The Matt Millen years have produced a Pavlovian response to drafting a wide receiver early in the NFL Draft. Even bringing up the idea of picking a receiver in the first round will induce nausea among Detroit Lions fans immediately.
But it may be time to reprogram our brains. While the Lions’ wide receivers were not a problem last year—in fact, they were a strength; they had two receivers in the top four in touchdowns—the future outlook could be bleak.
Good teams are proactive about their problems and have long-term solutions in place.