ALLEN PARK -- Some fans seem not to like Frank Ragnow. At least one local reporter gave the pick an immediate "F." But general manager Bob Quinn sure likes him.

Liked him enough, in fact, to sit on the pick even though he had multiple offers to trade back.

"We had multiple offers on the table for our pick," Quinn said.

That must have been attractive to a team that had just six picks entering the draft. That was tied for fewest in the league. Which means not only does Detroit have fewer opportunities to get better, it's facing greater pressure to hit on the picks it does have. And it has less ammunition to make trades up and down the board for players it likes.

That's why Quinn said he was "absolutely" looking to make a trade.

But when the phone started ringing, he just couldn't say no to Ragnow.

"Everything we're about is kind of what he is," Quinn said. "So at that point in time, it was a real easy pick. He was a guy we kind of had our eyes on for a while, and it kind of worked out that way."

Quinn watches thousands of hours of game tape every draft cycle, yet still remembers that Saturday in October when he first popped in the tape on Ragnow. He fell in love with his game right away.

Ragnow was a three-year starter in the SEC, which features some of the best defenses in college football. Yet he didn't give up a sack in any of his 45 games. Not even one. He allowed just 15 pressures the last two years combined while playing center and guard, and Quinn loves versatility too.

"Just kind of had it in my notes that I liked this guy," Quinn said. "Then as we went through the process, as we, you know, our coaches met with him at the combine. I met with him at the Combine. He just stood out."

With Ragnow aboard, the Lions starting five seems set, although the configuration is yet to be decided. Ragnow could play center, but guard is in play too. Graham Glasgow can play either guard or center as well.

Taylor Decker, Rick Wagner and T.J. Lang are also back, giving Detroit a five-man front made entirely of Quinn picks. Plus he has a new offensive line coach in Jeff Davidson, a guy he knows from back in New England, who is helping design a new blocking scheme.

Quinn had options at 20th overall, including trading out of it all together, but just couldn't pass up the opportunity to complete his overhaul of the offensive line.

"I think it starts in the trenches," he said. "I think it starts up front. We want to build through the middle of our team, through the offensive line, defensive line and through the middle. And that's kind of what we believe in. I think going through the evaluation process, there were a number of players on the board that we liked. We just thought at the end of the day, Frank was the best player at that time. The guy that can help us the most, the quickest, and real excited about the pick."