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Detroit Lions, Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa a match in Mel Kiper's latest mock draft

Agent Leigh Steinberg sits down with Dave Birkett on radio row in Miami, the site for Super Bowl 54, to talk NFL draft and more. Detroit Free Press

The Matthew Stafford trade rumors have died down, but the Tua Tagovailoa-to-the-Detroit Lions talk is just starting to heat up.

ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. stoked the flames Tuesday when he gave the Alabama quarterback to the Lions with the third pick in his latest mock draft.

The Lions, who adamantly denied a report last week that they are in talks to deal Stafford, need a backup quarterback for 2020 and perhaps a young one to build around for the future.