Depending on whom you ask, the Detroit Lions’ shortcomings on the defensive line are glaring or overblown.
The Lions tied for 30th in the NFL with just 26 sacks last year, their lowest total since 2009, and a variety of analysts (here and here, among others) have pegged edge rusher as one of their biggest needs heading into this month’s NFL draft.
But general manager Bob Quinn, perhaps surprisingly, named the defensive front as one of his team’s biggest strengths in a recent interview on the MMQB podcast.
“I think the strengths would probably be the offensive and defensive lines,” Quinn said on the podcast.