Lions notes: Golden Tate reacts to Odell Beckham Jr.’s monster contract On Monday Teez Tabor Jersey White , New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. signed a five-year, $95 million contract extension. Luckily, media happened to be in the locker room when the news hit, and Golden Tate was right there to give his natural reaction to the new contract.Per MLive’s Kyle Meinke, the Detroit Lions’ receiver literally fell out of his chair when he heard the news. Ever since Tate made it known that he’s interested in signing a long-term deal in Detroit, he has publicly expressed himself every time a fellow wide receiver gets paid. He asked for vacation invite when Stefon Diggs got five years Jake Rudock Jersey , $72 million. He was clearly thrilled for Jarvis Landry when the Browns gave him $75.5 million over five years, so much so that he tweeted the Mr. Burns “excellent” twiddly fingers. Tate wouldn’t provide any sort of update on his own contract situation, but he’s still clearly thinking about it. He even tweeted about it on Tuesday:Beckham’s former teammate and now Detroit Lion Devon Kennard gave it up for the Giants receiver, too: Brian Bartell of “brianslionsblog” has a nice statistical breakdown of how the New England Patriots have built a dynasty and how important edge rushing talent has been to their roster. This video of Dwayne Washington’s daughter watching him play is an overload of adorableness (but you may want to turn the volume down): I joined Greg DePalma of Ourlads to preview the Detroit Lions’ 2018 season along with the rest of the NFC North. For those wondering if the Lions will pick up anyone from the waiver wire this weekend: The New York Jets have yet to name their starting quarterback for Week 1’s against the Lions, though Sam Darnold has been the starter in the past two preseason games. Dave Birkett released his “final” 53-man roster predictions for the Lions and there are a few little surprises along the way. Experts liked the picks if they already knew about the players."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Detroit Lions NewsDetroit Lions NotesDetroit Lions AnalysisDetroit Lions TransactionsDetroit Lions Game RecapsNFL DraftDetroit Lions Analysis2019 NFL Draft Grades: Mixed opinions on Detroit Lions’ Day 2 picksNew,51commentsExperts liked the picks if they already knew about the players.EDTShareTweetShareShare2019 NFL Draft Grades: Mixed opinions on Detroit Lions’ Day 2 picksIsaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY SportsLast night Matt Prater Jersey White , the Detroit Lions surprised many folks—both fans and experts alike—with both their second and third round selections. The team did not choose to fill any of the three biggest remaining needs pointed out by our own Hamza Baccouche, and neither player chosen was on Alex Reno’s need-adjusted lists of best players remaining on Friday for the Lions. Instead, general manager Bob Quinn used his picks on role-versatile defensive players with attributes that match the Lions templates: an underrated linebacker straight out of the Parcells-Belichick mold, and a hard-hitting team leader at safety similar to another relative unknown taken in 2018. The overall sense of the grades assigned to these lesser-heralded prospects (by the mainstream draft coverage, anyway) seemed to hinge on whether or not the analyst was already familiar with the new Lions or not. If the grader did not recognize the names, these picks were often deemed reaches; greater familiarity appeared to go with greater enthusiasm for the picks.Pick 43 Jahlani TavaiCBS Sports’ Pete PriscoGrade: B+Lions Wire’s Scott WarheitGrade: B-SI.com’s Andy BenoitGrade: C+Walterfootball.com’s Charlie CampbellGrade: CBleacher Report’s Mike TanierGrade: C-USAToday.com’s Steve RuizGrade: C-SB Nation’s Christian D’Andrea Trey Flowers Jersey White , Charles McDonald, Adam Stites, and Richard JohnsonGrade: We don’t know who that is.SB Nation’s Alex KirshnerGrade: Day 2 LoserPick 81 Will HarrisLions Wire’s Scott WarheitGrade: BSI.com’s Andy BenoitGrade: B-CBS Sports’ Pete PriscoGrade: B-Walterfootball.com’s Charlie CampbellGrade: B-USAToday.com’s Steve RuizGrade: CBleacher Report’s Mike TanierGrade: D+SB Nation’s Alex KirshnerGrade: Day 2 Loser
