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(12-28-2021, 04:04 PM)Murdock2420 Wrote: Swift has been hurt most of the season (had him in fantasy) which is why they kept limiting his workload. Was dealing with a hamstring injury for weeks, and then once he was healed up and they gave him a full workload, he got tackled funny and hurt his shoulder.

Hockenson is a beast, and St. Brown is really coming on strong, (4th rounder producing like a 1st rounder...but I digress) I also think they have a 2nd WR in Quintez Cephus who was showing promise prior to his injury. Again, you have to think of the absolute handicap to St Brown and Cehpus of having Captain checkdown Goff under center. Put Burrow or Josh Allen or Justin Herbert on that team, they are .500 or better.

They do have some defensive holes, but those you can mask a little more if you are putting up points, and with that line and an upgrade at QB, they'd be an issue for a lot of teams. Problem for them is, there isn't a sure fire lock of a QB in the draft this season. They need to get lucky with the FA crop this season. And adding Hutchinson or Thib will really help, they get either of them and say Wilson leaves Seattle and goes there (I know super unlikely) that team would be interesting.

I have more hope in Josh Reynolds becoming a key contributor for DET than Quinton Cephus.
He's already put up 295 in 6 games.
With that said, I don't see Reynolds as a guy who could be a perennial 1000+ yard WR.


Get the Lions a true WR1 caliber guy to go along with St. Brown and Hockenson, and I think the passing game gets better.

I agree though that this doesn't look like a great year for QBs. There isn't a QB like Burrow or Lawrence that people have high confidence will do well right from the get-go. The FA market also looks terrible. Maybe they could draw Jameis Winston or Cam Newton to try to resurrect their careers, but that's a gamble.