Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn didn’t pull any punches during his pre-draft press conference on Thursday. As he has remained all offseason, he was blunt and at least appeared to surprisingly honest.
The topic of trades quickly came up, and Quinn quickly shot down any theories of the Lions trading up from the eighth overall pick.
“I don’t think I’m going to be in the business of moving up in this year’s draft, but there are players that are worthy of that,” Quinn said.
The reasoning has little to do with the talent available at the top of the draft, but simply the cost of moving up.