At the beginning of the 2008 season the projections were that Atlanta was going to be bad, and that Miami might have another bad year. No one was expecting Detroit to be good, but no one was expecting them to have this bad of a season. Detroit was 7-9 last year, which is not awful, it is not great, but it is still decent. Detroit had a couple of decent draft picks, however none as influential on that team as Kevin Smith. He led their team this season with 976 rush yards, and he was third on the receiving list with 286 receiving yards. Calvin Johnson, the other main threat of the team was their receiving leader with 1331 yards, and he would have had a good partner, except after week 6 the other good receiver that the Lions had, Roy Williams, was traded to the Cowboys.
The Lions, who haven't have very many great draft choices the past few years will have the number 1 draft choice, unless they trade with some other team. The Lions, who have flipped quarterbacks multiple times this season, starting with Kitna then moving to Orlovsky, and finally to Culpepper might look towards the quarterbacks coming out of college as their number 1 choice.
Possibilities might be Sam Bradford, Mark Sanchez, Graham Harrell, but who knows how the rest of their draft might go, and even if they do have a good draft, how much will it change their team for next year?
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