Consensus Mock Draft II - Post Combine - Pick 3 - Lions

[goldfishwars]

Need to get this back up so we can get through all 32 before draft night. Hopefully FA won't change the order too much. 

Same rules as before, pick a different player from each poll - or select 'Leave Blank' in polls 2 and 3 if you wish. 3 pts for a 1st poll pick, 2 for 2nd poll and 1 for the 3rd poll. No run-offs. 

1. Cincinnati - Joe Burrow [ QB ] LSU
2. Washington - Chase Young [ EDGE ] Ohio State
3. Detroit - 
4. NY Giants 
5. Miami 
6. LA Chargers 
7. Carolina 
8. Arizona 
9. Jacksonville 
10. Cleveland 
11. NY Jets 
12. Las Vegas 
13. San Francisco (From Indianapolis)
14. Tampa Bay 
15. Denver 
16. Atlanta 
17. Dallas 
18. Miami (From Pittsburgh)
19. Las Vegas (From Chicago)
20. Jacksonville (From LA Rams)
21. Philadelphia 
22. Minnesota (From Buffalo)
23. New England 
24. New Orleans 
25. Minnesota 
26. Miami (From Houston)
27. Seattle 
28. Baltimore 
29. Tennessee 
30. Green Bay 
31. San Francisco 
32. Kansas City 

[BayRaider]

1. Okudah

2. Brown

3. Tua

[brownie man]

Okudah

Simmons

Tua

[nagahide13]

Okuda, Simmons, Brown.

[warsawian]

1. Simmons

2. Okudah

3. Wirfs

 

Simmons over Okudah because he can have a bigger impact and set the tone for an entire defense. 

[.Buzz]

Simmons, Okudah, Tua for me.

I think Patricia would love to get a chess piece like him on that defense. 

[goldfishwars]

I honestly don't think Patricia would know what to do with Simmons. Okudah would be the far more valuable piece for his scheme. 

[Fullback]

36 minutes ago, goldfishwars said:

I honestly don't think Patricia would know what to do with Simmons. Okudah would be the far more valuable piece for his scheme. 

Quite surprising take. To me it seems Patricia's D is perfectly suited for hybrids like Simmons. There are at least 20 other teams who imo would have no clue how to deploy Simmons to the best of his ability. And don't get me wrong, Simmons will be a good player in any scheme. The question is will he turn into a good, great, or maybe generational player. This will largely depend on the coach and defensive scheme he ends up with.

Obviously with Slay gone, Okudah seems like a no-brainer at #3. Don't forget about Trufant though. Amani Oruwariye has basically shown already in limited playing time he can handle CB2 duties. Simmons is my dark-horse #3 pick to the Lions!

[goldfishwars]

6 minutes ago, Fullback said:

Quite surprising take. To me it seems Patricia's D is perfectly suited for hybrids like Simmons. There are at least 20 other teams who imo would have no clue how to deploy Simmons to the best of his ability. And don't get me wrong, Simmons will be a good player in any scheme. The question is will he turn into a good, great, or maybe generational player. This will largely depend on the coach and defensive scheme he ends up with.

Obviously with Slay gone, Okudah seems like a no-brainer at #3. Don't forget about Trufant though. Amani Oruwariye has basically shown already in limited playing time he can handle CB2 duties. Simmons is my dark-horse #3 pick to the Lions!

Oh yeah Simmons would be good in any scheme. It's just he's not built like the linebackers Patricia traditionally likes which are larger than league average. The hybrid players he's had success with have alternated between outside rusher and linebacker. Although I think Simmons can do a lot of that, he would probably be more of a box coverage guy in Detroit, someone he can man up on tight ends. 

It's still a pressure based defense, so a lock down man corner is what makes that whole scheme tick. So that's why I think Okudah is where they would go here. 

[Louis Friend]

Okudah, Simmons, Brown

[MSURacerDT55]

There is a ton of Tua talk on local Detroit radio FWIW

[Lionized]

Trade back

[THE DUKE]

5 hours ago, warsawian said:

1. Simmons

2. Okudah

3. Wirfs

 

Simmons over Okudah because he can have a bigger impact and set the tone for an entire defense. 

Same

[.Buzz]

9 hours ago, Lionized said:

Trade back

Think this is what ends up happening with Miami jumping up to 3.

[brownie man]

1 minute ago, .Buzz said:

Think this is what ends up happening with Miami jumping up to 3.

I really think Jacksonville should trade up here

i really see them regretting it later if they don’t go up and get Tua and accept Minshew is not a true franchise QB