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There’s an awful lot of smoke around the Lions’ 8th overall pick being up for sale."Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn hasn’t exactly been the wheeling-and-dealing type in the NFL Draft over his three years on the job. In his first ever draft http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-calvin-johnson-jersey , he didn’t make a single trade despite having ten picks in 2016. The next year, Quinn only made a single trade, moving down in the third round to pick up a fourth rounder. Last season, Quinn was at his busiest. He not only traded up in the second round, but he traded back into the fourth round using 2019 draft assets.Despite a relative sparse history of trading in the draft, expectations are high that the Lions will be active during draft weekend this year. With Quinn openly saying his team is open for business to move down in the first round, and rumors about dealing with the Atlanta Falcons still burning hot, USA Today lists the Lions as one of the top five teams most likely to trade their pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. And author Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz has an idea of how they may do it.“Finding a team antsy enough to leap ahead of the Broncos at No. 10 to grab a passer could be the key to Quinn’s vision materializing,” he wrote.With so much smokescreening going on at this time of year, it’s hard to imagine all of these rumors are true. However, there has been an awfully large amount of smoke around Detroit and their desire to trade down this year. Could all these rumors actually materialize on draft day? Tori Petry of DetroitLions.com has a nice recap of what Lions players were up to this offseason prior to reporting for offseason training on Monday. Speaking of offseason training, the Lions shared a photo album of players arriving for work on Monday. Some notable players in the photos were newly-added Justin Coleman Frank Ragnow Jersey White , Trey Flowers, and Rashaan Melvin. There were no pictures of Matthew Stafford, and the team declined to comment on whether he attended (remember: his wife has a brain tumor and could be getting surgery this week.)In case you were wondering, the 2019 Snacks’ Snacks Madness tournament has crowned its champion. Congratulations to the rightful winner, Oatmeal Creme Pies: Read it if you dare: Nate Atkins breaks down the film and specs of Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson, a potential first-round pick for the Detroit Lions. Now that the players are together again, it’s time for some serious trash talking. Quandre Diggs was the first to land a haymaker: If you read one thing today, it should be this: Chris Burke of The Athletic traveled alongside Lions head coach Matt Patricia to Alabama, where Patricia was asked to speak about killing bad football. It’s rare we get an in-depth piece on Patricia like this and Burke does a fantastic job. Who’s ready for Week 9? This season is rolling by so fast that before we know it will be over. That’s why you gotta hope the Lions can squeak their way into the playoffs so we can still be watching in January. They’re going to have to start by getting on the right side of .500 first with a win over the Oakland, Los Angeles, Oakland again, Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders are a weird team this year. I’m having a hard time telling if they’re good or not. So we enlisted the help of our pal Evan Groat from Silver And Black Pride to give us all the answers on the the team from The Bay. But first Devon Kennard Jersey White , let me tell you what I know about this team. It isn’t much. I know two things. I know my step dad was invited to work out for the Raiders in 1984. Unfortunately, he didn’t make the team, but he always regaled us with the story about the time he helped Howie Long, Lyle Alzado and a few other Raiders flip a man’s car over in the parking lot of a nightclub after another patron ran his mouth towards them. I also know that the Lions are exactly 6-6 against the Raiders. Only two of those wins happened in Oakland. The good news is that the Raiders haven’t beaten the Lions since Val Kilmer was Batman and Celine Dion released an ultimate banger. You know, the song you sing your heart out to in the car, but turn down the volume when you get to the stop light. You know the jam. Alright, now that the tears in your eyes are gone, let’s talk with Evan about this game. The Raiders are an interesting team that I think is sneaky good. What’s holding them back? “For the Raiders it’s been an issue of not putting together a complete 60 minutes of football. They have shown the ability to be competitive against some of the better teams in the league but have not been able to sustain a high level of play for four quarters. They have also dealt with their share of injuries to the linebacker position which has been an issue. They were thin at linebacker heading into the season and then lost Marquel Lee to IR and the 12-game suspension to Vontaze Burfict. Former Lions linebacker, Tahir Whitehead came out of last week’s game a little banged up and is listed on the injury report as limited in practice. The Raiders signed two free agent linebacker this week to help shore up the position.”What worries you about the Lions?“What worries me about the Detroit Lions is their passing attack with Matthew Stafford throwing to Golladay, Jones, and Amendola. The Raiders defense has been giving up big yards through the air, 285 yards per game which ranks them 30th in the league. Rookie CB Trayvon Mullen will be making his second career start Womens Theo Riddick Jersey , and although he looked good last week, he is still a rookie. The pass rush, or lack thereof has not done the secondary any favors. One thing the Raiders have going for them is the Lions are ranked 32nd in passing yards allowed so this one has the potential to be a high scoring game.”Former Raider Howie Long was once the lead in an action movie called Firestorm. Which current Raider do you think would be good or really bad in an action movie and why? “The current Raider who would be great in an action movie would be rookie defensive end, Maxx Crosby. Crosby plays with confidence and swag. He has a relentless motor, not to mention he looks like a complete BAD A** with tattoos all over both arms, and oh yeah his nickname is “Mad” Maxx Crosby.”Who’s the under the radar player the Lions should be concerned about? “Hunter Renfrow is the player the Lions should be concerned about heading into this week’s game. Last week he caught four passes for 88 yards including a 65-yard touchdown. I think the focus for the Lions defense will be on shutting down RB Josh Jacobs, WR Tyrell Williams, TE Darren Waller, and Renfrow could benefit.”Who’s winning this thing?“Coming off a stretch of five consecutive road games I think the Raiders come home and play inspired football in front of the home crowd. I think it will be a high scoring game, back and forth game, but in the end I think the Raiders pull it off. Final score of 31-27.”