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Grading the Lions' 2017 draft picks, three years later

Allen Park — In NFL circles, it's often said you don't fully know what you have in a player until after three seasons. With that in mind, we've long preferred holding off on grading a draft class until that much time has passed.

Last year, we gave a favorable review to the Detroit Lions' 2016 draft, Bob Quinn's first as the team's general manager. A year later, those marks have largely held up with altered opinions on defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson and offensive lineman Joe Dahl offsetting.

This year, we turn our attention to Quinn's second draft at the helm.