With the 34th Pick in the 2010 Stampede Blue Community Mock Draft, the Detroit Lions select...

by mgrex03 on Apr 2, 2010 7:40 PM EDT in Community Mock Draft

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Jahvid Best, RB - California

Pick made by coltsfan723:

The Lions have secondary issues they need to address, but there is some CB depth in this years draft so I'm gonna go with a running back here. Kevin Smith had a serious ACL tear and may not be available to start the season. Best is an explosive RB. He looked good in the Combine drills and I believe he was the fastest back there. The Lions need a game beaker at RB that can capitalize on the pressures of Calvin Johnson and Nate Burleson and take pressure off Matthew Stafford.

How will he impact the 2010 Lions?

Best has great vision, instincts, patience, and cutback ability when running it downhill, but time will tell if he can be effective running it between the tackles, but I think Best could be used right away. The Lions could also play around with him and put him in the slot, I formation, 3rd down back or even put him in the wild cat. Jahvid Best's elusiveness and ability to hit the edge and take it the distance set him apart. He's a great play maker and is the kind of player fans love to watch. His injury history is only a minor concern. I wouldn't worry too much about the concussion as it was just a freak accident.

Best's Scouting Report from Mocking the Draft

First Round pick for the Lions: Russell Okung

The Buccaneers, and TheAngelsColts, are on the clock...

First Round:

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	School	Drafter
1	St. Louis	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame	TouchdownColts
2	Detroit	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma St.	coltsfan723
3	Tampa Bay	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska	TheAngelsColts
4	Washington	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma	Colts Homer
5	Kansas City	Eric Berry	S	Tennessee	sanders_fan89
6	Seattle	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma	shake n bake
7	Cleveland	Earl Thomas	S	Texas	2ndBlueGeneration
8	Oakland	Bruce Campbell	OT	Maryland	LovinBlue
9	Buffalo	Bryan Bulaga	OT	Iowa	Cassieper
10	Jacksonville	Rolando McClain	LB	Alabama	peytonsthebest
11	Denver	Derrick Morgan	DE	Georgia Tech	JPBarnett
12	Miami	Dez Bryant	WR	Oklahoma St.	fpacheco
13	San Francisco	Joe Haden	CB	Florida	BlueVol03
14	Seattle	Charles Brown	OT	USC	shake n bake
15	N.Y. Giants	C.J. Spiller	RB	Clemson	gizzardfanny
16	Tennessee	Jason Pierre-Paul	DE	South Florida	Addai Another Day
17	San Francisco	Mike Iupati	G	Idaho	BlueVol03
18	Pittsburgh	Kyle Wilson	CB	Boise St.	LV Steelers Fan
19	Atlanta	Brandon Graham	DE	Michigan	fiftycal2004
20	Houston	Dan Williams	DT	Tennessee	Aerostar193
21	Cincinnati	Sean Weatherspoon	OLB	Missouri	FineClub
22	New England	Jared Odrick	DE	Penn State	skywalker
23	Green Bay	Trent Williams	OT	Oklahoma	bracketismyboy
24	Philadelphia	Jerry Hughes	OLB	TCU	TehRhino
25	Baltimore	Jermaine Gresham	TE	Oklahoma	SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs
26	Arizona	Sergio Kindle	DE/OLB	Texas	NYKings
27	Dallas	Anthony Davis	OT	Rutgers	SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs
28	San Diego	Ryan Mathews	RB	Fresno State	chad72
29	N.Y. Jets	Golden Tate	WR	Notre Dame	diagenesis
30	Minnesota	Maurkice Pouncey	G/C	Florida	DClark#44
31	Indianapolis	Devin McCourty	CB	Rutgers	mgrex03
32	New Orleans	Carlos Dunlap	DE	Florida	palco

Second Round:

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	School	Drafter
33	St. Louis	Ricky Sapp	DE	Clemson	TouchdownColts
34	Detroit	Jahvid Best	RB	California	coltsfan723
35	Tampa Bay				TheAngelsColts
36	Kansas City				sanders_fan89
37	Washington				Colts Homer
38	Cleveland				2ndBlueGeneration
39	Oakland				LovinBlue
40	San Diego				chad72
41	Buffalo				Cassieper
42	Tampa Bay				TheAngelsColts
43	Miami				fpacheco
44	New England				skywalker
45	Denver				JPBarnett
46	N.Y. Giants				gizzardfanny
47	New England				JPBarnett
48	Carolina				Bullard47
49	San Francisco				BlueVol03
50	Kansas City				sanders_fan89
51	Houston				Aerostar193
52	Pittsburgh				LV Steelers Fan
53	New England				skywalker
54	Cincinnati				FineClub
55	Philadelphia				TehRhino
56	Green Bay				bracketismyboy
57	Baltimore				SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs
58	Arizona				NYKings
59	Dallas				jules62
60	Seattle				shake n bake
61	N.Y. Jets				diagenesis
62	Minnesota				Dclark#44
63	Indianapolis				mgrex03
64	New Orleans				palco

Poll

What do you think about pick #34?

Correct pick. Good value at a position of need.

56 votes

Right Position, Wrong Player

6 votes

OK pick, but a bit of a reach for Best

16 votes

Wrong pick. Defense should definitely be addressed here.

33 votes

111 votes | Poll has closed

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Woohoo!

First Cal player off the board!! Still, I voted that he might be a reach here. I’m concerned about his durability, and you’re right – his ability between the tackles is definitely questionable.

How can you not love a team that does this?

by LovinBlue on Apr 2, 2010 9:14 PM EDT reply actions