Bob Quinn doesn’t seem to eager to draft a running back.
- File this under: COULD VERY WELL BE A SMOKESCREEN, but Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn made it sound like he’s in no hurry to grab a running back in next week’s draft. Here’s what Quinn said during his Thursday press conference:
“I think we have enough running backs to be competitive. Now, is that saying I’m not going to take one? I don’t know, tell me who’s going to be on the board in the second, third, fourth round. I mean, I don’t know.”
He not-so-subtly left out the first round there. Hmmmmmm.
- Kent Lee Platte’s latest draft preview for The Detroit News searches for a potential successor to free safety Glover Quin.
- The Lions are already six-point favorites in Week 1 against the Jets:
NFL Week 1
— Jeff Sherman (@golfodds) April 20, 2018
Atl 47.5
Phi -3.5
Pit -7
Cle 48
SF 47.5
Min -4.5
Cin 47.5
Ind -1
Buf 42
Bal -3.5
Jax -4
NYG 44.5
TB 52.5
NO -7.5
Hou 51
NE -7
Ten -2.5
Mia 47
KC 48.5
LAC -3
Sea 42
Den -2.5
Dal 45
Car -2.5
Wsh 45
Ari -1
Chi 48.5
GB -9
NYJ 44
Det -6
LAR -1.5
Oak 49.5
- Pro Football Focus listed all 32 teams’ needs going into next week’s NFL Draft. Their top need for the Detroit Lions... cornerback?
- The Chicago Bears announced their 2018 schedule with a pretty cool superhero-themed video. Their Lions villain picture is pretty bad-ass, too:
Izzy's #Lions character looks like something out of Mad Max's world. pic.twitter.com/EtIHb8PcZW
— Windy City Gridiron (@WCGridiron) April 20, 2018
- The folks over at The Athletic put together an all-time Detroit Lions mock draft, featuring the best players to ever don the Honolulu Blue. It’s a pretty neat article, especially since they got guys like Dan Orlovsky and Mike O’Hara to play GM.
- Here’s a quick roundup of way-too-early predictions for the Lions:
- Detroit Free Press: 9-7
- MLive: 9-7 and 9-7
- ESPN: 9-7
Okay then.
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