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Why Kyler Murray giving up baseball is good news for Detroit Lions

Ex-Ohio State QB Dwayne Haskins chats with Free Press' Dave Birkett about the 2019 NFL draft at a Super Bowl LIII event in Atlanta, Feb. 1, 2019 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press

Kyler Murray is giving up baseball to chase his dream of becoming an NFL quarterback, and that's potentially good news for the Detroit Lions.

The Lions are not in the market for a quarterback with the eighth pick of April's NFL draft, not after general manager Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia recommitted to Matthew Stafford last month.