Yearly, NFL followers appear to slender their focus of the NFL Draft on simply a few gamers. If their crew doesn’t take these gamers, they’re idiots. Give them harsh grades! Ship the final supervisor packing! We’re doomed for years to come back!
However on this week’s PODcast, we take a unique strategy to our pre-draft protection for the Detroit Lions. Fairly than deal with one or two gamers, we take an even bigger have a look at the chances early within the draft. We discuss the very best outcomes that might occur for the Lions, and conversely, the completely nightmarish outcomes that might occur on draft day.
Our dialogue is wide-ranging, and plenty of it’s centered across the sort out place. Is it attainable the highest offensive line prospects may very well be gone by the point the Lions are on the clock? Might a tackle-needy crew soar the Lions? We focus on the chance that Detroit may have a top-tier participant fall to them given the wants of the groups forward of them.
As for the perfect case situation, we’re a bit all over. Some choose an end result that might outcome within the Lions stockpiling picks for later within the draft and even in 2027. Some dream of a case by which the Lions might presumably commerce up and nonetheless nab the perfect offensive line prospect within the draft. We’ve an extended dialogue on the professionals and cons of every end result.
However earlier than we get into that massive dialogue, we put to mattress the dialogue on Rod Wooden, Frank Ragnow’s signing bonus, and the potential decline of Lions tradition. There’s additionally a brief dialogue on the re-signing of Avonte Maddox and what it does and doesn’t imply.
In the event you’re sick of the Rod Wooden stuff—and I wouldn’t blame you in case you are—you may simply soar proper to the second phase about 37:30 into the present on the audio model of the podcast. You’ll be able to entry that present along with your favourite podcasting platform or utilizing the Spotify embed beneath:
