Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia talks about the upcoming NFL Draft and drafts picks he think will help his team.
Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn said he takes an 18-month outlook when assessing his team’s needs in the NFL draft. That means projecting not only what spots the Lions must fill this fall, but which players they’ll re-sign or move on from next spring and after the 2019 season as well.
“We kind of look that far,” Quinn said at his annual pre-draft news conference last week. “There’s a really good balance there that we have to talk about and kind of envision our needs not just for today but in years and years ahead.