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Daily DLP: Final Lions mock draft roundup Detroit Lions Podcast

The Detroit Lions Podcast

Detroit Lions Podcast

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.5534 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Draft day is here. The board is set. Jeff Risdon opened the Detroit Lions Podcast by staking out pick 17 and sorting the flood of NFL mock drafts pointing toward Detroit. Draft-Day Plan: Risdon’s No-Trade Mock Risdon’s final no-trade mock locks in Blake Miller, the Clemson offensive tackle, at 17 for the Detroit Lions. It is a clean projection and a pragmatic one. He also ran a first three-round exercise with no trades. The approach is consistent: prioritize the offensive line if the board cooperates. There is a clear dream scenario. If Monroe Freeling slips to 17, that is the pick. Full stop. Risdon does not expect Freeling to last that long, which prompted the pivot to Miller in his final version. The premise is simple. Stay at 17. Take the tackle that matches the value. National Mocks: Offensive Line Leads the Way The national pulse is strong and aligned. Many prominent mocks land on Caden Proctor for Detroit. Peter Schrager has Proctor. Matt Miller does, too. Albert Brown also points the Lions to Proctor, and Joe Marino is on that track as well. Others ride with Blake Miller, reinforcing the same position focus. Monroe Freeling drew serious national support as well. Daniel Jeremiah is on Freeling. Mel Skipper is there, and Mike Renner and Jordan Reid show similar leanings. Only one national voice broke the pattern in structure rather than position: Ben Solak has Detroit trading back two spots and taking a player after the move. Among the names checked, Chad Reuter stands out as the lone national who delivered Spencer Fano to the Lions in round one. The signal from all of it is unmistakable. Offensive line at 17 remains the chalk. Local Pulse: Proctor, Miller, and a Fano Flier Locally, the room is split but still sits on the same side of the ball. Dave Burkett has Caden Proctor. Brett Whitefield is also on Proctor. Risdon himself is on Blake Miller in his final no-trade scenario, and Eric Schlitt has been a Miller fan. The Athletic’s Colton Pouncy landed Spencer Fano at 17 in a run where the board broke oddly, a reminder that draft night can tilt in unexpected ways. What It Means at 17 The Detroit Lions enter tonight with a tight, credible cluster at a premium spot. Monroe Freeling is the swing if he falls. Blake Miller is the steady answer if he does not. Caden Proctor and Spencer Fano remain live depending on how the first 16 picks unfold. One notable outlier includes a modest trade back, but the bulk of mocks keep Detroit planted at 17. It is a clean plan for a roster with standards. The NFL clock starts now. #detroitlions #lions #detroitlionspodcast #blakemiller #kadynproctor #spencerfano #monroefreeling #detroitlionsdraft #pick17 #bradholmes #nationalmockdrafts #localmockdrafts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, good morning, everyone, Jefferson here. It is Draft Day. We made it to the draft. Jeff Risson here. It is draft day. We made it to the draft.

0:23.6

Your daily DLP, it is Thursday, April 23rd.

0:28.3

LP draft weekend. I've fired up.

0:32.5

Been up since 4.47 a.m.

0:36.5

I love this time of year.

0:38.5

It's great.

0:39.8

I'm going to apologize in advance.

0:42.2

It is a beautiful day here.

0:43.6

I'm home in West Michigan, and it's really nice.

0:46.9

And, like, everybody in my neighborhood is either mowing their lawn or leaf blowing right now.

0:51.5

So if you hear extraneous background noise, I apologize.

0:55.0

I actually waited out until my immediate neighbor got done.

1:00.5

Gotta get things done.

1:01.9

We've done put our snowblower away.

1:04.2

You never know.

1:05.1

You never know.

1:07.6

Let's talk about the draft.

1:09.7

My goodness.

1:11.8

My drafts galore came out.

1:13.9

I posted mine yesterday at the Detroit Lions podcast for the Lions all seven rounds.

1:19.3

You can check it out there.

1:21.3

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