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- Pro Football Focus really seems to like the Detroit Lions' new backfield duo of Ameer Abdullah and Michael Burton:
Detroit Lions 2nd round RB Ameer Abdullah forced 66 missed tackles in 2014, 3rd most of all players from 2015 draft class
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) May 4, 2015New Lion FB Michael Burton was our highest graded run blocking FB among draft eligible FBs
— Nathan Jahnke (@PFF_NateJahnke) May 2, 2015Lions 5th round pick Michael Burton played 631 snaps for Rutgers and had highest production grade of any FB in the FBS in 2014
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) May 3, 2015
- Speaking of backfield duos, this is just a great tidbit:
(Zach Zenner is an undrafted free agent signing.)Amused by the fact the Lions came out of the Draft with RBs on the opposite end of the alphabet spectrum in Ameer Abdullah and Zach Zenner
— Redruckus81 (@Redruckus81) May 3, 2015
- With all of this talk about fullbacks, it's fitting that former Lions fullback Cory Schlesinger was in Allen Park on Saturday to announce the team's final two picks.
- If you're engaged, married or were a captain in college, there's a very good chance the Lions will draft you.
New Lions DT Gabe Wright is engaged, wedding in March 2016. Of course.
— Josh Katzenstein (@jkatzenstein) May 2, 2015Michael Burton was indeed a captain at Rutgers. The #Lions certainly have a type.
— Pride Of Detroit (@PrideOfDetroit) May 2, 2015
- Along the same lines, MLive took a look at how intelligent the Lions' 2015 draft class is from an academic standpoint. Case in point:
Apparently Corey Robinson scored a 40 on his Wonderlic.
— Justin Rogers (@Justin_Rogers) May 2, 2015
- ESPN's Michael Rothstein examined the Lions' draft-day trades from the perspective of the draft value chart.
- I would imagine that the NFL Draft is going to stay in Chicago for the foreseeable future.
We are announcing attendance of 200,000 people over three days for #nfldraft inside the Theatre, Selection Square & #DraftTown
— Brian McCarthy (@NFLprguy) May 3, 2015
- Finally, here's a breakdown of how many players were drafted at each position this year:
2015 #NFLDraft by position: C 5 G 16 T 26 DE 23 DT 16 LB 37 P 1 NT 2 WR 34 DB 47 TE 18 RB 23 QB 7 LS 1
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) May 3, 2015