The names get better http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-a_shawn-robinson-jersey , but the voting gets harder." Detroit Lions HumorDetroit Lions Name Bracket Tournament2019 Detroit Lions Name Bracket Tournament: Round 2, Part 1New,13commentsThe names get better, but the voting gets harder. EDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:2019 Detroit Lions Name Bracket Tournament: Round 2, Part 1TwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailThe 2019 Detroit Lions Name Bracket will always be tainted... which really makes it like any other Name Bracket tournament in this site’s history. The left side of the bracket was riddled with voting fraud, and the biggest victim was favorite Miles Killebrew. We’re still searching for a motive of Killebrew’s bracket killer, but our best detectives are on the case and we won’t stop until we understand why Killebrew was so carelessly destroyed in this tournament. Or we could all just move on. It’s what Killebrew would’ve wanted.We’re onto Round 2 of the tournament—ideally with the voting fraud cease-fire still in place. Let’s start with the Audible Dong region.1. Quandre Diggs vs. 8. Kenny WigginsQuandre Diggs had no trouble disposing of Jarrad Davis, winning by a staggering 467-38 margin. This round will be a little tougher, however, as he’ll have to stop (oh!) get Wiggins with it (yeah!). I like both names a lot here, but when it comes down to it Teez Tabor Jersey White , Quandre Diggs gives you a good first and second half performance.Kenny Wiggins is a second-half name, and you just can’t rely on those fourth-quarter comebacks every week. Kenny Wiggins is no Matthew Stafford. ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — As far as Detroit general manager Bob Quinn is concerned, the Lions needed to pounce once they found a linebacker they liked.“Linebackers that play in this defense, that are really very, very good natural fits, there’s only a couple every year,” Quinn said. “You wait a year, you don’t get one, you might not get him next year, you might not get him the year after.”The Lions drafted Hawaii linebacker Jahlani Tavai in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night Jake Rudock Jersey , then traded up to pick Boston College defensive back Will Harris in the third. Tavai is second on Hawaii’s career list in tackles and was on preseason watch lists last year for the Bronko Nagurski and Butkus awards. He averaged 10.2 tackles a game, but a shoulder injury cut his 2018 season short, and he played in only eight games.“Shoulder’s doing great,” Tavai said. “I’m just getting excited to be able to get into pads again.”In 2017, he started all 12 games at middle linebacker and ranked 10th nationally in tackles.Detroit took the 250-pound Tavai with the 43rd pick — the highest a Hawaii player has been drafted since Tennessee took defensive end Travis LaBoy at No. 42 in 2004.An NFL.com analyst projected Tavai to go in the fourth or fifth round , and Detroit’s pick in the first half of the second round was a bit of a surprise. The Lions took tight end T.J. Hockenson in the first round Thursday night.Quinn said the Lions had been targeting Tavai since as early as October.“We like thick, built linebackers,” Quinn said. “Really thick guys that can kind of take on blocks, but then when they play on the edge, they have enough playing strength and enough arm length to set the edge.”In addition to being a football standout, Tavai has also been an impressive rugby player and was named to an Under-18 U.S. national team.“Big thing with rugby Matt Prater Jersey White , especially in sevens, is learning how to make a better tackle in the open field,” Tavai said. “So that was one thing that really helped me in football.”The last time the Lions took a linebacker in the draft was 2017, when they selected Jarrad Davis in the first round and Jalen Reeves-Maybin in the fourth.The Lions took Harris with the 81st pick, which they acquired from Minnesota in exchange for a third-rounder and a sixth-rounder. A four-year player at Boston College, Harris was a starter since late in his freshman season and earned third-team All-ACC honors as a senior.Quinn used to work for the New England Patriots, and he said he has plenty of contacts on the staff at Boston College, where Harris played.“I know a bunch of staff members just for, honestly, probably 15 or 20 years. You go there, and Boston College had a pretty good list of prospects this year Trey Flowers Jersey White ,” Quinn said. “Really, the first guy that a lot of guys mentioned to me was (Harris).”Lions defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni was a defensive line coach at Boston College for two seasons before joining the Lions last year.Harris’ father Will, a receiver at Mississippi State, was drafted by Buffalo in the seventh round in 1993.“He’s been there every step of the way. He’s been my coach growing up, my trainer, my mentor,” Harris said. “It meant the world for me for him to be here and see our culmination of work. … This is the best day of my life.”
