Detroit Lions: When You Have So Many Needs, It’s Hard To Have a Bad Draft

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Published: April 28, 2009

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... felt like Matt Millen was still sitting in the war room at Allen Park, calling the shots. 

They drafted a QB first overall, and many experts don't even believe that he was the best QB in the draft. Then they took a TE with their second pick in the first round. They went offense twice, when they desperately needed defensive playmakers. They went with two players that, at first glance, seem to help the passing game, after they preached that they were going to emphasize the run.

They passed on the two best middle linebackers in the draft (which was a major need) after they fell into their laps at No. 33.

They drafted an undersized outside linebacker to start the third round, when the need was MLB, and all of the talk from coach Schwartz was about getting bigger.

Then they drafted a wide reciever, when recent pickups Bryant Johnson and Ronald Curry were supposed to solidify that position.

In the fourth round, they ...

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