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Notes: Golden Tate thinks UDFA WR Brandon Powell could be a future ‘YAC King’ Brandon Powell was one of the more surprising names on the Detroit Lions’ initial 53-man roster. The undrafted rookie out of Florida had long odds to make the team Womens Tracy Walker Jersey , especially considering the Lions’ top four receivers were pretty much set in stone from the beginning of training camp.However, not only did Powell make the final 53-man roster, but he earned the respect of his teammate Golden Tate.This week, Tate hyped up Powell as the real deal. “I think the best thing about him, once he gets the ball in his hand Womens Da'Shawn Hand Jersey , he’s kind of a like a running back,” Tate said per MLive. “He could be the YAC king some day.” Obviously, Tate knows what he’s talking about when it comes to YAC (yards after the catch). Tate has finished in the top four in YAC in each of his four seasons in Detroit.But Tate also has a tendency to over-exaggerate with his own teammates. Just a couple years ago, he said something almost identical about Jace Billingsley.“He reminds me a lot of a younger me,” Tate said. “Just very Graham Glasgow Jersey White , very shifty. I think he’s got some running back in him. I think he might have played running back in college, I think. Billingsley was cut this year by the Lions having never caught a single pass in two seasons with Detroit. Only time will tell if Powell emerges from the shadows. Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press offered some more details on Quandre Diggs’ three-year extension that he was given earlier in the week: MLive’s Nate Atkins visited the hometown of Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia to learn more about the first-time head coach’s upbringing, his childhood life, and the origins of the No. 2 pencil.Eminem will be an honorary captain on Monday night and will be part of the coin toss ceremony: Dan Orlovsky is still working with the Detroit Lions... as part of their digital media team. He appears to be doing a weekly show with DetroitLions.com’s Mike O’Hara doing what he does best: break down film. Watch his first episode here. Sports Illustrated put out an interesting article on how the way the Seahawks have treated Russell Wilson caused quite a rift in the locker room. Golden Tate, who has his own history with Wilson http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-tracy-walker-jersey , offered this brief response to the article: It looks like the Patriots were very interested in the Lions’ surprise second-round pick."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Detroit Lions NewsDetroit Lions NotesDetroit Lions AnalysisDetroit Lions TransactionsDetroit Lions Game RecapsNFL DraftDetroit Lions RumorsNFL draft rumors: Did the Detroit Lions steal another Patriots target in Jahlani Tavai?New,61commentsIt looks like the Patriots were very interested in the Lions’ surprise second-round pick. EDTShareTweetShareShareNFL draft rumors: Did the Detroit Lions steal another Patriots target in Jahlani Tavai?Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY SportsLast year, as the Detroit Lions made some surprising picks, rumors kept popping up that the players they took were about to get selected by another team. They grabbed Frank Ragnow—a perceived mild reach—right before the Bengals and Patriots were targeting him. They sniped Kerryon Johnson right before Washington was going to take him. And Tracy Walker, perhaps their biggest “reach” of all Miles Killebrew Jersey White , was reportedly going to go to the Panthers three picks later.As fans continue to scratch their head of their 2019 second-round pick Jahlani Tavai, some rumors have already started to creep out that they may have taken a player the New England Patriots were interested in taking. Daniel Jeremiah’s report is corroborated by a couple of local guys: Lions Wire’s Jeff Risdon and Bryce Rossler:There was no imminent danger that the Patriots were going to take him, as New England was sitting at 56 to the Lions’ 43. However, New England eventually moved up to 45 to select cornerback Joejuan Williams, suggesting they certainly had a Plan B if Tavai was their Plan A. Of course Womens Jalen Reeves-Maybin Jersey , just because the Patriots were interested in a guy doesn’t mean it’s any less ofa reach or that he is sure to work out in Detroit. However, it’s starting to become clearer that this prospect wasn’t as much of an unknown to NFL scouts as it was to some of the NFL media.