Drafting a nose guard in the third round isn’t something fans typically get behind—especially after also drafting a defensive tackle in the second round—but Detroit Lions rookie Alim McNeill is no ordinary nose guard; he has been better than advertised in training camp.
If you’ve been following along with POD’s training camp observations articles, you’ve surely noticed McNeill’s name come up a bunch, but when the pads came on for Day 6, McNeill was able to elevate his game even more.
“He’s better than I thought when we drafted him, to be honest,” Lions defensive line coach Todd Wash said of McNeill.