Following the second day of the Draft, Lions Executive Vice President and General Manager Bob Quinn was available to the local media.

Opening statement: “We had a great second day of the draft. Really was pleased with our two selections with A’Shawn Robinson and Graham Glasgow. Two guys that we spent a lot of time with and lot of scouting time, coaches were with them. It was a good well-rounded day that everyone took part in the process and we felt really good about the two selections we made. Lot of work to do still the rest of the weekend. You know, we’ll be back at it tomorrow morning kind of recalibrating the board a little bit, looking at what’s left and kind of looking at our depth chart and seeing which way we’re going to go. But so far I’m really pleased with how things are going and really happy to get the two guys that we had today.”

On if there is a theme with the two offensive linemen drafted so far: “Yeah, I think big, strong, tough, durable. I think those are four words that you can probably describe both of those guys, and versatile. I think those are things that, you know, I always look for and I think most teams look for in offensive linemen that can play multiple positions, handle the bigger guys inside along the defensive line. I think that’s not just this year’s theme, I think that’s any theme that you have in terms of building the offensive line.”

On addressing both the offensive and defensive lines so far in the draft: “That’s where I believe you win football games. You win football games in the trenches and you’ve got to have big, strong, tough, durable, versatile guys in there. You know, I think both of the picks today kind of show what the scouting process is all about, about guys that might be big-school guys, but have different backgrounds. When you do all the research and all the work on all the players and you sit there and talk about these players, you want to say, ‘Do you want these guys to be Lions?’ I can say unequivocally, ‘Yes’ on both these guys.”

On if he sees Graham Glasgow as more of a center or guard: “I think that will shape its way out. I think that’s one of the things I do like about him is his versatility. You know, he started at both guard and center for Michigan, so we watched him obviously in both spots and he was down at the East-West All-Star game. He played both spots in practice, he played more center in the game, so this guy’s a good football player. He’s a local kid from Ann Arbor. We just talked to him, he’s actually right down the street at school. He’s from Illinois, is his hometown, but I kind of joked with him we could have driven over and told him he was the pick, so it was good to get both those guys.”

On what made DT A’Shawn Robinson stand out compared to the other defensive tackles: “A lot of things I’m talking about, but quite honestly, he was the top defensive tackle on the board at that time, so it was an easy, I’d say an easy pick to make. You know, he’s a guy that – SEC competition, he played a lot of football as a true freshman under Nick Saban. I think he had some sort of – the most true freshman sacks, don’t quote me on that, under Nick Saban. This is a 320-pound defensive tackle, so he was the best guy on the board at the time and I really felt comfortable with him.”

On if he has any concerns with a lack of productivity from Robinson: “I’d say for the defensive tackle position, you know, going into the National Football League, even high-level college football, the players that are defensive tackles and they have four to six sacks, those guys are like elite players. The defensive tackles, their main thing is stop the run. Really, anything they can give you on the pass rush is really, to me, like an added bonus. I think A’Shawn does bring some pass rush ability, but he’s a 320-pound man, so that’s probably not his reason he’s going to be in there.”

On if Robinson being 21 years old is appealing: “I would say it’s appealing. You know, when you guys talk to him, have you guys talked to him yet?  He’s a very mature 21 year-old, so when we brought him in, we actually had him in here for a visit. We talked to him at the pro day, so we’ve had multiple times talking to this guy and he’s wise beyond his years. He’s really mature.”

On how much Glasgow benefited from participating in the college all-star games: “I think considerably. You know, we liked the player after the college season was over and I think he definitely solidified himself going to the all-star games. You know, you play the best competition down there. You know, the Big Ten’s great football, but when you go against the best of the best in these postseason all-star games, I think that’s a really important part of the evaluation process. And even more so than the game, the practices because, you know, we get the film of the one-on-ones, the nine-on-seven drills, the inside drills, all the drills the offensive linemen do. So, that’s really a good avenue for us to evaluate everybody at those all-star games, not just these guys.”

On his evaluation of C Travis Swanson: “Travis played well for the Lions last year. I think, you know, he’s definitely part of the mix. He’s going to have competition now because we’re going to add some guys. We added Graham (Glasgow) obviously and we may add more guys to the mix along the offensive line. So, when I came in here, I think everyone knew that it’s kind of a clean slate and everybody has to earn their job, no matter what position it is. And so that goes for everybody, not just Travis.”

On Robinson and T Taylor Decker playing on National Championship teams in college: “I wouldn’t say it’s too important. I think that’s probably more coincidence than anything else.”

On having a strong rotation at defensive tackle: “I think it’s huge, and I think talking to our coaches and the way that they want to run our defensive line, you know, we have I think eight or nine guys active every week on the defensive line. You know, Coach (Kris) Kocurek and Coach (Teryl) Austin and Coach (Jim) Caldwell, they want to use multiple guys and keep guys fresh. So, I think that’s important for any scheme, but definitely what we’re doing.”

On what the team hopes to address on the third day of the draft: “Well, we want to maybe take some skill guys since we took some big guys. We’ll see. We’re going to kind of meet tonight here for a few minutes before everyone goes home and kind of look at the board real quick and then we’ll come back early tomorrow morning, kind of recalibrate it and kind of look at what may be left. But, you know, once you get to the fourth, fifth round, it’s really, it’s truly best player available because there usually are considerable differences on the board. I’d say league-wide if you look across and had a picture of everyone’s draft board, I’d say the first three rounds, everyone’s kind of in the same mix, maybe graded a little bit differently. Once you get in the fourth and fifth rounds, there’s probably some more variety of how teams look at players.”

On if it was his intention to take three linemen in the first three rounds: “That’s just kind of how the board fell. And like I think I’ve said a couple times, I try to follow the board as best I can, you know, keeping with some needs in mind. So, that’s just kind of the way it went this year.”

On if he considered drafting Michigan State QB Connor Cook: “You know, I did not consider Connor Cook for this pick. I think the quarterback position, we’re in pretty good shape.”

On if he has any perspective on Cook’s slide in the draft: “I don’t. You know, we scouted Connor. I’m not going to tell you what kind of grade we had on him, but we had no issues with him in terms of a player, as a person, so I’m not sure. You’ll have to ask somebody else.”

On if there are still players at the defensive end position in the draft that can help this roster: “Yeah, there are. I think that’s not just the edge position, but I think across the line. You can talk about more offensive linemen, linebackers, corners, safeties, tight ends, running backs. Like, you name the position and if the guy’s high enough on the board, I’m not going to hesitate taking him tomorrow.”

On how much he consulted with Michigan Head Coach Jim Harbaugh about Glasgow: “Yeah, I think all those conversations with the coaches usually happen like weeks and months ago. The last-minute phone calls are really – the way I do it is really guys I know on a personal level. I don’t know Coach Harbaugh like on a personal level. We’ve reached out to him when our scouts were in there during the fall to get information from his staff and himself. I have a great deal of respect for Coach, but in terms of the last couple days or tonight, we did not talk to him.”