General Manager Bob Quinn said Monday the Lions are open to taking a quarterback with the eighth overall pick. Why would he rule out anything?The Lions should keep all options open or at least make other teams believe they aren’t ruling out a quarterback.“We’ll consider any position in the draft at any point in time Will Harris Detroit Lions Jersey , whether it’s the eighth overall pick or we have multiple picks later in the draft,” Quinn said during the team’s annual season ticket member summit, via Michael Rothstein of ESPN. “We’re in a position now, with the eighth overall pick Will Harris Jersey 2019 , that the whole draft board is really wide open to us. We’re not going to really eliminate any prospects.“In previous years, at least my last couple years here, we’ve drafted anywhere from 16 to 22, I believe. It’s a little bit different for us this year. There’s a few more players that are going to be available and if there’s a quarterback out there that we deem could help us this year or in the future Will Harris Jersey Mens , we’ll never close the door on that.”The reality is the Lions, for better or worse, have much invested in Matthew Stafford. The 31-year-old quarterback is scheduled to count $29.5 million against the salary cap, with $19 million guaranteed. If Stafford is on the roster on on the fifth day of the 2019 league year Youth Will Harris Jersey , he will have $6 million guaranteed in 2020. Quinn and coach Matt Patricia both support expressed support for Stafford following the season after he threw for 3,777 yards with 21 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. There’s no denying the day that Kerryon Johnson had against the Miami Dolphins last Sunday. The Detroit Lions’ second-round pick gave the Lions offense a spark that allowed them to be in control of that game from the very start until the very end.Johnson kicked things off—as he has for the past three games—with a big outside run on his first touch Sunday. From there, he never looked back. Johnson finished the day with 158 rushing yards and an amazingly efficient 8.3 yards per carry. Both of those marks were easily the best of the week among running back, with only Marlon Mack (126 yards White Will Harris Jersey , 6.6 YPC) and Lamar Miller (100 yards, 4.5 YPC) eclipsing the century mark in Week 7.As a result, Johnson is up for some weekly hardware. He is one of three candidates for the FedEx Ground Player of the Week. The award goes to the player with the most votes from people like you, so GO VOTE.Here’s how to do it: Simply go here Ty Johnson Detroit Lions Jersey , vote for an Air (passing) Player of the Week—for some reason Matthew Stafford isn’t a nominee—then place your vote for Kerryon Johnson in the “ground” category. NFL.com states that you can earn 10 more votes if you click on the share button after making your selection. The other candidates going up against Johnson are the aforementioned Miller and Mack. The only leg up both of those players have is that they reached the end zone this week (Mack twice). However, it’s not on Kerryon that LeGarrette Blount is vulturing his red zone opportunities. Do the right thing and vote for Kerryon. It is your civic duty. UPDATE: Johnson is also up for Pepsi Rookie of the Week. Vote for him here.