Clearly, the Lions are trying to bolster both lines under new general manager Bob Quinn.
Detroit addressed a pressing need by taking Decker, hoping to give more protection to quarterback Matthew Stafford and improve the league's worst rushing offense.
The Lions went into the three-day draft with 10 selections,Maglietta Juventus Bambino, including a pair in the fifth round and a trio of slots in the sixth round.
The 6-4, 307-pound Robinson is regarded as a powerful run-stuffing player and a team leader, though perhaps relatively limited as a pass-rushing lineman. He had nine sacks over his three-year career, and said the system limited the number of times he hit quarterbacks before they got rid of the ball.
ALLEN PARK,NFL Jerseys China, Mich. (AP) — The draft so far for the Lions has been all about the trenches.
The Lions chose Glasgow with the No. 95 pick, a compensatory selection they were given for losing defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh last year in free agency. Center Travis Swanson will be pushed to keep his job after starting 14 games last year.
"Travis played well for the Lions last year," Quinn said. "He's definitely part of the mix, and he's going to have competition now."
Robinson was such a large kid his mother had to show up at his little league games to prove his age.
Quinn expected to mesh drafting the best player available with addressing needs. With his first two picks, he took players who can be plugged in to significant roles as rookies for a team coming off its 13th losing season in 15 years.
"It was like our game plan to control-rush," Robinson said.
"That's where I believe you win football games, you win in the trenches," Quinn said.
Detroit signed Haloti Ngata last year to attempt to replace Suh, and re-signed the 32-year-old defensive tackle early in free agency. He started last year next to Caraun Reid, a fifth-round in 2015. Robinson should have a shot to start, possibly replacing Reid and playing with Ngata.
Many years later at Alabama, his mature looks and thick beard led to him getting to jabs from his teammates.
"She had to bring my birth certificate every single time," Robinson said.
"They always joke around and call me old man," he said.
Detroit took Alabama defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson in the middle of the second round and Michigan center Graham Glasgow late in the third round Friday night, one day after using their first-round pick on Ohio State offensive tackle Taylor Decker.
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"It's amazing, honestly,Jerseys Cheap Wholesale, to play with a guy (Ngata) that has that much experience in the NFL," Robinson said. "To play that many years and dominate that many years in the league, it's amazing to be able to play beside him, or behind him."
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