dannyphantomjr3'S MOCK DRAFT
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dannyphantomjr3'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 21, 2025

Realistic Draft 2025

  • dannyphantomjr3 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Chimere Dike Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Chimere Dike
WR Florida
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
Steven Parker Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Steven Parker
DE-EDGE Texas State
Quinn Carroll Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Quinn Carroll
OT Minnesota
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Steven Parker, 143 picks early at the 228th pick.

That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in the 28th overall pick with a little surplus value in James Pearce Jr.. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick60 Rnd2 Isaiah Bond
A reach for Isaiah Bond in the Round 2 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
Pick102 Rnd3 Chimere Dike
A straight-up fair deal on Chimere Dike at pick 102, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
Pick130 Rnd4 Seth McLaughlin
Seth McLaughlin at Round 4, Pick 28 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick196 Rnd6 Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick228 Rnd7 Steven Parker
Steven Parker at No. 228 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick244 Rnd7 Quinn Carroll
Quinn Carroll at Round 7, Pick 28 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.