Did Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn tip his hand?

Bob Quinn addressed several subjects during his pre-draft press conference this past week and seemed to be fairly candid on any questions breached by the press that wasn’t who the Lions would select with their top pick. Also, the suspicion that all of what we heard is the complete and total truth would probably not be a wise assumption either.

As I mentioned before, Quinn likes to allow the media to run off in the wrong direction because that only helps fuel his ability to operate in stealth mode.

He is able to play the old, ‘No one suspects I want to select player X,’ game and turn it into an opportunity to add the player that both he and Matt Patricia really want and believe will be one of the building blocks of a championship team.

Quinn admitted that he doesn’t expect or want to have another top 10 pick, because of his expectation for the Lions to turn the corner and start winning.

Many of the fans still look at the Lions roster and will point to a number of needs they have, but especially at this time of year every team has needs or question marks. Even the mighty New England Patriots who you can pretty much pencil in to the AFC title game each year, if not the Super Bowl, have holes they need to fill.

So while decades of losing may have Lions fans feeling that same old feeling of insecurity, they are not alone in their quest to make a big score in the draft.

We also need to remember that both Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia come from the Patriots school of thought that you build your team through the draft. Once you feel like your close to contending, then you spend on free agents.

While Quinn has spent a little more freely than his former team, he clearly believes they are very close to being contenders and that perhaps one or two more good drafts like last year will put them over the top. Otherwise, Quinn most likely wouldn’t have spent the money he did to land free agent defensive end Trey Flowers.