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Detroit Lions draft 2017: What it means, what we learned, what’s next

By Zac Snyder

Jan 1, 2017; Detroit, MI, USA; Pyrotechnics go off as the Detroit Lions run onto the field before the game against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Packers won 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 1, 2017; Detroit, MI, USA; Pyrotechnics go off as the Detroit Lions run onto the field before the game against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Packers won 31-24. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 1, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn speaks to the media during the 2017 NFL Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 1, 2017; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn speaks to the media during the 2017 NFL Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /

Sometimes Quinn means what he says in press conferences

It might be easy to take everything Bob Quinn says in a press conference with a grain of salt after the decision to release DeAndre Levy shortly after saying he envisioned Levy returning to be an impact player.

At that same Combine press conference, Quinn expressed confidence in his current group of running backs. Despite running back, particularly a bigger back, consistently cited as a draft need by those on the outside, Quinn showed he truly believed those words by not taking a running back in the 2017 NFL Draft.

During a podcast appearance with The MMQB’s Albert Breer, Quinn included the defensive line among the positions he considers a strength.

Five rounds came and went without Quinn adding a defensive lineman in the 2017 NFL Draft, puzzling many but in keeping with his stated belief that the defensive line was already a strength.

Time will tell if Quinn’s opinions on the running back and defensive line positions are misplaced, but what he did in the draft lines up with what he said heading into it.

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