I don't know about taking a safety that high. If he becomes Ed Reed then sure, but we'd be doing ourselves a disservice by not addressing our most glaring needs by taking a safety which has become kind of a "sexy" pick in the last few years.

There are too many holes to draft a safety when we've already got one good safety in Delmas. It has been a revolving door at the other safety position opposite Delmas this year because of injury so it's hard gauge what we really have there. Ko Simpson was playing ok, Bullocks will be back, hell, even Marquand Manuel played some good football (ok, decent).

Trading down is most definitely my first choice for the Lions this year. Assuming their position stays the same there really isn't a player at a position of need in this draft that would provide the type of value and be worth the investment. Here is a list of the players drafted from 4-10 this year and the amount of their salaries:

4. Seattle - LB, Aaron Curry, Wake Forest - Signed (6-years, $60M; $34M guaranteed)
5. NY Jets (fr. CLE) - QB, Mark Sanchez, USC - Signed (5-years; $50.5M real/$60M max; $28M guaranteed)
6. Cincinnati - OT, Andre Smith, Alabama - Signed (4-years, $26M; $21M guaranteed)
7. Oakland - WR, Darrius Heyward-Bey, Maryland - Signed (5-years, $38.25M real/$54M max; $23.5M guaranteed)
8. Jacksonville - OT, Eugene Monroe, Virginia - Signed (5-years, $35.4M; $19.2M guaranteed)
9. Green Bay - DT, B.J. Raji, Boston College - Signed (5-years, $28.5M; $17.7M guaranteed)
10. San Francisco - WR, Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech - Signed (6-years, $32M; $17M guaranteed)

If we don't trade down we're looking at about $35 million guaranteed. If we do we can maybe get that under $20 which is much more manageable. The offensive and defensive lines need to be addressed much more desperately then the second safety spot.

Suh won't be there at 4. If he is, you run your draft card up the second after the team at #3 announces their selection. Gerald McCoy is the only other option. Okung is viewed as the top tackle before the combine but I'm not totally sold on taking him at 4. Those are the options that I see in front of the Lions. They need one of those 3 guys but I can't see Suh dropping to them but I don't want to overpay for McCoy. Okung, the jury is still out on.

What did Cleveland recieve last year in the trade with the Jets to get Sanchez? And where did they move up from? Just curious

I just hope that the Lions pick one spot ahead of the Redskins. They will certainly have a new coach next year who will probably want his own QB, and Snyder has already begun scouting Clausen and McCoy. Anybody behind them who wants a QB may be willing to trade up to the Lions' spot because of it. While Seattle is a possibility, Buffalo will have a new coach who will probably want his own QB too, so I think they might be more likely to pull the trigger.

Best solution in that instance, we offer to trade with the redskins that 1 spot so they can have their Qb for the mere price of their 2nd round pick.

Touchdown Jesus, that isn't exactly true. Remember when the Lions traded back with the Browns one spot so they could draft Kellen Winslow? Cleveland either thought the Lions were going to draft him or else the Lions had another trade lined up. It's obvious that the Lions aren't going to take a QB this year, but they could tell Washington that they have a deal in place with either Seattle or Buffalo and ask them to beat it. While it's not very likely, it's not impossible, and it has happened before.

Touchdown Jesus, that isn't exactly true. Remember when the Lions traded back with the Browns one spot so they could draft Kellen Winslow? Cleveland either thought the Lions were going to draft him or else the Lions had another trade lined up. It's obvious that the Lions aren't going to take a QB this year, but they could tell Washington that they have a deal in place with either Seattle or Buffalo and ask them to beat it. While it's not very likely, it's not impossible, and it has happened before.

Locker to return for senior season By Ted Miller
ESPN.com

Washington Huskies quarterback Jake Locker announced Monday that he will return for his senior season instead of entering the NFL draft, despite most projections slotting him as an early first-round selection.

"After a great deal of careful thought and deliberation, I have decided to return to Washington and play my senior year," Locker said in a statement. "I am very excited about this team's opportunities and potential for the upcoming season and I am looking forward to being a part of it."

With Locker back, the Huskies should be a bowl threat in what figures to be a deep Pac-10 in 2010. They are expected to welcome back nine starters on offense and eight on defense as well as both specialists.

Entering the 2009 season, the big question with Locker was how he would adapt to new coach Steve Sarkisian's pro-style offensive scheme. Locker ran a spread-option offense his first two seasons as the Huskies' starter, though the second season ended after four games when he injured his thumb.

Those questions were answered early when the Huskies, 0-12 in 2008, started 2-1 and earned a national ranking, narrowly losing to LSU and beating then-No. 3 USC.

Locker completed 58 percent of his passes for 2,800 yards -- the third-highest single-season passing total in UW history -- with 21 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He also rushed for 388 yards and seven touchdowns

With Locker in charge, the Huskies completed one of the nation's best turnarounds, finishing 5-7, just a win short of bowl eligibility.

Locker, a native of Ferndale, Wash., ranks sixth on the Washington career list with 5,374 career yards. He also is just two yards shy of Marques Tuiasosopo's record as the program's all-time leading rusher at quarterback.

Locker also signed a contract last summer with the Los Angeles Angels -- he's no longer on scholarship and is paying his own way at Washington -- though he repeatedly has insisted that football is his first choice.

There's been discussions of trading down in several threads, but I'm going to attempt to have them consolidated here. I know it's not likely to happen, but atleast I tried.

There's been a lot of talk in Tampa Bay from the fans and media about the Bucs trading up to get Suh. While I don't consider that likely since teams seldom trade up into the top 5 for a position other than QB, it's not impossible. The problem as I see it is the Rams may strongly consider making that trade with the Bucs themselves. They know that Tampa and Detroit won't take a QB since both teams drafted the position last year and they could still get their QB of choice at #3. Of course, the Lions could always trade their pick to a team needing a QB in that instance and their plan would backfire on them. The question then becomes, are the Rams willing to take that chance?

If the Bucs offered to move up one spot with the Lions to get Suh, I'd probably make that deal for their own (or Cleveland's) 2nd round pick. As M2K said in another thread, the Lions could then field offers from Seattle, Buffalo, and any other team that needs a QB to jump ahead of Washington. I know that a double trade down is very unlikely, but it's not impossible. I think Cleveland did it three times last year from #5 all the way down to #21.