Lions sizing up WRs in NFL draft

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    "The Detroit Lions are hosting another draft prospect today: wide receiver Torrey Smith of Maryland.

    Smith would fill the Lions' need for a No. 3 receiver. At the NFL combine last month, Lions general manager Martin Mayhew admitted he was disappointed about the production of receivers Bryant Johnson and Derrick Williams last year. The pair combined for just 21 catches.

    "Offensively, it's a game of matchups," Mayhew said. "If our third receiver can be better than their third corner, if we have somebody who can stretch the field that can allow Calvin (Johnson) to catch some balls in a deeper area of the field than what he normally would catch them in ... . He can make a big play if a guy can take the top off the defense and get safeties out of there and that kind of thing."

    Smith is that type of player. He ran a 4.43-second 40-yard dash at the combine, tied for fourth-fastest among receivers, and, at 6-feet-1 and 204 pounds, he has the size to play outside."

    Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20110318/SPORTS01/110318028/1049/Lions-sizing-up-WRs-NFL-draft
     

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