Ah yes! Another Millen Draft blunder. Were you surprised? This time, it could be proven a blunder WELL BEFORE the 2008 2nd round draft pick even hits the field in the fall. As if it was already a blunder in question due to Dizon’s size.
Let’s take a look at the obvious blunders of the first 2 rounds of Millen’s draft resume:
1st Round
2002 Joey Harrington (BUST, has a great piano career)
2003 Charles Rogers (BUST)
2004 Roy Williams (Wants out after his contract is over)
2004 Kevin Jones (BUST, but might be great on another team [figures])
2005 Mike Williams (Worst draft pick EVER)
2006 Ernie Sims (So Far So Good)
2007 Calvin Johnson (So Far So Good, still unknown)
2008 Gosder Cherilus (Very Questionable at the spot he was picked)
2nd round
2002 Kalimba Edwards (GONE)
2003 Boss Bailey (GONE)
2004 Teddy Lehman (GONE)
2005 Shaun Cody (So far, a bust)
2006 Daniel Bullocks (So far, injury prone)
2007 Drew Stanton (Injury prone)
2007 Ikaika Alama-Francis (Not played much yet)
2007 Gerald Alexander (Has played much, taking Daniel Bullocks’s spot perhaps?)
And now we go to the 2nd round draft pick of 2008. I admit, I felt that this draft was a draft that addressed NEEDS. The questionability of whether or not certain players were drafted by the Lions higher than they should’ve been drafted is extremely legitimate. But now, Jordon Dizon could be serving jail time. Jordon Dizon’s DUI happened 6 DAYS BEFORE THE DRAFT…and Millen drafts him anyways!!!!! (Link to article on MLive: http://blog.mlive.com/highlightreel/2008/06/report_lions_rookie_lb_dizon_c.html) Dizon has been officially charged and will stand trial in October.
The one thing that is hopeful is his alchohol level was only .097, which is .017 above the legal limit. But who knows how lenient the Colorado judicial system is or isn’t. Dizon is definitely not a “STAR”, so he won’t get the Hollywood treatment either.
We know how Rod Marinelli is about character. Is this another “we must cut him because of his character” thing? If this happens, this makes yet another 1st day draft blunder by Millen.
It’s getting old!!!!
