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Detroit Lions have 'big hopes' for Ameer Abdullah, run game in 2018

Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia fields questions from reporters during the NFL meetings in Orlando on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Video by Dave Birkett/DFP

ORLANDO — The Detroit Lions already have added one prominent name to their running back room in free agency, and there's a good chance they add one more in next month's NFL draft.

But general manager Bob Quinn insisted this week that Ameer Abdullah still has a place in what could be a crowded backfield this fall.

"Sure does," Quinn said at the NFL's annual meeting.