{"id":22115,"date":"2017-06-15T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=22115"},"modified":"2017-06-15T14:03:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:03:33","slug":"detroit-lions-acquire-greg-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/06\/15\/detroit-lions-acquire-greg-robinson\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions Acquire Greg Robinson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=RobiGr01,RobiGr00,RobiGr20&amp;search=Greg+Robinson&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Greg Robinson<\/strong><\/a>, the former number two overall pick has found a new home. The Detroit Lions traded a sixth round pick in the 2018 draft to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for the disappointing offensive lineman. Detroit also signed tackle <strong>Cyrus Kouandjio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Lions<\/a> acquire T Greg Robinson via trade and sign free agent T Cyrus Kouandjio: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3CyC7pDDcg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/3CyC7pDDcg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AvJqyrCg4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/AvJqyrCg4k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Detroit Lions (@Lions) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions\/status\/875343535184203777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Detroit Lions Acquire Greg Robinson<\/h1>\n<p>A few days ago, the Detroit Lions lost their starting left tackle <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DeckTa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor Decker<\/a><\/strong> to a shoulder injury, a torn labrum that will keep him out for the next 4-6 months. It is possible that Decker begins the season on the sidelines instead of on the field. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LucaCo01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cornelius Lucas<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DahlJo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Dahl<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HillTo21.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Hills<\/a> <\/strong>were the primary replacement options before the trade. Greg Robinson hasn&#8217;t been a good NFL player yet, but he has started 42 games at the position, and that experience is more important than anything right now.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the Washington Redskins sent three first round picks and a second round selection to the St. Louis Rams in exchange for the second pick of the draft and the ability to select quarterback <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=,GrifRo01,GrifRo03&amp;search=Robert+Griffin&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Griffin<\/a> III<\/strong>. Now in Los Angeles, the Rams didn&#8217;t use the picks as well as they could&#8217;ve but they did bring in good players. Linebacker <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/O\/OgleAl00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alec Ogletree<\/a><\/strong> and defensive tackle <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BrocMi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Brockers<\/a><\/strong> have been the two best selections and done their jobs well in the NFL. Cornerback <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JenkJa03.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Janoris Jenkins<\/a> <\/strong>was another member of this draft haul but signed with the New York Giants before the start of last season.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Greg Robinson became the last pick of the trade with the Redskins at the number two pick. He hasn&#8217;t played well at all for his career, and regarded as one of the worst picks of that draft year. However, the Detroit Lions have a strong team offensively and one of the best offensive lines in the NFC. This job will not be as difficult as it was with the Rams.\u00a0A change of scenery might not necessarily make Robinson more talented of a player, but the Lions are a better team that need Robinson to show some competitive spirit and start playing the best football of his career.<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/503474874\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:66.498316% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/503474874?et=YmY04Z6iTopN71Agv-SlPA&#038;tld=com&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=ZFDHl1zEdzP2itAZeY8dz9xKDrpnFsoPjuLEpqAAjok=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting left tackle Taylor Decker&#8217;s injury forced the Detroit Lions to find a temporary replacement as they prepare for a season with higher expectations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1079,"featured_media":22125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,34,36],"tags":[2021,545,43,61,2603,1169,192,808,40,2548],"class_list":["post-22115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lions","category-rams","category-nfl-news","tag-2014-nfl-draft","tag-alec-ogletree","tag-detroit-lions","tag-football","tag-greg-robinson","tag-janoris-jenkins","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-michael-brockers","tag-nfl","tag-taylor-decker"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1079"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}