Detroit Lions Notes

Lions notes: Bob Quinn, Matt Patricia attend Alabama Pro Day

The Lions spent Wednesday checking out the large amount of talent at Alabama’s Pro Day.

By Jeremy Reisman@DetroitOnLion Mar 7, 2018, 5:00pm EST

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Detroit Lions Introduce Matt Patricia

Alabama held their Pro Day on Wednesday in front of a full house. Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn was there, as was head coach Matt Patricia. I think Patricia forgot what team he was on, though:

Look who's at Alabama's Pro Day today.

(psssttt... you don't work for Belichick anymore) pic.twitter.com/dkOokEUFrn
— Pride of Detroit (@PrideOfDetroit) March 7, 2018

Speaking of Patricia, he joined Peter King’s podcast this week. He doesn’t give out any valuable information, but he still a very interesting person to listen to. Highly recommend if you have 30 minutes of spare time.

Pro Football Focus created a nice chart of Matthew Stafford’s efficiency throwing each pass in the route tree. He’s pretty good.

Matthew Stafford excelled when throwing these routes in 2017! pic.twitter.com/oChliqZbDY
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) March 7, 2018

Dave Birkett has an interesting articles on how teams are dealing with the wave of next-gen data they are receiving from the NFL. Some brush it off as meaningless, while others are completely embracing it.

On Wednesday, the Lions announced the hiring of defensive assistant Steve Gregory. Gregory’s most notable accomplishment? Being the beneficiary of the Buttfumble:

New #Lions coach Steve Gregory is mostly known for returning the "Worst Play in Football History", the Butt-Fumble for the touchdown https://t.co/QbjYSDRTGK
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 7, 2018

Chris Burke of The Athletic has a three-round mock draft for the entire NFL (subscription required). His choices for the Lions are much more palatable than Todd McShay’s choices. In it, the Lions land DE Harold Landry, C Billy Price and RB John Kelly.

Need to catch up on a crazy day of NFL news? Here’s the top headlines from Wednesday (so far):

Here it goes: Seahawks are trading DE Michael Bennett and a seventh-round pick to Eagles for a fifth-round pick and WR Marcus Johnson, sources tell ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 7, 2018

Compensation update: Giants are trading their fourth-round pick and their sixth-round pick in return for LB Alec Ogletree and the Rams' 2019 seventh-round pick, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 7, 2018

More Bennett brothers news today: the Patriots are releasing TE Martellus Bennett, per league source.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 7, 2018

Following #Seahawks CB Richard Sherman’s meeting with team brass, they are expected to explore trade options, I’m told. They could trade him or release him, or potentially keep him (likely at a different salary).
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 7, 2018