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Detroit Lions Podcast

Fantasy Sports, Football, Sports

4.5534 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Draft Eve Plan: Five Paths, No Trades The Detroit Lions Podcast hit draft eve with a focused exercise: five no-trade scenarios mapping picks 17, 50, 118 and 128. The NFL Draft is in Pittsburgh tomorrow. The show will live stream the draft with you and Chris. The purpose here is clarity. Keep Detroit at each slot. Explore real options. Invite mix and match from the board. Scenarios at 17 and 50 Scenario 1 opened with Blake Miller, offensive tackle from Clemson, at 17. Pick 50 followed with an edge option, and later a TCU linebacker, Caleb Elamzor, in the fourth. All matched the Lions’ size and style targets. Scenario 2 pivoted to Monroe Fraley, Georgia offensive tackle, at 17. Anthony Hill, Texas linebacker, fits the Alex Anzalone role if Detroit seeks a successor. The fourth round stacked traits with Kieran Crawford, Auburn edge, and Sam Rausch, Stanford tight end. Rausch brings some Ebron-like movement but can block. He must catch the ball better. Scenario 3 went defense first with Kendrick Falk, Auburn edge. Calling him only an edge undersells him. He can play inside in the roles held by John Kaminski, Josh Paschal, Clark Davenport and Onwuzurike. At 50, Reader on Stuard, a defensive back from Arizona, profiles as a safety slash corner in the Branch and Avonte Maddox mold. Offense returned at 118 with Demetrius Brown, Texas A&M offensive tackle, a project that would require Larry Horton to hold right tackle while Sewell moves to the left side, a switch Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes have discussed. Tyler Onyedim, Texas A&M defensive tackle, rounded it out. Trenches and Fourth-Round Value Scenario 4 pressed a tackle run with Colon Proctor at 17. Decker Hatten, Penn State edge, landed at 50. Packers beat writers love Danica Sutton at 52, so this track would get over on a rival slot. The fourth-round focus was run defense with Dante Corleone, Cincinnati’s Godfather, as a stout run stopper, plus BJ Payne at safety. A small trade-up into the 90s could be needed for Payne, though the exercise held Detroit in place. Scenario 5 circled back to tackle with an Arizona State option at 17. It assumed a rookie might be pressed into action early if a veteran is not ready. How to Use the Board The exercise locked picks 17, 50, 118 and 128. No trades. The point is to map Detroit Lions options and let fans assemble their own card. Audio listeners were urged to catch visuals on YouTube. The top of this NFL Draft remains murky at two, three and four. There will be moves before Detroit is on the clock. These scenarios keep the Lions steady and prepared. #detroitlions #lions #detroitlionspodcast #blakemiller #monroefraley #anthonyhill #kierancrawford #samrausch #kendrickfalk #deckerhatten #dantecorleone #danicasutton #bjpayne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone.

0:09.0

It is Wednesday, April 22nd.

0:26.6

One day from the 2026 NFL draft in Pittsburgh.

0:31.6

I got the shirt on from the Detroit.

0:34.6

I got the hat on from the first draft that was in Chicago, the first time it was on the road.

0:41.6

Been to quite a few of them.

0:44.1

That was the first one that traveled out.

0:47.3

This year, it's in Pittsburgh, obviously.

0:48.8

I will not be in Pittsburgh.

0:50.0

I will be live streaming the draft with you and Chris.

0:54.2

We'll have a little draft soiree going on, so make sure you check that out.

1:00.4

I wanted to go over mock draft, final mock drafts, but I want to do a little bit differently,

1:06.3

and I wanted to present a bunch of different mock draft scenarios that are viable for the lions

1:13.3

because there are any number of different ways that they can go picking 1750 118 and 128

1:21.5

and those are the only picks that I covered in these scenarios just because when you're getting

1:25.2

beyond that it's it's very unpredictable.

1:30.3

Just one thing before we get into these scenarios, I did not do any trades in these.

1:35.3

That also seems unrealistic, quite frankly, but it would be compromising to the integrity of the exercise if I did trades in some and not in

1:46.8

others. So I just left them all where the lions are staying pat. And it is more about

1:52.6

exploring different options that the lions have at each of those picks. And if you want,

2:00.3

you can combine like one player from one, one player from four,

2:05.0

one player from six, and one player from two, if you want, like, mix and match with that.

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