mialuv13
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I was watching an interview with Martin Mayhew and Jim Schwartz (Lions GM and Head Coach Respectively) about their draft strategy and how they got this team to where it is now. Shwartz said something that stuck with me and I had to bring it up.
He said that instead of focusing on the weaknesses the team decided to focus on their strengths. This made me think (other than the fact that the Lions have been horrible and have had multiple top 10 picks since the beginning of time), maybe that is something this team should consider. I know that this strategy probably doesn't work in most circumstances, and the Lions have had so many top picks at their disposal that they were bound to be good at some point.
That being said the Lions D-line is menacing. They play with a type of swagger and mentality like they are out to break the other teams bones. I love it. I was hoping the Phins would have a chance to be this good.
I presented this topic to ask everyone to look at what our strength was this off-season (I know I know, coulda, shoulda, woulda), and what our strengths (if we have any) are now and how we should have and can build on it to become a better team. I also wanted to see this boards' opinion on building on strengths rather than gap-filling weaknesses.
**Side note try not to focus on the glaring weaknesses this team obviously has. We all know that this team has more holes than swiss cheese. There are enough threads about how this team is doomed to painful mediocrity or worse. This team obviously needs to find some kind of foundation before they start building on it. **
I'll go ahead and start. We should build around Fields since he has been the only productive part of this team. Haha. Jk (not really). I can't really think of any strengths, but thats where I'm hoping you guys can shed some light on the topic.
He said that instead of focusing on the weaknesses the team decided to focus on their strengths. This made me think (other than the fact that the Lions have been horrible and have had multiple top 10 picks since the beginning of time), maybe that is something this team should consider. I know that this strategy probably doesn't work in most circumstances, and the Lions have had so many top picks at their disposal that they were bound to be good at some point.
That being said the Lions D-line is menacing. They play with a type of swagger and mentality like they are out to break the other teams bones. I love it. I was hoping the Phins would have a chance to be this good.
I presented this topic to ask everyone to look at what our strength was this off-season (I know I know, coulda, shoulda, woulda), and what our strengths (if we have any) are now and how we should have and can build on it to become a better team. I also wanted to see this boards' opinion on building on strengths rather than gap-filling weaknesses.
**Side note try not to focus on the glaring weaknesses this team obviously has. We all know that this team has more holes than swiss cheese. There are enough threads about how this team is doomed to painful mediocrity or worse. This team obviously needs to find some kind of foundation before they start building on it. **
I'll go ahead and start. We should build around Fields since he has been the only productive part of this team. Haha. Jk (not really). I can't really think of any strengths, but thats where I'm hoping you guys can shed some light on the topic.