Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down why the Detroit Lions picked Ohio State cornerback Jeff Okudah with the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft. Detroit Free Press
As big-time sporting events go, it was more transistor radio than virtual reality. But in the end, a draft is just a team making a pick. And low-tech or high-tech, the Lions made the pick that wasn’t surprising, wasn’t earthshaking, but filled a need with the best guy at that position.
Jeff Okudah from Ohio State became a Detroit Lion shortly after 8:40 p.