Lions moving Reiff to OG??

LION KING · Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:29 pm Post subject:

Wow just another bad pick bye Detroit if he's moved to Guard!
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TL-TwoWinsAway · Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 24074

I can't stand this line of reasoning.

If Reiff can be a solid starter (at the least) at OG, he isn't a wasted pick by any means. We took him because he was a great prospect and BPA, and now we're seemingly in a position to grab a stud OT at the top of the draft this year. If Fisher at OT and Reiff at OG gives us the makings of a great OLine: good. It sounds like a couple of quality picks that are improving this team significantly.

It's almost as if some would rather have drafted DeCastro for OG over Reiff, even if Reiff can be as good or better at the position, because it means our pick didn't "fail" at OT. And that's ridiculous. It's not about "failing" at OT: it's about being the best contributor possible for this team.
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El Duderino · Joined: 08 Dec 2010 Posts: 434

Its not like Reiff was a top 10 pick.

I'm not buying this as something that's already decided upon. If He does move to Guard, its probably only a temporary thing until Backus is gone.

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I think all this is is a way to leave drafting BPA open for #5. Because there is a very real chance that will be a better LT prospect than Reiff ever was.
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iLovetheLions · Joined: 13 Jan 2007 Posts: 2086 Location: Michigan State

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I think the feeling at least for me is that i would have had decastro rated higher as an OG, and if we wanted an OG we should have just taken him. If reiff plays OG its cause he failed at tackle, doesnt automatically mean bad pick just means that he needs to be better than decastro or it was the wrong pick
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El Duderino · Joined: 08 Dec 2010 Posts: 434

Had Mayhew or Schwartz ever come out and say they that he was the future franchise LT? I remember when they drafted him Schwartz had said they saw Reiff as someone that could play any position on the o-line.

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1King · Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 24060 Location: MI

Seems like a lot of overreaction about something that might happen in the future or did you guys miss the "considering" part?

Not sure why people would consider him a bust if he wound up at OG anyway considering he was a later 1st round pick (the area where OG's typically start being taken). I guess maybe if you guys viewed him as a surefire big time LT only type prospect, but I always felt his best position would be at RT with added value as someone who could fill in at OG or LT occasionally.

Depending on the circumstances, maybe they want to get the best 5 OL out there and get him starting time (and then moving him out to OT next year) instead of him sitting on the bench and then throwing him out at OT with no starting experience. Most OL cross train anyway.

Then again, I'm just pointlessly speculating like the rest of you guys.

Ugh, stupid down time during the offseason.
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Whiffleballtony · Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 682

I think people are looking at this wrong. Reiff playing guard in 2013 does not mean he will be a career guard. It sounds like the staff thinks Jason Fox is ready to start and this would allow them to get Reiff, Fox, and Backus all out on the field in 2013.

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