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It's getting real. The annual ugly draft hats are here:

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Not so bad (though I prefer the one with the curved brim over the flat one).

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iN THE WORDS OF THE LATE GREAT RODNEY DANGERFIELD....

"Hey, nice hat!!! Did it come with a free bowl of soup!!???

Back to drafting a stud OC at #57....
If NFL stud OC Frank Ragnow says that Mathew Stafford could always recognize and CALL the proper blocking patterns for each Lions play depending on what the opposing D was showing.....

then why the hell not draft a big Fugly OC stud at #57 and let the kid learn his craft from the best huh????

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Mike Clay's unit grades:

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Pre-Draft trade:

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The Athletic did a top bust by draft position, can't believe we didn't make the cut but we did get an honorable mention:




6. Rich Campbell
Team: Green Bay Packers
Draft Year: 1981
College: California
Position: QB

Analysis: Since 1970, Campbell is the only player selected in the top nine never to start a game. From 1970-2019, he is the only quarterback in the top 30 to never make a start. (Jordan Love, the No. 26 pick in 2020, should eventually start a game to reset those parameters.) Campbell apparently scarred the Packers so badly that they didn’t draft a QB in the first round for another 24 years.

This wasn’t much of a QB class in 1981, but it doesn’t help the Packers took Campbell over Hall of Famers such as cornerback Ronnie Lott, linebacker Mike Singletary and defensive lineman Howie Long.

Running back Lawrence Phillips was a close second here. The St. Louis Rams were so confident making him their 1996 pick that they traded Jerome Bettis to the Steelers, and Phillips amassed 1,265 yards and 12 touchdowns in his first 25 games before coach Dick Vermeil cut him. Phillips died in 2016 in prison while serving a 31-year sentence for several violent offenses, including domestic assault.