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Notes: Dan Orlovsky warns Detroit Lions not to make same mistakes as their predecessors

Dan Orlovsky has some choice words for the Detroit Lions organization: absolutely do not go for a skill position player with the No. 7 pick.

The former Lions quarterback and current ESPN analyst gave an impassioned plea to the Lions to refrain from what he, in his opinion, says is a mistake Detroit consistently makes — taking skill players too early in the NFL draft.

“Someone tell me the organization, (in) the NFL in its history, that has built itself a consistent winner on skill position players in the draft early? It’s never been done.