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Lions GM Bob Quinn looking for draft picks to make Year 2 leaps

DETROIT -- Frank Ragnow has been a starter since the first day he arrived at Lions headquarters. Kerryon Johnson has been among the club's most exciting players in the preseason. Da'Shawn Hand has worked his way into the starting lineup the last two weeks of the preseason.

All rookies. All figure to see a lot of immediate action for the Lions this fall.

But that's not how they think about the draft.

"The way we try to evaluate players coming out of college is, what are they going to be their second year in the league?