MYSTERY: Detroit Lions Hide Top 30 Draft Visits, is Brad Holmes Set to SURPRISE at Pick 17?

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Detroit Lions go silent on draft plans—what are Brad Holmes and company hiding ahead of the NFL Draft? Matt Dery spotlights the unprecedented secrecy surrounding Detroit’s top-30 visits and the canceled local pro day, raising questions about possible smokescreens and surprise strategies as the Lions hold picks 17 and 50. Draft expert Jon Ledyard joins to evaluate potential first-round options like Blake Miller, Kadyn Proctor, and even the ultra-physical Vega Yoane. The conversation explores edge rusher and cornerback prospects, the impact of offseason additions, and whether Detroit should trade down to replenish picks per Bill Barnwell’s advice. With NFC North rivals improving and key Lions such as Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph recovering, can Detroit’s emerging talent and depth sustain their division-winning form? Get the sharpest takes and inside scoop on the Lions’ path forward.

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0:00.0	So why is it that the Detroit Lions are very secretive about something?
0:11.3	You are Locked-on Lions, your daily Detroit Lions podcast.
0:16.7	Part of the Locked-On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:22.8	Welcome in, everybody, to a Tuesday edition of Lockdown Lions.
0:25.7	Matt Derry with you on the Locked-on Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network.
0:30.3	John Ledyard from Audibles and Analytics, Audibles and Analytics NFL draft, expert, former host of Locked-on NFL draft.
0:39.8	John Ledyer, going to join us momentarily on the program.
0:42.2	We'll talk to him about number 17 in the first round.
0:44.7	We'll talk to him about options for the Lions at number 50 in round two.
0:48.4	All of that coming up momentarily with John Ledyard, our buddy here on Lockdown Lions, a Tuesday edition.
0:54.7	Also, an ESPN writer says the Lions should trade down in round one.
1:00.1	But first, as anybody noticed something, there's something going on with our Honolulu Blue and Silver Gladiators that nobody is talking about.
1:09.2	And I figured, I've got to bring up. And that is the
1:12.9	following. The visits are done. All right. The visits will be done, I should say, in the next
1:20.6	couple days, right? Have we heard anything, anything from any reporter, from anybody on the inside about anybody that has come to visit Alan Park for one of their top 30 visits?
1:42.1	We haven't.
1:50.9	The Lions also canceled their local pro day, which is where they bring in guys from Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Central, Michigan, Michigan State, Alma, Albion, Grand Valley.
1:58.4	Nope. No local pro day this year.
2:03.4	Brad Holmes said it just happened to be a scheduling situation and it just wasn't,
2:07.6	wasn't the time to do it.
2:09.3	This year, he said, at his press conference the other day.
2:14.4	But why is it that we don't know anybody? We haven't seen any names of any players
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