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The last time the Lions took a total of five offensive and defensive linemen in a draft was in 1989, when the proceedings lasted for 12 rounds.

It’s a seven-round affair these days, but the Lions were able to match that figure because General Manager Bob Quinn made improving the group in the trenches a priority. The Lions took offensive tackle Taylor Decker in the first round, then followed with defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson and center Graham Glasgow on the second day. Offensive lineman Joe Dahl and defensive end Anthony Zettel closed things out on Saturday.

The group — “the bigger, the better,” Quinn said of what he was looking for on both sides of the ball — left Quinn feeling satisfied about his efforts to give the team a more physical attitude up front.

“Absolutely, that was one of my goals going into the draft and I felt like there was a lot of players at different levels of the draft that we could do that,” Quinn said, via the Detroit News. “So, it was a goal of mine, it was a goal of coach [Jim] Caldwell’s, and I think we followed through on that.”

The Lions aren’t locking Decker into the left or right side, although he played left tackle at Ohio State and improving on Riley Rieff was seen as a goal for the Lions this offseason. Robinson will likely be part of the rotation on the interior of the defense right away and Quinn said Glasgow will compete with incumbent center Travis Swanson, so there should be plenty of chances to see how well Quinn did in adding fight up front.