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Bullocks is quite simply…a playmaker. In his last three seasons at Nebraska, Daniel played in 36 games (32 starts) and made 210 tackles, broke up 22 passes, intercepted 8 passes, forced 4 fumbles and recovered three. Bullocks also is a very good player on special teams.
Bullocks is very physical against the running game, but could improve his man-to-man coverage. If the Lions play a bunch of zone defense, Bullocks will have the impact of a first round pick.
Ernie Sims is a fantastic pick for the Lions. The only downside is the fact that he stands only 5′11″ and weighs in at only 220 pounds. Sims flys to the ballcarrier and unloads with ferocity as he tries to drive right through the ballcarrier. Coaches at Florida State had to tell him to settle down at practice because he was hurting his teammates.
In 38 games at Florida State (30 starts) Sims made 200 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, broke up 11 passes and had two interceptions. That is a ton of production for an OLB. Sims should start from Day #1.
The Lions have dominated the Packers in Michigan, covering eight of the last nine meetings. This year the Lions are going to be a little better without the stiff Joey Harrington. Brett Favre never plays well in domes and I don’t see him starting to at his advanced age. Take the Lions and lay the points.
I wish the Lions never drafted Joey Harrington, he personally set the Lions back a few years. Three years in a row they drafted a wide receiver and Harrington could never get them the ball. The new QB’s will have alot of talent to work with and I think the new guys (Kitna, McCown) will be able to get the ball to the playmakers’ hands.
Jon Kitna has never been a star, but he’s always been a solid QB. Kitna has started 79 games, completed 58.8% of his passes, thrown for 18,259 yards with 108 TD and 104 INT. Kitna’s career rating is 75.3 which is about average. He looks to be in line to be the starter, but Josh McCown probably has different plans.
Josh McCown is a big, physical QB that never really got Dennis Green confident in him. McCown has started 22 games in his career and thrown for 5,431 yards. McCown has thrown more pickoffs (29) than TD (25) and has a career rating of 72.1. McCown isn’t scared to run when protection bogs down as he has 429 yards rushing in his career (4.6 average) and three TD.
Due to his experience and ability, Kitna should be the starter this season. Kitna has four seasons in which he has thrown for 3,178 yards or more. It seems that Kitna will start this year with McCown’s big chance coming next season. Either way, the Lions are much better off with either of these guys over the sorry Joey Harrington.