For months leading right up to the draft, there were a lot of rumors swirling that the Lions wanted to trade Roy Williams. Millen and Marinelli steadfastly denied they were looking to trade Roy Williams but said they would listen to any and all offers on any player.

I never really believed the Lions were serious about trading Williams - certainly not for a single first round pick that Dallas was supposedly dangling in front of the Lions. The way the Lions drafted this past weekend should be a good indication that they weren’t serious. If they had moved Williams, they would have had to replace him, likely in the draft. We had too many other needs to have to concentrate on another wideout. Yes, we drafted Kenneth Moore, but he will be given a shot to win the punt and kick return spot.

There was no logic to trading Williams this year. Yes, he could maybe walk next year, but so what? Trading him would have been a salary cap hit and then we would have had a spot to fill. Having Williams and Johnson at the wide receiver spots this year should pay dividends. They have a chance to be one of the top pairs in the NFL. That is, provided Detroit throws the ball enough this year.

Also, since Williams could leave next year, in the true NFL fashion, he should have a gang buster year in order to set himself up for a huge payday. Why not take advantage of that and use him to spark the offense this upcoming season.

As much as I wanted to believe the Lions wouldn’t trade Williams, it was hard to be sure with Matt Millen at the helm, but I have to give him credit. I think he did pretty well this year in the draft and not moving Roy Williams was absolutely the right choice.

The Lions continue to underwhelm in free agency once again. That would be okay if they had a decent draft strategy, but history shows Millen doesn’t. Today, they have resigned George Foster to a 1 year deal. What?

I guess they have decided to give the ultimate under achiever another shot. They brought him in last year and he couldn’t have been any worse at right tackle than he was last year. Foster kept trying to give his job away, but nobody would step up and outplay his display performance until Damien Woody did towards the end of the season.

The only reason I can think of why they resigned him was as an insurance policy since they lost Woody to free agency. I guess they are keeping him around in case they can’t find someone else in free agency or the draft. All I can see is, we are in for another long season if Woody is anchoring that right side again.

In other news, Julius Jones signed with the Seahawks, so obviously he won’t be a Lion. That would have been somewhat intriguing but as I said in a previous post, I am sure his asking price for what the Lions wanted was too high.

There are also a bunch of internet reports out there about the Lions being interested in Pacman Jones. Come on, you can’t be serious. Millen might not be much of a GM, but he is a man o character and I can’t see him bringing that trash into Detroit. It would also go in the face of what Marinelli has been preaching about building a cohesive team with chemistry that starts in the locker room. Danger - stay away from him, which I think Detroit will smartly do.