... what do Lions fans have to look forward to?

If we are taking defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh or if we are taking defensive tackle Gerald McCoy with the second pick of the NFL draft.

Kind of makes your heart go "pitter-patter," doesn't it?

About the only real suspense Lions fans have had over the years is thinking about where they will end up in the draft.  Since 2000, the Lions have averaged picking ninth. 

The success rate?

Mediocre at best, which has been the Lions mantra since William Clay Ford took over the team.

Not bad with some of the picks like Stocker McDougle, Roy Williams, and Ernie Sims, but disasters with Charles Rogers and Mike Williams.

How Jeff Backus has remained a starting left t...

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