As the games missed continues to mount up for Detroit Lions star defensive end Ezekiel Ansah
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million. Since then, Ansah missed much of training camp and has only played in a
single half in five games due to a shoulder injury. On Monday, head coach Matt
Patricia was asked if the Lions’ decision to franchise tag Ansah has played any
factor in why Ansah hasn’t returned to the field yet. Patricia, very
sternly
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important here,” Patricia said. But when pushed, he elaborated.“The guy’s trying
every single day to get back out there. So, that’s what it is. Don’t make it
anything more than that. That guy’s a competitive guy (who) wants to play
football. He’s trying to do the best he can to help this team.”You can watch the
press conference here. It’s the very first question and you can see Patricia is
not happy with the insinuation here. It’s clear Patricia believes Ansah is doing
everything he can to be out there right now. In good injury news, it certainly
sounds like Lions coaches expect T.J. Lang to return sometime this year. In
fact, Lang reportedly helped out with game-planning for the Packers last
week
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Kerryon Johnson is currently the third highest graded rookie running back,
according to Pro Football Focus: The Athletic’s Josh Cohen (subscription
required) has another excellent film breakdown of the good and bad things from
the Lions’ victory over the Packers. If you’re the kind of person that has
already moved onto the draft, the Lions have moved to 13th in the draft order
(and subsequently, the waiver wire priority order): The Lions’ Sights and Sounds
segment may have gotten rid of most of the on-field audio, but it’s still worth
a watch for all of Dan Miller’s radio calls for Week 5’s biggest plays against
the Packers. A few Lions players congratulated Drew Brees on becoming the NFL’s
all-time leader in passing yards: A look at the first half of our POD Community
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Part 1The first round of the Pride of Detroit Community Mock is complete. The
Detroit Lions grabbed Montez Sweat with the eighth overall pick thanks to Kent
Lee Platte’s selection. Elsewhere, we saw T.J. Hockenson slide to the Packers
(and SJLionFan609) at the 12th pick, Brian Burns drop all the way to the
Panthers (and BigJShaky) at 16, and other popular players like Greedy Williams
(17) and Byron Murphy (27) fell a little lower than some expect.But now begins
the second round. We’ll move swiftly now, as the commenter general managers are
just responsible for the pick
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Picks 33 through 42.33Arizona Cardinals - WR Parris Campbell 34Indianapolis
Colts - CB Amani Oruwariye35Oakland Raiders - DE Chase Winovich 36San Francisco
49ers - WR Hakeem Butler37New York Giants - DE Zach Allen38Jacksonville Jaguars
- WR Deebo Samuel 39Tampa Bay Buccaneers - LB Blake Cashman40Buffalo Bills - OT
Kaleb McGary41Denver Broncos - G Dalton Risner42 Cincinnati Bengals - OT Greg
LittleFor a look at all of the picks so far in our Pride of Detroit Community
Mock, check out our tracker here.The Detroit Lions are now on the clock. With
defensive end off their needs list, who should Kent target in the second round?
We just had a run of offensive linemen and wide receivers, two potential
positional targets with the 43rd pick. Is there a cornerback still on the board
worth considering? Tight end? Another offensive lineman or wide receiver? We’ll
see who Kent chose Monday morning.
