I really think you're being a little hard on Matt. Just look at these draft picks of his when he was with the Lions.
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2001
Round One 18th overall Jeff Bachus OT Michigan
Round Two 50th overall Dominick Raiola C Nebraska
Round Two 61st overall Shaun Rogers NT Texas
Round Five 148th overall Scotty Anderson WR Grambling State
Round Five 149th overall Mike McMahon QB Rutgers
Round Six 173rd overall Jason Glenn LB Texas A&M
2002
Round One 3rd overall Joey Harrington QB Oregon
Round Two 35th overall Kalimba Edwards DE South Carolina
Round Three 68th overall Andre Goodman DB South Carolina
Round Four 134th overall John Taylor DE Montana State
Round Five 138th overall John Owens TE Notre Dame
Round Six 175th overall Chris Cash CB USC
Round Seven 214th overall Luke Staley RB BYU
Round Seven 252nd overall Matt Murphy TE Maryland
Round Seven 259th overall Victor Rogers OG Colorado
2003
Round One 2nd overall Charles Rogers WR MSU
Round Two 34th overall Boss Bailey OLB Georgia
Round Three 66th overall Cory Redding DE Texas
Round Four 99th overall Artose Pinner RB Kentucky
Round Five 137th overall Torrance Holt DB North Carolina State
Round Five 144th overall James Davis LB West Virginia
Round Six 175th overall David Kirkus WR Grand Valley State
Round Seven 216th overall Ben Johnson T Wisconsin
Round Seven 220th overall Blue Adams CB Cincinnati
Round Seven 236th overall Brandon Drumm RB Colorado
Round Seven 265th overall Travis Anglin WR Memphis
2004
Round One 7th overall Roy Williams WR Texas
Round One 30th overall Kevin Jones RB Virginia Tech
Round Two 37th overall Teddy Lehman OLB Oklahoma
Round Three 73rd overall Keith Smith CB McNeese State
Round Five 140th overall Alex Lewis LB Wisconsin
Round Six 172nd Kelly Butler T Purdue
2005
Round One 10th overall Mike Williams WR USC
Round Two 37th overall Shawn Cody DE USC
Round Three 72nd overall Stanley Wilson DB Stanford
Round Five 145th overall Dan Orlovsky QB UCONN
Round Six 184th overall Bill Swancutt DE Oregon State
Round Six 206th Jonathan Goddard LB Marshall
2006
Round One 9th overall Ernie Simms OLB FSU
Round Two 40th overall Daniel Bullocks SS Nebraska
Round Three 74th overall Brian Calhoun RB Wisconsin
Round Five 141st overall Jonathan Scott T Texas
Round Six 179th overall Dee McCann CB West Virginia
Round Seven 217th overall Fred Matua G USC
Round Seven 247th overall Anthony Cannon CB Tulane
2007
Round One 2nd overall Calvin Johnson WR Georgia Tech
Round Two 43rd overall Drew Stanton QB MSU
Round Two 58th overall Ikaika Alama-Francis DE Hawaii
Round Two 61st overall Gerald Alexander FS Boise State
Round Four 105thoverall AJ Davis CB North Carolina State
Round Four 117th overall Manny Ramirez G Texas Tech
Round Five 158th overall Johnny Baldwin LB Alabama A&M
Round Seven 235th Ramzee Robinson CB Alabama
2008
Round One 17th overall Gosder Cherilus T Boston College
Round Two 45th overall Jordon Dizon OLB Colorado
Round Three 64th Kevin Smith RB Central Florida
Round Three 87th Andre Fluellen DT FSU
Round Three 92nd overall Cliff Avril DE Purdue
Round Five 136th overall Kenny Moore WR Wake Forrest
Round Five 146th overall Jerome Felton FB Furman
Round Seven 216th overall Landon Cohen DE Ohio
Round Seven 218th Caleb Campbell DB Army
