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'Tough year' for Detroit Lions at No. 2 in NFL draft, says ESPN analyst Todd McShay

Brad Holmes may have already "had dialogue" about trading the No. 2 pick in April's NFL draft, but one prominent analyst said he thinks the Detroit Lions will be hard-pressed to move out of that spot because of the lack of blue-chip prospects available.

"It sucks for Detroit this year because there’s ... no elite quarterback where they can solve that problem moving forward," ESPN's Todd McShay said in a video conference Thursday. "And then there’s, knowing the quarterback situation, there’s no — the next two best players on a lot of teams' boards are the offensive tackles, and they’re in really good shape there moving forward.