#OnePride Twitter reacts to the selection of Jahlani…

#OnePride Twitter reacts to the selection of Jahlani Tavai

With the 43rd pick of the 2019 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions selected linebacker Jahlani Tavai out of Hawaii, and Lions fans on Twitter were confused, to say the least.

Wut https://t.co/aOlJ1v95RZ

— Brett Whitefield (@PFF_Brett) April 27, 2019

Interesting……

— BeastFunBall (@BeastFBall) April 27, 2019

This is why I have my binders. I know nothing about this kid. Being honest here.

— Scott Warheit (@swarheit) April 27, 2019

pic.twitter.com/YuXPVC8053

— SandmanLions (@Sandman7773) April 27, 2019

Me looking up Jahlani Tavai #Lions pic.twitter.com/CqcCFVYdkh

— Justin Simon (@justincsimon) April 27, 2019

Who?!!

— The Respected Madman (@KHMakerD) April 27, 2019

I don’t know enough about him to even have a comment about it. ESPN apparently didn’t either.

— Kellie Rowe (@kellierowe) April 27, 2019

Allow me to offer you everything I knew about Jahlani Tavai before tonight: [404 error file not found]

— kyle meinke (@kmeinke) April 27, 2019

“What”

“Who”

“Huh”

“Wut”

—all of Lions Twitter

— Ty Schalter (@tyschalter) April 27, 2019

For those who have heard of Tavai, it seems that their first reactions weren’t so positive.

Man I like Jahlani Tavai but this is a Teez Tabor pick

— Redruckus81 (@Redruckus81) April 27, 2019

That's not a good pick.

At all.

— John Whiticar 🇨🇦 (@Whiticar) April 27, 2019

Oooooook

— Mike Payton (@POD_Payton) April 27, 2019

Bob Quinn is trying to actually kill me with this 2nd round pick.

— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) April 27, 2019

I'd give most picks a chance, but I'm not about drafting unathletic linebackers this high at all.

— Alex Reno (@alex_reno) April 27, 2019

I feel like Bob looked at everyone in the war room and said “watch this” before he manically laughed and thunder struck

— Mike Payton (@POD_Payton) April 27, 2019

Me rn pic.twitter.com/UF6treLcAg

— BeastFunBall (@BeastFBall) April 27, 2019

glad global warming is a thing because I’ll really need to warm up to this pick

— Hamza (@HamzaPOD) April 27, 2019

wtf is Bob Quinn doing

— ᴰᴱᴿᴱᴷ (@steeztabor) April 27, 2019

Luckily, the selection received some optimism from Lions Wire’s own Jeff Risdon and the Athletic’s Dane Brugler.

Left-field pick but Tavai is a baller.

— Jeff Risdon (@JeffRisdon) April 27, 2019

Tavai was one of my favorite players in this draft. "Out of sight, out of mind" for many because he played at Hawaii and his shoulder kept him from the Senior Bowl and Combine.

But Tavis is an ideal modern day LB. Inside-out versatility and can play any down. https://t.co/mAZWUKDuPy

— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) April 27, 2019

But our friends over at Pride of Detroit summed up my reaction the best: