Lions updated mock draft the Jeff Okudah trade

Lions updated mock draft the Jeff Okudah trade

Life comes at you quick within the NFL. For the Detroit Lions, their life now not consists of cornerback Jeff Okudah. The Lions dealt Okudah, a starter for many of the final three seasons when wholesome, to the Atlanta Falcons for a 2023 fifth-round decide on Tuesday.(Lions updated mock draft the Jeff Okudah trade)

Within the commerce, the Lions acquired the No. 159 general decide from the Falcons. It’s a fifth-round decide that initially belonged to the Jacksonville Jaguars; Atlanta picked it up within the commerce for WR Calvin Ridley.

Including within the further decide and factoring within the slightly altered need chart, right here’s a fast up to date projection for the Lions within the 2023 NFL draft.

A wholesome Witherspoon held a formidable personal exercise, an occasion the place Lions CB coach Dre Bly ran the present. Witherspoon’s mix of physicality, expertise within the actual protection the Lions run beneath Aaron Glenn, and spectacular “dawg” perspective are all good matches for the Lions.

I do nonetheless imagine Alabama EDGE Will Anderson or maybe Texas Tech EDGE Tyree Wilson are in play right here, too. At this juncture, the rest can be shocking to me.

 

This spot turns into a tougher prediction when CB is (virtually definitely) off the board. There are lots of choices at quite a lot of positions.

My guess right here is Van Ness, a participant with a variety of John Cominsky to his recreation — although not but near being as efficient. Ben Raven of MLive has had this pairing featured in a few mock drafts and it’s definitely believable. Excessive-end athlete with positional versatility and hyper-competitive perspective? Van Ness checks these requisite Lions containers.

If the decide at No. 6 isn’t a cornerback, Maryland CB Deonte Banks undoubtedly jumps up the record of Lions choices. I don’t assume Texas RB Bijan Robinson lasts to this spot, however he would doubtless be a consideration if he’s nonetheless on the board. This regime has sometimes eschewed utilizing excessive picks on RBs, however Robinson may very well be a Todd Gurley-type of exception for GM Brad Holmes.

 

Avila isn’t going to attraction to each NFL group, however that’s to the Lions’ profit. He’s not going to be rated so extremely by zone-based blocking schemes as a consequence of his lack of quickness and vary. Avila is a pure match for Detroit’s gap-blocking scheme, which performs extra to his energy and short-area motion expertise.

 

Current projections have elevated Mingo into this vary of the draft. His dimension (6-2/220), dependable fingers and toughness working as a heavy slot are all traits the Lions can use. Mingo may block properly sufficient and use his body as an out of doors possession-style receiver, a gap on the Lions roster with Quintez Cephus’ damage points.

 

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