A Potential Lions Draft Trade Partner And HUGE Mistake?
The likely hood of the Lions having a draft day trade partner is not exactly crazy thinking. Just consider how many teams wanting a quarterback that are drafting after the Lions at #3.
Well one such team “potentially” is the Miami Dolphins.
While doing a mock draft simulation with trade capability, writer Logan Lamorandier had a scenario where while drafting for the Lions, he was given pick #5 and a high 3rd round pick in the same draft. So the Lions would ultimately get another pick to build the team.
With that extra pick in hand for the 3rd round he decided to draft a WR
Check out the reasoning:
Lions Draft Trade Partner
THIRD ROUND:
Brandon Aiyuk, WR, Arizona State
Pick No. 67
And yet again, another player I couldn’t believe was on the board at this position.
Due to an incredibly deep receiver class, Aiyuk could go a lot lower than he would in most other years.
In fact, it would appear that most NFL talent evaluators like Aiyuk even more than his former Arizona State receiver teammate, who was a first-round pick just a year ago.
Jim Nagy, the executive director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl, said, “I haven’t met a team that doesn’t have Brandon Aiyuk graded above N’Keal Harry from last year.”
Aiyuk is one of the most explosive receivers in this year’s class. He shines at exploding out of breaks and with yards after the catch — something the Lions desperately need.
Unlike Marvin Jones and Kenny Golladay, Aiyuk struggles with contested catches but wins in different ways. It would be nice to have a little bit of variety in the receiving department and Aiyuk would be just that.
With the Dolphins pick (#70) he selected a Defensive Tackle
We like the pick at 70, but think that it would be a huge mistake and waste of an opportunity to do something really significant for the Lions, which Lamorandier kind of pointed to in his explanation of his choice for receiver Aiyuk.
And that is not only having depth but having “Talented Depth” and if you have a chance to create that on the defensive side of the ball the future of the team would be all the better for it!
Doing this would fall under the “Stafford need more weapons” mantra, when the mantra needs to be the Lions’ “defense need more potential starters” at the 2nd and 3rd levels.
There’s really no reason to think that you can’t get a player like Aiyuk in next year’s draft, all while having a full year of a defense that not only is the starting player is the best of the best because of the competition in training camp, but also if said player goes down with an injury the next man up mantra becomes a serious reality for the Lions!
We would add a either another DE or the best LB available with the Lions 3rd round pick!
We would pick a slot reciever in the 4th or 5th round to be the eventual replacement for the Slot receiver for Danny Amendola…in our 2020 lions mock draft simulations often a player like KJ Hill was available and if all things are equal as a the trade option with the Dolphins…Hill would be an incredible value pick!
Do you agree with us or would you take Aiyuk in the 3rd round if he’s available?
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