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The Detroit Lions signed defensive end Ziggy Ansah, the fifth overall pick in this year's draft, to a five-year contract. All nine Lions draft picks are under contract.

Don't overlook the strong offseasons put together in the AFC North by the Ravens, Steelers and Bengals, writes John Clayton.

Reading Mel Kiper Jr.'s grades the morning after the draft is like a holiday tradition. No matter how much we all understand intuitively that it's impossible to project future success, we still want to know what the man who has spent three decades e...

How top-heavy was the 2013 draft in the NFC North? We welcomed more players in the first round (six) than in the second and third rounds combined (four), the result of two big trades. With the 2013 affair basically in the books, let's take a close...

We're Black and Blue All Over: Good mid-morning. Things got wild Thursday night in the NFC North, which welcomed a 3-D glasses-wearing pass-rusher, the son of a Hall of Fame defensive end, a trio of new Minnesota Vikings and a total of four lineme...

Scouts Inc. offers up its projection for the second round of the 2013 NFL draft.

Story | Conversation | April 26, 2013

And so, in the end, the Detroit Lions never got a chance to tell us how they feel about their left tackle situation. When their No. 5 overall pick arrived Thursday night, all three of the 2013 draft's elite left tackles were already off the board in ...

The Detroit Lions drafted BYU defensive end Ezekiel "Ziggy" Ansah with the No. 5 overall pick in Thursday's first round of the NFL draft. But as Ansah walked up to the podium, people noticed his eyewear -- what appears to be 3D glasses. Here's some r...

BEREA, Ohio -- For the second straight year, I will be at the Cleveland Browns headquarters for the NFL draft. There has been a lot of drama surrounding what the Browns will do at the No. 6 overall pick. Will they trade up to take quarterback Geno...

In their final mock drafts of the 2013 draft season, ESPN analysts Mel Kiper and Todd McShay agree on their projected first-round picks for 75 percent of the NFC North. The details: 5. Detroit Lions Kiper: BYU defensive end Ezekiel Ansah McSha...

For a while here on the blog, our discussion revolved around this question: What would the Detroit Lions do at No. 5 overall if the following players were off the board: Texas A&M left tackle Luke Joeckel, Central Michigan left tackle Eric Fisher...

Based on all of the speculation in the last 12 hours, it's apparent that no one knows what the Cleveland Browns will do in this draft. Talk spans from the Browns taking West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith to trading most of their picks to move up fo...

Todd McShay offers up his final first-round projection for the 2013 NFL draft.

Story | Conversation | April 25, 2013

Mock draft season is rolling to a rousing close. I know you'll miss it terribly. So I offer one last run- through of Mel Kiper Jr. (here's his latest) and Todd McShay's (here's his) work. 2) JAGUARS Kiper: Ezekiel Ansah, DE, BYU McShay: Eri...

Scouts Inc. offers a full seven-round projection for the 2013 NFL draft.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2013

Our 2013 #bloggermock took an early twist and left me only partially satisfied as the protector of NFC North interests. Of note: Not a single quarterback was drafted in the first round, something that hasn't happened in the real draft since 1996. We ...