Adam0831'S MOCK DRAFT
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Adam0831'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON DEC 27, 2025

Draft 3

  • Adam0831 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (DET)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Will Lee III Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (DET)
Will Lee III
CB Texas A&M
Monroe Freeling Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (DET)
Monroe Freeling
OT Georgia
Eric O'Neill Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (DET)
Eric O'Neill
DE-EDGE Rutgers
Chase Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (DET)
Chase Roberts
WR BYU
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (DET)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
Sawyer Robertson Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DET)
Sawyer Robertson
QB Baylor
Tristan Leigh Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (DET)
Tristan Leigh
OT Clemson
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions kept it disciplined and banked a B.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Lions would have aced it. Eric O'Neill at No. 135 is 49 spots clear of where he belonged. The bottom line is a respectable B.

The Robertson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The linebacker spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Caleb Downs
In pick No. 17 they get a two-high chess piece at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick49 Rnd2 Will Lee III
A reach on Will Lee III in Round 2, Pick 17; the board had better options right there. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick117 Rnd4 Monroe Freeling
Monroe Freeling at pick 117 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick135 Rnd4 Eric O'Neill
Eric O'Neill at No. 135 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick156 Rnd5 Chase Roberts
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Chase Roberts at slot 156 is the proof. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick187 Rnd6 Patrick Payton
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Patrick Payton well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick209 Rnd6 Sawyer Robertson
You do not let a quarterback like Sawyer Robertson reach pick No. 209 and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick221 Rnd7 Tristan Leigh
A conviction pick on Tristan Leigh at Round 7, Pick 5 that the board grades a round light. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.