He’s everything that we want in terms of culture fit

Because he came to the Lions in a trade after Detroit’s bye week and left the Giants before they had theirs White Amani Oruwariye Jersey , defensive tackle Damon Harrison could wind up playing in 17 regular season games this year.Injury could get in the way of that and so could a coach’s decision that Harrison isn’t ready to go against the Seahawks this week after his trade to the Lions became official on Thursday. Harrison has practiced twice and said Friday that he’s putting all his energy into getting the team’s defensive system down.“Our d-line coach has done a pretty good job of getting me up to speed on some things,” Harrison said, via the team’s website. “I know it’ll be a work in progress. I don’t expect to pick up everything in a couple days, but we’re working at it day and night.”Lions head coach Matt Patricia wouldn’t say if he expects Harrison to be ready to go this weekend.“Whenever we can get him ready to go and feeling comfortable in the system — he just got here the other day, so we’re going to try to do the best we can with it and we鈥檒l see how it goes Frank Ragnow Jersey ,” Patricia said.Harrison has started 87 straight games for the Jets and Giants, so sitting this weekend would cost him more than a shot at playing in 17 games this year. Get an inside look at the Lions Draft Room."The NFL Draft War Room is a sacred place that we rarely get to see inside. However, teams have been a little more open lately in presenting the moments their front offices make significant choices.This year is no exception, and the Detroit Lions provided this video inside the Lions war room as they made their first-round selection of T.J. Hockenson. Take a look: As was the case with last year’s first-round pick Frank Ragnow, Quinn revealed that the team did not have a lot of pre-draft contact with their selection in order to throw other teams off.“I know we haven’t had a lot of communication with you Jarrad Davis Jersey ,” Quinn told Hockenson. “We did that on purpose because we really liked you.”He also let Hockenson know why the Lions value him so much.“We have a really good offense, and we need a guy like you to kind of complete it,” Quinn said.Quinn also revealed that he had conversations with Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz as recent as Wednesday night to confirm that the Lions should be interested. That should come as little surprise, as Ferentz has deep ties to the Bill Belichick tree; he’s a voice Quinn trusts. But perhaps the most enlightening part of the video above comes after the phone is hung up, and the draft room falls silent. Matt Patricia then addresses the room.“He’s the right guy T.J. Hockenson Detroit Lions Jersey ,” Patricia says, almost muttering to himself. “Congratulations, Mrs. Ford. Congratulations, everybody. He’s everything that we want in terms of culture fit, great player T.J. Hockenson Jersey 2019 , hard worker, tough guy. Everything that we’re going to want to build this program around.”The rest is a fascinating look at the facial reactions of Quinn and Patricia as they watch analysts react to their pick and occasionally give each other a smile. The cherry on top is the draft room chittering in laughter as they watch Hockenson plant a defender into the ground on NFL Network’s highlight reel.