When the Detroit Lions were on the clock with the No. 8 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, I was pretty excited. After all, the player I was hoping they would select (Ed Oliver) was still available after the first seven picks went about as I expected they would.
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But when the pick was announced as TE T.J. Hockenson, I was disappointed.
Now, I do believe that Hockenson will be a very good TE for the Lions for a long time, but my preference was for GM Bob Quinn to further solidify the defensive side of the ball by selecting Oliver.
In a piece recently published by ESPN, 32 writers did a re-draft and when the Lions pick came around at No. 8, Oliver was the pick made by Lions beat writer, Michael Rothstein.
From ESPN:
Nation, if you had a chance to re-draft, who would you select? Would Hockenson be your pick or would you go in a different direction?
In case you were wondering, T.J. Hockenson was selected No. 30 overall by the Green Bay Packers in the ESPN 2019 NFL re-draft.
