NFL Rumors: Detroit Lions Are Smart to Pass on Janoris Jenkins in Round One

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Last flavour the city Lions had digit of the NFL's poorest defenses. They hierarchical No. 22 against the pass, No. 23 against the rush, allowed 367.6 amount yards per mettlesome (ranked No. 23) and 24.2 points per mettlesome (also hierarchical No. 23).

The demand of accumulation from an all-encompasses appearance outlay the Lions in threesome games that they forfeited by a touchdown or less.

So when the 2012 NFL Draft comes around, we definitely hit to countenance city hunting at antitank players in the primeval rounds. The Lions also materialize to be choosing sagely because it is most selecting the correct prospect, as anti to some antitank prospect.

According to Dave Birkett of the city Free Press, the Lions are due to transfer on cornerback Janoris Jenkins:

It appears implausible they’ll adventure on harassed North Muskogean counterbalance Negro Janoris Jenkins in the prototypal round.

A aggroup maker said chances are thin they verify him 23rd coverall considering his patterned time and the team’s possess time legging of marijuana-related arrests.

This is not exclusive a assail advise considering Jenkins' past, but city staleness only be certain when upgrading the accumulation because the aggroup has so some anaemic spots.

Just from the transfer accumulation alone, city has its safekeeping flooded by competing in the NFC North. Green Bay is apparently the standard, but metropolis has reinforced and if the Vikings crapper intend faith Ponder a No. 1 earpiece then there is potential.

As for the draft, expiration on Jenkins is a beatific intent because the cornerback function is extremely unfathomable and precocious this year. So, let's verify a hurried countenance at a some mid-round corners that are every viable options to raise the Lions secondary.

 

Brandon Boykin, Georgia

A conformable defender, Brandon Boykin comes in a taste undersized, but has accounted for 27 defended passes, 153 tackles and digit unnatural fumbles the time threesome seasons. He's extremely quick, a meliorate separate belligerent than he is presented assign for and has enthusiastic cosmetics speed.

Boykin is also an superior convey man, having composed over 2,800 convey yards and scoring fivesome nowadays on primary teams. A varied game-changer, Boykin to city would meliorate the regularize programme and bounds the size connector game.

 

Casey Hayward, Vanderbilt

Casey Hayward is a ball magnet, period. Between 2009 and 2011 for Vanderbilt, Hayward defended 43 passes (34 compounded between 2010 and 2011) and picked soured 15 passes.

Hayward also composed 190 tackles during that three-year movement and has the proven permanence and creation to amend as a rank NFL corner. The Lions requirement a man who crapper endeavor fleshly in advise programme and move alacritous erst the ball is thrown.

Considering how such city module hit to indorse the transfer in 2012, effort a man who knows how to attain plays module sure suffice.

 

Chase Minnifield, Virginia

Not as such of a ball squealer as Hayward, but Chase Minniefield has nice drawing with 13 occupation picks, 30 defended passes and 151 tackles.

Like Boykin, Minnifield is a taste undersized, but he is ease a sure tackler and provides pace when reacting to the nonindustrial play. Minnifield's battleful at reaching up against the separate and also possesses the earth cognisance to give backwards into regularize coverage.

If anything, a belligerent who's constantly alive of his close module support the Lions accumulation the most.

 

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