The up-and-down history of the Detroit Lions using first-round picks on receivers and tight ends Updated 2:14 PM; Today 2:14 PM Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers stretches out after this over thrown ball against Arizona Sunday at Ford Field. Arizona's Renaldo Hill defending. Detroit defeated the Arizona Cardinals 42-24. (The Saginaw News)THE SAGINAW NEWS Facebook Share ALLEN PARK -- T.J. Hockenson was booed at the Detroit Lions’ own draft party inside team headquarters. Of course, that wasn’t so much about T.J. Hockenson himself as general fatigue toward the Lions for spending yet another first-round pick on yet another tight end. They had already done it two other times since 2009, more than any other team during that span. And while Brandon Pettigrew and Eric Ebron had some productive seasons in Detroit, neither was the transformative player he was billed to be, and both departed without ever winning anything at all.