Saturday, May 1, 2021

Evening Lions Links for Saturday 5-1-21

RB Jermar Jefferson Articles:


2021 NFL draft: Detroit Lions select Oregon State RB Jermar Jefferson in seventh round:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/05/2021-nfl-draft-detroit-lions-select-oregon-state-rb-jermar-jefferson-in-seventh-round.html




Lions Select RB Jermar Jefferson in Seventh Round:  https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-select-jermar-jefferson



Amon-Ra St Brown Articles:

2021 NFL draft: The best picks from Day 3 (Amon-Ra St. Brown | WR | USC

OT Penei Sewell Articles:



Lions UDFAs:



Arkansas State WR Jonathan Adams to sign with Detroit Lions:  https://www.kait8.com/2021/05/01/arkansas-state-wr-jonathan-adams-sign-with-detroit-lions/



UDFA tracker: Lions signing Arkansas State WR Jonathan Adams Jr., a top-5 receiver in NCAA:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/05/udfa-tracker-lions-signing-big-arkansas-state-wr-jonathan-adams-jr.html

Overall Grades:

PFF 2021 NFL Draft grades for all 32 teams (Detroit Lions - Day 1: Penei Sewell slid a bit but falls right to the Lions, who find someone to protect new quarterback Jared Goff. Sewell is a hyper-athletic tackle who gobbles up pass rushers and moves in the open field like no one at his size should. His 95.8 PFF grade in 2019, the last season he played college football, is even more impressive because he was only 19 years old at the time. Sewell could be a Lions tackle for the next decade.  Day 2: The Detroit Lions are, perhaps predictably, building from the inside out when it comes to the new regime’s first draft. After taking Penei Sewell in the first round, Detroit came back and grabbed an interior defensive lineman in the second and in the third. Levi Onwuzurike didn’t play in 2020, but he has exceptional burst and the potential to be an elite pass rusher at the next level, albeit relying on some projection based on what we saw from him in college. The consensus was all over the board in this interior defender class, but McNeill slotted in as PFF’s DT2, behind only Alabama’s Christian Barmore. McNeill is an impressive athlete for a guy who tips the scales at 320 pounds. That allows him to provide more pass-rushing juice than your typical nose tackle. It’s not difficult to see him becoming a difference-maker on a defense that sorely needs those types of players.  Melifonwu has unreal physical attributes but doesn’t always play to his size. A 6-foot-2, 205-pound corner should bully the receivers he faces, but that doesn’t show up on tape very often. He lacks an instinctive feel for the position, but he has excellent burst, breaks up plays with his long wingspan and can transition in and out of his breaks as well as anyone his size.  Day 3: Amon-Ra St. Brown has no trump card, but he’s a good all-around wide receiver. He possesses good body control, offers value after the catch, can run a full route tree and was consistently productive at USC, generating 2.11 yards per route run throughout his career. St. Brown may have to start right away for Detroit.  Draft Grade: A-):  https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2021-nfl-draft-grades-all-32-teams

Articles:

The best players who weren't selected in the 2021 NFL draft:  https://draftwire.usatoday.com/gallery/2021-nfl-draft-best-undrafted-players/



2021 NFL Draft: Ranking the 80 best available undrafted free agents:  https://www.pff.com/news/draft-ranking-100-best-available-2021-nfl-draft-prospects-tracker

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Lions select Jermar Jefferson with No. 257 pick in 2021 draft:  https://www.nfl.com/teams/detroit-lions/
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