, the name is...Derek Anderson:
Depending on what kind of offers are out there for Anderson -- Arizona's one team that might offer a better opportunity, though I still think they're a sleeper to deal for Michael Vick -- he could draw interest from the Lions as they search for a veteran backup to starter Matthew Stafford this spring.
Two words: Uh...no.
Real Fake Sports "quotes" Nate Burleson on his getting gainful employment on the Lions in a down economy.
"I'm just happy to be working again," said Burleson. "Especially as a wide receiver. I applied at a few other places, mostly sales and a couple manual laborer jobs, but I just couldn't turn down $11 million guaranteed to play football."
Considering the state of the local economy, this is almost believable!
Ty at The Lions in Winter has his usual well thought out post, saying the Lions are now making the right moves at the right time:
If the Lions had made these same signings this past offseason, it wouldn’t have done them nearly as much good. Replace Bryant Johnson with Nate Burleson, Dewayne White with Kyle Vanden Bosch, and Landon Cohen with Corey Williams . . . how many more wins do the Lions get? Not many.
Not any, actually. I do agree the Lions are going to be a better team. The draft will go a long way in telling us how much better.
Steve at the Detroit Lions Weblog has put his foot down, and wants to stop all the pre-draft silliness.
I am going to go against the objective, stats and performance-based approach, which is supposed to a be a more sustainable and less sentimental model for success, and go on record that given the film I have seen (I know, I am not a pro scout!) that the Lions would be foolish to pass on either Suh or McCoy, or whomever is available to them at pick#2 (Funny thing is, Suh’s stats are better, too).
Works for me. I'm all for a dominant player on the defensive line as it's been decades since the last one...which would have been a young Bubba Baker, back when Monte Clark was walking the Lions' sideline in the late 70's - early 80's. Yes, it's been that damn long.
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Are these really wins? Williams for Cohen, Burleson for Johnson? Sure, these players are better than what we had, but c'mon, who wouldn't be better than what we had. Landon Cohen? I'm sorry, no kool aid for me, I'll stick to ice tea for a while until we win some damn games.
I want to be encouraged also, 'cause, being Lions fans, that's about all we have, but let's remember we're living in a Lions world, not really the NFL yet. Our talent level is still somewhat behind the average 2nd year expansion team.