After months of preparing and three days sequestered in a war room, all four teams in the NFC North feel better about their football teams in the immediate aftermath of the 2015 draft.
No one knows for sure how good these players will be until the pads come on in August, but there’s reasons to be optimistic in Detroit, Green Bay, Chicago and Minnesota today.
| detroit lions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| round | pick | player | position | school |
| 1 | 28 | Laken Tomlinson | G | Duke |
| 2 | 54 | Ameer Abdullah | RB | Nebraska |
| 3 | 80 | Alex Carter | CB | Stanford |
| 4 | 113 | Gabe Wright | DT | Auburn |
| 5 | 168 | Michael Burton | FB | Rutgers |
| 6 | 200 | Quandre Diggs | CB | Texas |
| 7 | 240 | Corey Robinson | OT | South Carolina |
Best pick: Laken Tomlinson – It wasn’t a sexy pick, but Tomlinson and Larry Warford now have a chance to solidify the interior of Detroit’s offensive line for possibly the next decade.