Detroit Lions Draft 2017: Players Who May Fall to Lions’ Second Round Pick
By Ash Thompson
The Detroit Lions have had a rough go in the second round. Bob Quinn appears to have bucked the trend with A’Shawn Robinson and this is how he can continue.
If starting caliber players could only come from the first round of the draft, each team would have a 44 year old player starting for them. The percentage of successful draft picks in round two is nto as high as round one, but it is very high. The second round has been a bane for the Detroit Lions historically. Lions fans have been assaulted with disappointments like Ryan Broyles, Titus Young, Mikel Leshoure, Jhavid Best, and Kyle Van Noy in the team’s recent history.
Bob Quinn hit one out of the park last year with A’Shawn Robinson. His value as a player relative to his draft position appears to be in the Lions favor. Lions fans are certainly hoping that Quinn continues that trend, and there are opportunities galore to do so.
The second round of the draft is one where scheme fits and individual interviews shape team’s selections more than the first. The talent differential between prospect 20 and prospect 60 on most big boards is minimal, particularly within a few position groups. Corner back and tight end come to mind immediately as groups where this is the case.
One team’s top twenty prospect will be entirely off another team’s board. Because each team requires something a little bit different from each position, what looks like a gift from heaven to one franchise in round two would be a major disappointment to another. These players are not perfect by any means, and each has a rough spot that could keep them out of round one. For the Lions however, these players represent the best case scenario in the second round.