Normally at this point in the offseason, we would have a fair amount of rookie advertising. The rookie minicamp and face-to-face interviews would introduce fans to their team’s draft class, sparking excitement for the team’s newest and youngest players.
Unfortunately, with COVID-19 continuing to cancel NFL events, we really haven’t had a chance to meet all nine picks in the Detroit Lions draft this year.
Fortunately, the boys in The athletic They have been slowly reviewing the tape of all the Lions draft picks and writing down their thoughts as they go. His latest, courtesy of Chris Burke and Nick Baumgardner, breaks down the movie from Georgia running back D’Andre Swift, the Lions’ second-round pick.
Burke and Baumgardner do a good job, pointing to their strengths and weaknesses, but the most intriguing part is where they wonder aloud how Swift will team up with 2018 draft pick Kerryon Johnson.
“What I like most of all is that it pushes the Lions closer to that offensive-proof, greedy matchup,” Burke wrote. Play a defense that is robust on the inside but of poor quality on the edges? Maybe it’s a Swift game. Do you want to support yourself in internal careers? Maybe it’s Johnson or even Bo Scarbrough.
You can read the full breakdown here if you subscribe to The athletic. And while you’re there, you may want to see his previous breakdowns of Jeff Okudah and Julian Okwara.
- In addition to the two preseason games, the NFL has canceled the 2020 supplemental draft. Sorry for the handful of you fans of drafts that included no more than two teams.
The NFL has just informed clubs that it will not do a supplemental draft this year, by source.
– Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 1, 2020
- Well this is not exactly promising …
- Jeff Okudah was discovered by the Big Ten Network All-Decade team, and he let everyone know:
