Lions notes: Amani Oruwariye named one of PFF’s biggest steal of the draft

PFF thinks the Lions got great value with their 5th-round pick.

While fans continue to debate whether the Detroit Lions truly got the full value out of their first two picks in the 2019 NFL Draft, one pick that certainly seems to have gotten the Lions some bang for their buck was their fifth-round selection of Penn State cornerback Amani Oruwariye.

Pro Football Focus listed that pick as one of the biggest steals in this year’s draft.

“Oruwariye has some of the smoothest hips of any corner in the entire draft class, which is all the more impressive considering he’s also one of the largest corners in this year’s crop of corners at 6-1 5/8” and 205 pounds,” PFF’s Michael Renner wrote. “At the Senior Bowl, he had the highest win rate of any corner in attendance.”

Many media draft boards had Oruwariye going on Day 2, and even general manager Bob Quinn admitted the Penn State corner was in play for their fourth-round pick. Obviously, there are concerns as to why Oruwariye fell that far, but time will tell if the Lions got a steal here.

• Dan Orlovsky did a nice job breaking down the Lions’ draft class in this video for DetroitLions.com.

ESPN just announced Joe Tessitore (play by play), Booger McFarland (analyst) and Lisa Salters (reporter) are ESPN’s NFL commentator team for Monday Night Football.

— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) May 1, 2019

• You have to think these numbers are going to look a lot different for Detroit now that Jesse James and T.J. Hockenson are in town:

Deep passes targeting tight ends (20+ yards downfield)...

27: KC

20: IND

15: BUF, GB
14: CLE, NO
13: CIN, NE, OAK, PHI, SF
12: CHI
11: WAS
10: ARZ, BAL
9: CAR, HOU, NYJ

7: ATL, DAL, NYG
6: MIA, MIN, PIT, SEA
5: DEN, LAR
4: JAX, TB, TEN
3: DET
2: LAC

— Pat Thorman (@Pat_Thorman) April 30, 2019

• From our own FanPosts, commenter ryanunc12 took a statistical look at how Lions general manager Bob Quinn has stacked up compared to his competition at the NFL Draft. It’s a good read with some surprising results.

• Here’s your “Monday Night Football” 2019 broadcasting crew for ESPN:

ESPN just announced Joe Tessitore (play by play), Booger McFarland (analyst) and Lisa Salters (reporter) are ESPN’s NFL commentator team for Monday Night Football.

— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) May 1, 2019

• If you want to know more about the collapse of the AAF and why many are calling it the Fyre Festival of sports, Sports Illustrated has a fantastic recap of its demise.

• The NFL announced dates for all 32 teams’ rookie minicamps. Lions rookies will get underway on May 10:

A look at the @NFL rookie minicamp schedule pic.twitter.com/7vONtPkYqS

— Michael Signora (@NFLfootballinfo) April 30, 2019

• What must Hockenson do to justify being the Lions’ eighth overall pick. The Detroit News’ Justin Rogers looks at potential statistical milestones the Lions rookie needs to hit.

from Pride Of Detroit - All Posts http://bit.ly/2VHtTdj