C.J. Stroud scheduled to visit Colts, Lions this week

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Quarterback C.J. Stroud worked out for the Colts earlier this month and he’ll be getting back together with the team soon.

Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Stroud will visit with Indianapolis, which has the fourth overall pick, later this week. That meeting will come after Stroud wraps up the visit he’s making to the Raiders, who are set to pick seventh, on Tuesday.

Stroud has met with a number of other teams that are drafting in the top 10 and Pelissero reports that he is also set to add the Lions to the list this week. The Lions, who pick sixth and 18th, have repeatedly said they’re committed to Jared Goff, but no one has ruled out taking a quarterback to develop behind him.

The Panthers are almost certainly taking a quarterback with the first pick and the Texans are thought to be a good bet to take another one at No. 2. The Cardinals could trade out of the third pick to another team looking for a signal caller, so Stroud may already be off the board by the time the Colts, Lions, and Raiders are on the clock.

16 responses to “C.J. Stroud scheduled to visit Colts, Lions this week

  1. Depending on the trade, I can see the Texans trading out for a pile of next year’s picks. If they are not sold on both QBs, then they should be thinking about it.

  2. Meeting with the lions is pure slight of hand unless he falls to 6. No way they trade up to 2. Will Anderson is the big prize for the Lions

  3. Lions will carry 3 QBs this year. Goff, a vet backup and a rookie developmental guy. The real question is how much of a project they draft. Personally, I’d like to see a guy taken on day 3.

  4. Guessing the Lions just want to know which defensive alignments give him the most trouble.

  5. Goff puts a ceiling on what that team can achieve. You probably won’t be picking this high again so it would be smart to really dig into this qb class.

  6. The Lions have hosted Hendon Hooker and now hosting CJ .. I think it’s safe to say that they(Lions) are over Jared Goff.

  7. After watching Michigan own him, im good on CJ Stroud. I’m good on all the QB’s in this draft. CJ Stroud had all the talent in the world around him at Ohio and couldn’t even beat out a 5’7 QB for Heisman. We could’ve easily drafted a QB last year with all the picks the Rams gave us and we didn’t. Build the trenches and the secondary like we are and anyone can play QB, RB, WR.

  8. Stroud will be the number one pick. He’s the only QB that I’ve seen so far that has all the hardware and is a good decision maker. You have to be able to make good decisions, and make them timely, or all the physical stuff doesn’t matter. However, the teams picking first are usually picking first because they’ve made too many bad decisions, so I’m not betting any money on Carolina. The Lions have a good QB. The only thing I see that’s holding Goff back a little is his slow release. That extra half second is the difference between a strip sack, and a completion.

  9. whostolemyxanax says:
    April 11, 2023 at 6:45 pm
    Goff puts a ceiling on what that team can achieve. You probably won’t be picking this high again so it would be smart to really dig into this qb class.

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    he was statistically the best qb in the league for the entire second half of the season

  10. lionsnati0n says:
    April 11, 2023 at 6:58 pm
    After watching Michigan own him, im good on CJ Stroud. I’m good on all the QB’s in this draft. CJ Stroud had all the talent in the world around him at Ohio and couldn’t even beat out a 5’7 QB for Heisman. We could’ve easily drafted a QB last year with all the picks the Rams gave us and we didn’t. Build the trenches and the secondary like we are and anyone can play QB, RB, WR.

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    It’s “Ohio State”. It never ceases to amaze me how fans of a team who have lost 10 of the last 12 games they’ve played against them feel so free to disrespect them

  11. Neither Stroud or Young will be a bust IMO. Jury is out on if either will ever be great. The only other QB in this draft that I’d really consider is Hooker. I have a feeling he’s going to turn out to be really good. Levis will be out of the league in a few years and Richardson may turn in to a quality QB but it is going to take years to develop him. All that in mind, outside of the top 3, or 4, you’re unlikely to draft a quality QB this year.

  12. Detroit sounds open to doing whatever it can to get better. What a difference from the Lions of the past 5 decades or so.

  13. I don’t know how Lions fans think Goff is anything but an overpriced average QB. Been watching Super Bowls for 50 yrs – his atrocy play in SB 53 exceeded the stench of guys like Dilfer & Craig Morton.

  14. So typical of the Lions. They trade their franchise QB to a team built for a SB and he wins it the first year there.

    Now they have a decent roster on paper and NO QB!

    Same ‘Ol Lions! L0Lions!

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