One of Matt Millen's biggest failures as Lions president has been the draft misses that have set the Lions back in the personnel department. Everyone knows of Joey Harrington, Mike Williams and Charles Rogers, top-10 picks who flamed out well before their time. But the second round has produced fewer contributors than usual, too.

The Lions have landed starting safeties Gerald Alexander and Daniel Bullocks in Round 2 each of the last two years, and the organization still believes in last year's other No. 2 picks, quarterback Drew Stanton and defensive lineman Ikaika Alama-Francis. Beyond that, there's little to speak of since Millen's first draft in 2001 yielded Dominic Raiola and Shaun Rogers.

Millen was asked Friday at the NFL combine why his other second-rounders have floundered. He addressed each pick:

2002: DE Kalimba Edwards (likely to be cut or traded this offseason): "Kalimba is the one that's hard. Kalimba has a lot of skill. He's bright, he works hard at it, he can stand up, he can put his hand in the dirt. He's had some success in flashes but hasn't been consistent."

2003: LB Boss Bailey (free agent, not expected to re-sign): "Boss I think played well his first year. The he has his knee (injury). Then we changed positions on him, tried to put him at a middle (linebacker) spot, then we tried to put him at the (strong side) and he's a (weak-side linebacker)."

2004: LB Teddy Lehman (free agent, not expected to re-sign): "I think his first year he played well. In the second year he (hurt) his hamstring, his third year he (hurt) his foot. His fourth year his foot still bothered him. That's where we're at."

2005: DT Shaun Cody (backup, 1 1/2 career sacks): "Shaun Cody's still undefined. I think there's some things he does pretty well and there's some things that he has to get better at. He has to be a better pass rusher. He has the skills. The thing that I'm confused with him sometimes, he does things in practice sometimes that you go, 'That's exactly what you're looking for.' It doesn't always show up gametime."