B
Detroit Lions
The Lions kept it disciplined and banked a B.
by ONDE ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 6 steals
· 1 reaches
Nobody had Diego Pavia this high, and it is not close. The Lions reached 41 spots to get him at the 213th overall pick.
The Burks value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 17 they get a downhill thumper at linebacker, outstanding value to boot.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at No. 50 is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
The board fumbled Deion Burks all the way to the 118th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Jalon Kilgore in the 128th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Nice patience on Kaytron Allen, who had no business lasting to pick 157. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Travis Burke in the Round 5 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Keagen Trost in No. 205, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Diego Pavia in slot 213 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.