| DETROIT LIONS SELECT DE JOSH PASCAL (46TH OVERALL) AND S KERBY JOSEPH (97TH OVERALL) ON DAY 2 OF THE 2022 NFL DRAFT Allen Park, Mich.— The Detroit Lions selected DE Josh Pascal (46th overall) and S Kerby Joseph (97th overall) on Day 2 of the 2022 NFL Draft.Additionally, newly selected Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson and WR Jameson Williams held their introductory press conferences in Allen Park on Friday afternoon.Lastly, Lions Executive Vice President and General Manager Brad Holmes was available to media following the conclusion of Day 2 of the NFL Draft. LIONS FIRST-ROUND DRAFT SELECTION (2ND OVERALL) DE AIDAN HUTCHINSON INTRODUCTORY PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTE SHEETOn how the Lions coaching staff fits his playing style: “I think the playstyle is just from that list. It’s nasty. I think that’s what—the whole coaching staff was brought here under Coach (Dan) Campbell, and I think that’s the mentality. I think I come in and I bring that same mentality. I think that’s why I’m a perfect fit for this scheme and for that Detroit grit. I think I fit that mold.”On the culture in the building with the coaching staff: “Just being with this staff, I just think there’s a lot of special guys and a lot of guys that, just talking with them, I know communication is so open. I think that’s critical to having success on a football team is to have that player-coach relationship where you can talk to one another, where you can figure stuff out just through communicating. I mean, out of all the visits I had, the Lions was one of the most seamless ones just because of how smooth it was and how it was just so easy to just talk football and just communicate with these coaches. I think that’s what is going to lead to some future success for sure.”On if it has hit him yet that he was selected by the Lions with the No. 2 overall pick: “Not quite, I’m still waiting on it. I think it’s still going to be a couple of days. I was just walking around the building today with my family, and it’s just weird. Growing up, I was a Michigan guy. I’m around Detroit sports so much. To think that I’m a Lion is just—it seems like a wild dream to me. It’s kind of coming through. It’s wild, but I’m soaking it all in. I’m sure one of these days it’s going to hit me for sure.”On the memories he had of the Lions growing up in Michigan: “Not a ton of great memories. We went through the 0-16 season when I was growing up. I’ve been to a couple Lions games before, and the atmosphere is just great. When the Lions are winning ball games, it’s like, ‘Happy wife, happy life.’ The fans are just so into it. I just hope that when we’ve got the right pieces going, I think the coaches are right, we can start to get this ball rolling a little bit.”On having an easier transition as a local player and if he will live with his parents: ”It’s been discussed. I think I’m going to live in the basement. No, it’s definitely going to make the transition easier. I don’t know where I’m going to live yet. I found out a couple hours ago that I’m going to stay in Detroit. I’ve got to go house hunting real quick. I’m excited. Just being home is definitely going to make this transition to the NFL easier.”On how his relationship with Michigan Head Coach Jim Harbaugh prepared him for the NFL: “I think Coach Harbaugh has a very professional way about him. Especially, what he kind of implemented at Michigan was just how—with the scheduling and when they send out the schedule, we don’t know what we’re doing until the night of. We don’t know some of the schedules. So, I think having that, keeping us on our toes, was always a very professional way about his scheduling, about how he ran the program. I think it’s definitely going to pay dividends at this level, especially just in this NFL atmosphere.”On if he got to know new teammate Lions WR Jameson Williams on the flight from Las Vegas to Detroit: “We were sleeping the whole time, so trying to catch up a little bit. I sound a little groggy right now. But, no, it was a short flight. I wasn’t awake for most of it.”On if he received any unexpected congratulations from people that reached out: “There was a good amount of Lions players that reached out to me on the team, so I thought that was pretty cool that those guys are reaching out. I think they seem pretty excited. I’m super excited to play with those guys. A lot of love from everyone around me. It’s been great.”On his initial thoughts when the Lions traded up for WR Jameson Williams: “I was in the middle of media when all of that was happening. I just heard that we were trading up and we got Jameson. Just watching him on national TV, you see in the (college football) playoffs, in the championship, the guy’s a stud. Hopefully, he’ll rehab. I know he tore his ACL I think back in the championship. I don’t know where he’s at with that, but get back healthy and get back to balling out.”On the first thought that went through his head when the Jacksonville Jaguars selected DE Travon Walker first overall: “I’m not quite sure what happened, but they did end up taking Travon. Congrats to him. That’s freaking awesome. First thought, I was just praying the Lions were going to take me. It’s a little bit scary when you get in that green room and the Lions are on the clock and you’re just sitting there like, ‘Dear God, please pick me.’ That was kind of what was running through my head.”On if he found out he was going to be drafted by the Lions before he received the phone call from Detroit: “No. I had no idea where I was going.”On the voice he heard when he picked up the phone on draft night: “I heard (Executive Vice President and General Manager) Brad Holmes.”On how he felt when he received the phone call from the Lions: “Well, I saw the Detroit area code, so I knew. That was definitely a deep sigh of relief from me and the whole fam, for sure.”On if not being selected No. 1 overall will fuel him next season: “Yeah, I’ll find a way. I find little ways to motivate me. If that’s one team passed on me, I guess I could use that as motivation. That’s kind of how I do things.”On what it means to him that he could help be the face of a rebuild in Detroit: “Yeah, it is a little bit weird that people do say that about me. I’m just going to come in here and do everything that I can. I’m not going to be too focused on the outcome or focused on just anything like that. I’m going to be focused on the process and focused on just the everyday grind and just getting better as a player to help the team.”On if he learned anything about himself throughout the Draft process: “Yeah, I really think it made me learn to just block out the noise even more. It’s something that I had to learn this past season, just staying off social media especially during the season. I think in this process for sure, if you’re too glued to the mock drafts, if you’re too glued to people’s analysis of you, you’re dead. I think that’s never been how I go about things. I have to be the self-police of myself, and I don’t really give a crap what you say about me.”On how the experience of getting drafted compares to when he committed to the University of Michigan: “Obviously, the parallels of staying home, but no. It’s such a different feel because the NFL is just on such a bigger stage, such a bigger level. When we had walked out there on the stage in Vegas for the little intros, that place was rocking. I wish I had a crowd like that when I committed to Michigan. But no, it was crazy. The stage, I thought the venue there was awesome. I think the NFL killed it.”On if he set goals for himself: “You could say that, yeah.”On what he hopes to accomplish as a rookie: “Well, just know that I’m always shooting for the stars. Whatever that may be in your head for me, that’s what you can think. That’s always how I’ve done it. I’ll be shooting for the stars.”On if he has gotten any advice from his dad starting as a rookie: “I’m starting to get into territory that my dad hasn’t even been in. We’re starting to get a little foreign here for him. I’m going to have to navigate this one on my own for a little bit. All of this has been happening so fast, we haven’t really gotten the chance to talk about the future or anything. We’ve just been embracing it. We’ve just been embracing the moment.”LIONS FIRST-ROUND DRAFT SELECTION (12TH OVERALL) WR JAMESON WILLIAMS INTRODUCTORY PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTE SHEETOn what it means for the Lions to show such faith in trading up to select him: “It means a lot. It shows they have the faith in me, like you just said – the choice and everything. We talked a little bit earlier, and we just got an understanding that when I get back it’s going to be (time) to get going.”On what went through his mind when he injured his knee: “Nothing really, it was just to the point that it was what it was. I really didn’t try to think on it that much.”On the conversations he has had with Lions Offensive Coordinator Ben Johnson: “I’m excited to join the offense. I feel like we can do pretty big things. We’ve got Amon-Ra (St. Brown), DJ (Chark), in addition to the running back game. I just feel like we can do a lot of things.”On the process of the Lions trading up to select him and the surprise he may have had: “I was watching the Draft in the green room, and I just saw the Detroit Lions. A Detroit number called me, but it hung up and then just called me back.”On if he has heard from Lions QB Jared Goff or any teammates: “No, I haven’t heard from nobody, yet.”On the flight into Detroit today: “Yeah, I was sleep.”On growing up in a track family that is competitive: “Yeah, I don’t think it’s fast. We were kind of fast, but we kind of worked into getting faster. A lot of working out, a lot of like you said, competing, so we kind of put that upon ourselves. But we for sure was blessed with speed.”At what age he thought he was the fastest in his family: “Twelve, 13.”On what his family workouts were like: “Working out, a lot of workouts, really. That was the main thing just working out, exercising.”On Lions CB Jeff Okudah tweeting about him being drafted and his relationship with him: “Jeff was one of the guys at O-State (Ohio State), we talked a lot. He was a big brother for sure and he ended up only having one year when I was there as a freshman. He got drafted to the Lions. But actually, yesterday morning I just ended up talking to him, just checking in. He was telling me good luck and everything and I just ended up being a Lion later that night. So, he put the tweet out and we talked last night, so that was good.”On if it is comforting knowing he has a guy he is familiar with like Lions CB Jeff Okudah in the locker room: “Yeah.”On what he knows about the Lions organization: “Not much.”On what he is looking forward to about the Lions organization: “Changing the culture. It’s really just flipping a program around, really that. That’s the main goal, winning games, get in the playoffs, having fun.”On Lions Executive Vice President and General Manager Brad Holmes saying he is looking for game changers: “I feel good about that. I feel like it’s nothing to me. I play football. I’m a playmaker, so if I get put in that position it won’t be much to handle.”On where he is at in his ACL recovery process: “I’m 13 weeks from surgery. I’ve just been doing regular movements, just getting back to it. I should be ready to go by training camp. I’m shooting for training camp.”On if there are any mental hurdles with recovering from an ACL injury: “No.”On when he got past the point of mental hurdles with his injury: “I only had like mental problems for like the first week, after that it was over with.”On what type of leadership role he will take at rookie minicamp: “I’m really just looking forward to having fun. We’re just going to bring each other up. We’re just going to have fun and that’s really just where it’s going to start at being a leader. Get to know the guys, really just create a new culture, starting something new and I’m just happy to be here, really just excited to get going. When it comes, we’ll have a lot of fun, and those guys, we’ll just come together as it goes.”On what he knows about Lions first-round draft selection (2nd overall) DE Aidan Hutchinson: “Really good player. I watched him late in the season last year because they were in the (college football) playoffs and we were in the playoffs, so we might have ended up playing them. But I like his game. I like how aggressive he is and everything from what I watched, and yeah, I’m excited for playing with him. Before the Draft yesterday, we were actually talking about where he’s getting drafted and stuff. I asked him did he know. But we ended up being on the same team, so that was good. I’m just looking forward to getting going, me and Aidan, change the whole culture and just turn things around for Detroit, and I’m just excited to get going. Excited to be here, ready.”On his thoughts on what he might have accomplished if he ran the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine: “I don’t know a time. It would have been fastest, the fastest 40 ran, fastest 40 ever, you know. I would have run the fastest 40.”On if he would have run the fastest 40-yard dash ever: “Ever, ever.”LIONS SECOND-ROUND DRAFT SELECTION (46TH OVERALL) DE JOSH PASCHAL QUOTE SHEETOn if versatility is one of the biggest keys to his game: “Yes, versatility is one of the biggest keys to my game. I move all across the front. I’m not sure right now what (Defensive Line) Coach (Todd) Wash and (Defensive Coordinator) Coach (Aaron) Glenn will have me playing, but whatever it is I’m going to give it my all and I’m very versatile. Whatever it is, I’ll be able to pick it up.”On what it says about him that he is a three-time team captain: “It just means that I was blessed enough to be around a lot of great leaders, and they helped me become the leader that I am. I’m a guy that can change locker rooms. That’s my goal is to come in and learn from the guys, the veterans there, but also step into a leadership role as well.”On his leadership traits and ability to change locker rooms: “Yeah, I just think that I’m a relatable guy. At the end of the day, I love to build relationships with my teammates. I love to be able to lead different guys in different ways as far as some guys—I believe every person that you lead, you have to have that bond with, but some guys you learn respond best to calling somebody out and some guys respond best to pulling somebody to the side. Going into Detroit now to really take it in this first year and be able to learn from the veterans, I’ve been blessed enough to be around Logan Stenberg as well, a Kentucky guy up there. He’s told me nothing but great things about Detroit, so I’m looking forward to it.”On the commercial he appeared in for a dentist office: “That was a fun dentist commercial to shoot. It was off of Terry Tate’s ‘The Office.’ We shot that during the Bye week during the season with a dentist at Kentucky. I like to have fun. I’m a fun guy, so that’s something that expressed my personality.”On what he learned from his melanoma diagnosis in 2018 and what the experience was like for him: “I learned a lot throughout that whole time. I learned to not take – not only this game – but life for granted. To take every day and every moment as a blessing, no matter if it’s going out there on that practice field or if it’s just waking up in the morning. Every day’s a blessing. I’m beyond blessed to be in this position I’m in now and I feel like everything came full circle. I’m beyond blessed to be a Lion.”On how well he knows newly-selected Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson and what he thinks the duo could do together: “I met him at the Combine, and he seemed like a great guy, a great competitor. I can’t wait to get to work with him. We’re going to go out there and we’re going to be a young defense and we’re going to be able to make some plays. I’m looking forward to getting to work with Aidan.”On if he has goals beyond football: “I want to play this sport as long as I can, but after this sport is over with me for playing, I want to be around coaching it too. This is what I love, so no matter if it’s playing as long as I can, after that, I want to get into coaching.”On what experiences he had with the Lions’ coaching staff at the Senior Bowl: “I wasn’t at the Senior Bowl.”On if he was supposed to be at the Senior Bowl: “Yes, sir.”On why he dropped out of the Senior Bowl and if it was injury related: “Yes, sir. Just was healing up, so getting ready for the Combine. Decided not to go down there. I’m all good now though, 100 percent.”On how much contact he has had with the Lions in the past few months: “I actually had a formal interview at the Combine with them, so I met Dan Campbell, Coach (Todd) Wash, Coach (Aaron) Glenn, I met them all there. We hit it off, we watched some film, we just talked about ball and life. Instantly, I knew it would be a great fit.”LIONS THIRD-ROUND DRAFT SELECTION (97TH OVERALL) S KERBY JOSEPH QUOTE SHEETOn getting drafted by the Lions and what this week has been like: “It’s been kind of crazy. It’s been a lot of anxiety. I feel like when I got the phone call, my eyes just blew up in my head. It was just like, ‘This is finally happening. This is what I’ve been dreaming about. This is what I’ve been seeing on TV since I was a kid.’ Just now actually going through it and seeing it physically in my hands, seeing the phone call and picking it up and talking, I’m just at a loss for words. All the anxiety and all the stress has left my body and I’m just filled with joy now.”On how much contact he had with the Lions in the pre-Draft process: “I met the Lions at the Senior Bowl. After the Senior Bowl, I met them again at the Combine. I had a formal interview with them. I felt like I got a sense of family when I was in that room. Everybody in there connected with me, and I loved that. And then I got to meet them again on a Top 30 visit which I was grateful to have with them. I got to reconnect with them and meet the (Executive Vice President and General Manager Brad Holmes) GM and Head Coach (Dan Campbell) again.”On what clicked for him in his senior season: “My senior season I feel like I took in a lot more extra effort. I feel like I started defining at least one position. I felt we weren’t about—or, two positions were like receiver or safety, whereas I focused in on safety. I feel like that really elevated my game.”On how his experience playing wide receiver translates to his ball skills at safety: “The ball skills have always been with me. The ball skills, I was just born with them. They’re just a natural talent that I have. I feel like receivers can also help find what offenses are looking for, like what are the goals as an offense, like concepts and stuff like that.”On what his practice routine was like playing both wide receiver and safety: “I played receiver at the beginning of my (inaudible) year, so at the beginning of the year I just focused on straight receiver drills. I was going to practice as a receiver, doing the receiver drills as far as Indy and things like that. But toward the end of the year, I got switched back to defense. So, toward the end of that year, I started doing defensive drills. But there was no point in time where I was doing both drills at the same practice.”On the atmosphere where he is currently celebrating being drafted: “The atmosphere’s crazy. Right now, I’m in the garage because everybody’s going all crazy in the house and stuff like that. So, I snuck into the garage just to get a quiet space to talk with you guys.”On how many people are at his Draft party and what the day was like leading up to the Draft: “The wait? The wait didn’t come as bothering me; it motivated me. It didn’t break me down, it didn’t lower my confidence or my self-esteem, it just made me want to go even harder. Because now when I come in – I was giving it 100 times, now I’m giving it 1,000.”On if his Draft party is at his house: “I’m at an Airbnb. My house doesn’t look like this.”On if his Airbnb party is being held in Champaign, Ill.: “No, it’s in the city, like 20 minutes out of Orlando, called Kissimmee.”On how many people are at his Draft party: “Like 60. I’m not even going to lie, like 60.”On his special teams experience: “I can do everything. My four years playing at Illinois, I did every special team corps that was known to man. I started off on special teams, which is why I know it, which is why I enjoy playing it. This season, I scored the first points of the college football season against Nebraska. I got a safety against Nebraska, so that was lit, I scored the first points. So, that was fun. Freshman year, my first tackle was on special teams, so I was also grateful for that because I never had a college tackle before. After I got that one, I just turned up.”LIONS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER BRAD HOLMES DRAFT DAY 2 QUOTE SHEETOpening Statement: “Obviously, we’re thrilled again. Not to sound like a broken record, but we really are. You talk about the first round when we kicked it off yesterday, you do so much work on all these guys but those are pretty much all the household names that everybody pretty much knows. We’re thrilled to have landed (Aidan Hutchinson) Hutch and Jameson (Williams) just as I said yesterday. But today, now you’re getting into football player country now. You get into the second and third round, now it’s like these are guys that you might have a question mark here or there, but these guys are true, true football players. All these guys are football players, but starting with Josh (Paschal), he’s just a versatile player. I think he can play all up and down our defensive front. He’s been a highly effective interior rusher, but he can also set edges and play the run as well. He’s got extremely elite, elite character and intangibles, some of the best that I’ve experienced, and I’ve researched on. And then the other thing with both of these kids today, I would say Josh and Kerby (Joseph), I’ve talked a lot about conviction and buy-in and having total, total building conviction, total building buy-in, like every single person in the building is like, ‘I’m totally bought in on this dude,’ that’s what both of these players were today. Just the love for both of them, all the coaching staffs and everybody, Kerby was another guy that’s got a lot of high upside, still developmental, only been playing the position for about a year, but has been a high-level special teams player. Good rise and elite ball skills and can turn the football over. We’re very excited for both of them. They were targets that emerged as favorites throughout the process. We’re just really excited. It’s a great day today.”On focusing on defense so far throughout this Draft: “We had a lot of areas to address. Obviously, landing Jameson (Williams) on the offensive side of the ball, we already talked about him. But we had a lot of question marks. It just happened to be—now, if there was a question mark on offense and it wasn’t a guy that was such as good of a football player, but it just so happened it lined up that—Josh (Paschal) and Kerby (Joseph), they’re just those kinds of football players. With Josh, you said edge rusher, you get an edge rusher in (Aidan Hutchinson) Hutch and then you get a guy like Josh that can play on the edge and can play inside, he can stand up if you wanted him to. He’s got a lot of versatility there. And then Kerby, again like I said, you’ve got a rangy safety that fits our scheme and what we’re looking for.”On how much better they feel defensively today than a year ago and continuing to add younger players on the defensive side of the ball: “That’s a good question. The real exciting thing is our coaching staff and their ability to develop those guys at such a rapid rate last year and the growth that those guys made from training camp to late in the season gets you really excited about those guys stepping into the second year and then these incoming rookies and then just keep building that foundation. Having the continuity with our coaching staff again with being able to have (Defensive Coordinator Aaron Glenn) AG again and his current staff, that’s what really gets you excited. (Head Coach) Dan (Campbell) and I have said from the start that we want to build through the Draft. That’s what we’re going to continue to do. I think we’ve made some good strides last night and tonight and hopefully, tomorrow is a good one tomorrow too.”On if they have a specific vision for how DE Josh Paschal can contribute as a rookie: “We do have a vision for him. Just the things that I said about his ability to be an inside rusher in sub situations and see what he’ll be able to do on the edge as well. It’s competition. He’s going to have to come in and compete. Nothing is going to be given to him, but we do have a vision for him just as all the players we acquire. I don’t think you can ever have too many pass rushers. That’s kind of how we feel from there, and then we’ll just let it sort out.”On Lions DE Josh Paschal’s skillset inside that makes him an effective pass rusher: “Yeah, he’s got pop in his hands. He’s got incredible instincts. He can shed, he can find the football in the run game. He’s beat some really good tackles down in the SEC. He’s a skillful pass rusher. He’s got crafty hands and he’s explosive. He’s high-motor explosive. He’s a football player, and that’s what we talk about all the time. Not one of these guys that we’ve acquired aren’t gritty. That’s what all these guys are. These guys are gritty football players. Josh is one, but he’s more than that. He’s outstanding, intangibles and character. He should be able to contribute hopefully soon.”On what stands out about DE Josh Paschal’s intangibles: “He’s been a three-time captain. I think he was the only three-time captain in school history. He’s battled things personally that he’s persevered. That often can shape a person. Just when you find out more about him and you find out how he utilizes his time and he’s very, very proactive, he’s very, very intentional in everything he does. When you hear about his teammates and coaches talk about him, you just get a little bit different tune than you’re used to hearing. Again, the more and more our Area Scout Steve Neal—he does a lot of work out there in Kentucky. He came back and the research he had on him was very, very glowing. Steve did a heck of a job. He had (Head Coach) Dan (Campbell) and I sold on just wanting to find out more about him. It’s just you’re wild about him when you turn on the tape, but then when you find out about the human being, you’re just impressed even more.”On how much more comfortable he feels at the safety position than he did a few weeks ago: “Yeah, that’s probably fair to say that. We’re a little bit better there. But, no, it’s not just being better, we just were very, very young. Obviously, we were fortunate enough to re-sign Tracy (Walker) and get him back, and then DeShon (Elliott) is still a young player that has ample playing experience. The guys behind them just hadn’t played a lot, and Kerby’s (Joseph) going to be a rookie. But again, I do think the competition is going to be fierce from a depth standpoint and we’ll just kind of see how it falls out. What I do like about a lot of those guys is that those guys do have a high level of special teams upside. When you get back to even the C.J. Moore’s and the Brady Breeze’s and those guys, and then a guy like Kerby Joseph has been a standout special teams player. That’s what gets you excited about them.”On if he expects to be patient on Day 3 of the Draft with a long gap before his first pick of the day: “You know, it just depends on who’s there. There were a couple of times tonight where I thought about moving up, but it’s never guaranteed. You just try to see if you can find a partner and if it lines up on both sides. It didn’t quite line up tonight, but we were able to stay patient. Luckily, we were still able to land Kerby (Joseph), but it was around Kerby when I kind of got that itch a little bit, but (I) stayed patient. You guys know me, I can get that itch sometimes. But I get it, you almost got two full rounds tomorrow. But you just kind of see – we like where the board is at now. There’s still some good football players out there. Dan (Campbell) and I were just looking at it, so we’re still excited and we’ll just kind of see how it falls. If it’s the right guy, it’s got to be the right timing, and then if the gut feels right, I’ll strike if I feel it’s necessary.”On if he needs somebody to hold him back from reaching for the phone: “(Senior Personnel Executive) John Dorsey sits behind me, so he’s kind of like the voice of wisdom. But no, seriously, it’s just got to feel right. I will say that I talk it over with Dan (Campbell), I ask the rest of the guys in the room, (Assistant General Manager) Ray Agnew, Dorsey, (Director of Player Personnel) Lance (Newmark), everybody, (Director of College Scouting) Dave Sears, I’ll ask those guys what they think and then I’ll get their input. I’ve always said I don’t have all the answers. I’ve got a lot of knowledge that’s surrounding me. So, I lean on all those guys.”On if he feels that this Draft has allowed him to add more foundational impact players: “Yeah, I truly think that, especially about this Draft because I think a lot of narratives were made about this Draft. There’s a lot of narratives about all the Drafts, they’ll say, ‘Oh, this is a strong Draft. This is not a strong Draft,’ and all that. If you think it’s strong or not as strong, sometimes it’s like, ‘Hey, look, if it’s not as strong, just trade back, trade back.’ Well, you keep trading back, and it’s not as strong as what everybody’s saying. So, if you just stay patient and you have your board stacked right, there were some good football players that we were able to acquire that we think can be foundational pieces. Again, like I’ve always said, it’s up to us. We’ve got to hold ourselves accountable and make sure that we do our part to develop these players and make sure that the structure and the resources are right around them. If we do our part, and then they control what they control, we shall have success.”On whether the team had a formal trade offer for 49ers WR Deebo Samuel: “Well, I did say last time that whenever a player is being discussed about a trade or anything like that, we’ll always look into all of that, but those are internal discussions. (I’ll) leave it at that.”On why he thinks the Draft’s quarterback class shook out the way it has: “I think the quarterbacks were evaluated and graded as what they were evaluated and graded as. Look, in personnel, we can’t control how the media grades and evaluates and the outside people grade and evaluates. When quarterbacks are being tabbed as this, this, that, that and that by the outside narrative – and I’m not saying – often, the media, they have contacts in scouting and they’re talking to people in personnel, and if it is, it is. I looked at the quarterbacks and I thought that they were taken where we thought they should have been taken, at least from our standpoint. I didn’t see it as they were being mistreated or not being taken fairly. I think they were evaluated properly.” |
