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Why Daniel Jeremiah thinks OL Donovan Jackson is a good fit for Lions
NFL media analyst Daniel Jeremiah, one of the more respected draft analysts and talent evaluators in NFL circles, released his Mock Draft 2.0 this week and took part in a national conference call on Thursday to talk everything NFL Draft ahead of next week’s NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
At. No. 28 overall, Jeremiah mocked Ohio State interior offensive lineman Donovan Jackson to the Lions.
“Jackson would be a perfect replacement for Kevin Zeitler if the veteran departs in free agency,” Jeremiah wrote.
Lions general manager Brad Holmes said after the season he certainly wouldn’t overlook keeping Detroit’s offensive line the strength of this football team.
“I just think you’ve got to keep the whole garden watered at all points,” Holmes said. “That’s the engine for us. And so, I don’t care how good we ever get on the offensive line, that one right there is too important for not only our team, our quarterback, everything, it’s our identity, man. So, I think just that alone is just – it’s always going to be at the forefront.”
This is a nice class of interior offensive linemen in the draft with four players landing on Jeremiah’s initial list of the Top 50 players.
Jeremiah also loves this defensive line class and thinks there will be a ton of starters coming out of this year’s defensive line group.
“I’m excited about this draft. It’s a starters draft,” he said. “Some positions maybe don’t have that superstar that we have had in years past, but we do have a boatload of starters, particularly the defensive line, with a bunch of really, really good players.”
