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2020 NFL Mock Draft - Rev 11.
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Detroit Lions
Detroit NFL Mock Draft
Jeffrey Okudah
Ohio State
CBReach/Value: -2
Height:
6'1"
Weight: 200
As hard as it is for me to say, I'm kind of glad that more and more Lions' fans, analysts, and beat writers are seeing the light about this club. After a Thanksgiving Day loss to Trubisky's Bears (we called it) and an expected loss against the Vikings, the Lions have all but secured their spot at being in the cellar of the NFC North for the 2019 season. A team that was 9-7 in 2017 is now just 3 potential losses away from finishing this season 3-12-1. In other words, Matt Patricia is responsible for regressing this team by 6 games in his first 2 seasons (6-10 in Year 1). Not good.
There's a rumor that no GM or Head Coach change is even being discussed for Detroit and that they are actually considering giving Quinn and Patricia both another year to turn it around. Early on this season, we had mentioned how this was a make-or-break year for the Quinn-Patricia duo, especially after a mediocre draft.
Big free-agent signings like Justin Coleman, Trey Flowers, and even considering the change in Offensive Coordinator to Darrell Bevell, seemed to mitigate a less-than-stellar draft and give us fans hope that this would be the year we'd see some progress. Instead, the defense has regressed mightily from a top-10-overall squad to a defense that allows the 3rd-most passing yards per game in the entire NFL (276 per game).
Stafford, Hockenson, and Kerryon Johnson's injuries don't do this spin any favors, but I'm honestly just not sure how an organization can rationalize this rate of regression to give Quinn-Patricia one more year.
On the surface, it just seems that Quinn and Patricia don't know exactly what they're doing. They don't draft well, they have spent money on free agents that haven't truly helped, they talk about "inconsistencies" and "culture change",
but their decision-making says they're ready to win now. It's awfully confusing.
Some could say Quinn's simply lying to the fans to buy good will and continue to sell hope but the numbers don't lie; this team is bad and the decisions they've made to improve the roster haven't worked. The bottom line is, they truly feel as though the moves they've made were to better the football team and, honestly Bob, it just hasn't been "good enough".
Doug Hyde, Lions Analyst
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