My snap judgment of the Detroit Lions’ 2017 draft class is that I didn’t see the next Barry Sanders, Herman Moore, Calvin Johnson, Charlie Sanders, Matthew Stafford or Lem Barney in the brief media viewing of rookie minicamp.
Hold on. That’s not a knock on the nine draft picks, or the undrafted free agents and tryout players who participated in the camp Friday through Sunday.
The value and personality of the NFL’s entire 2017 draft class will be determined over time, as it is every year. That doesn’t stop us from making snap judgments on rookies, my own included.