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nick'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 1, 2026

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  • nick DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (DET)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Avieon Terrell Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (DET)
Avieon Terrell
CB Clemson
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (DET)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Gabe Jacas Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (DET)
Gabe Jacas
LB-EDGE Illinois
Christen Miller Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Christen Miller
DL Georgia
Germie Bernard Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (DET)
Germie Bernard
WR Alabama
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (DET)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (DET)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Taylen Green Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 5 (DET)
Taylen Green
QB Arkansas
Aaron Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Aaron Anderson
WR LSU
Toriano Pride Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (DET)
Toriano Pride Jr.
CB Missouri
Jadon Canady Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DET)
Jadon Canady
CB Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Avieon Terrell Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (CHI)
Avieon Terrell
CB Clemson
Gabe Jacas Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CHI)
Gabe Jacas
LB-EDGE Illinois
Christen Miller Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (CHI)
Christen Miller
DL Georgia
Germie Bernard Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CHI)
Germie Bernard
WR Alabama
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (CHI)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (KC)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Mason Reiger Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (IND)
Mason Reiger
LB-EDGE Wisconsin
Ja'Kobi Lane Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (KC)
Ja'Kobi Lane
WR USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LV)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Players Gained
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Coby Bryant
CB
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Luther Burden III
WR
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Jaylon Johnson
CB
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Rashee Rice
WR
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Anthony Richardson
QB
Players traded away
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Dominic Lovett
WR
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Greg Dortch
WR
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Jabari Small
RB
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Jackson Meeks
WR
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Jacob Saylors
RB
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Jared Goff
QB
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Kye Robichaux
RB
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Malik Cunningham
QB
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Teddy Bridgewater
QB
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Tom Kennedy
WR
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall D-
ValueB+ NeedB TradesF FutureD+
The Lions let Bernard fall into their laps, and walked away with a D-.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Lions did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high.

They are betting Durant proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The Bernard pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.

It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, safety very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jeremiyah Love at No. 17 is the proof. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick25 Rnd1 Avieon Terrell
In pick No. 25 they get a press-man option on the boundary, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick50 Rnd2 Anthony Hill Jr.
Anthony Hill Jr. at pick 50 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. It fills a real need, too.
Pick57 Rnd2 Gabe Jacas
A clean, defensible pick in slot 57 with a little surplus value in Gabe Jacas. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick60 Rnd2 Christen Miller
Christen Miller at Round 2, Pick 28 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick89 Rnd3 Germie Bernard
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 89th pick is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick129 Rnd4 Trey Zuhn III
Trey Zuhn III in No. 129 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick157 Rnd5 Zane Durant
This one needs a full-page explanation: Zane Durant in Round 5, Pick 17, miles early. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick181 Rnd5 Taylen Green
They took Taylen Green at par in the 181st pick, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick205 Rnd6 Aaron Anderson
Aaron Anderson in slot 205 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick213 Rnd6 Toriano Pride Jr.
Nothing to complain about; Toriano Pride Jr. went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick222 Rnd7 Jadon Canady
They let Jadon Canady come to them and pounced at the Round 7 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.