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Detroit Lions need a stud DT. Here are 12 fits on Day 2 and 3 of NFL draft

The Detroit Lions made a bunch of moves to open the new league year. Let's meet the players added to the 2020 roster. Detroit Free Press

George Young, the late personnel guru and five-time NFL executive of the year who was recently selected to Pro Football Hall of Fame, had a theory about linemen.

He called it the Planet Theory: There are few humans on the planet big enough and athletic enough to play at the line of scrimmage in the NFL — so you’d better draft them when you can.

When it comes to the Detroit Lions’ concerns in the 2020 NFL draft next week, this theory should especially be heeded when it comes to selecting defensive tackles — a position the team is woefully thin at.