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- Published: Jan. 05, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
CHICAGO -- Welcome to nan NFL offseason, for nan Detroit Lions, astatine least.
With nan regular play successful nan books, it’s clip to commencement reasoning astir nan captious decisions up now that nan draught bid is set. After finishing 9-8, nan Lions ain nan 17th wide action successful nan first round.
Over nan past 8 years, nan likes of information Derwin James Jr., protect lineman Dexter Lawrence II, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, violative defender Zion Johnson, cornerback Christian Gonzalez and walk rusher Dallas Turner item immoderate of nan hits.
Heading into nan offseason, it’s difficult not to ideate nan Lions targeting thing but nan violative statement successful position of priority. They request a semipermanent center, much interior violative statement extent and perchance a starting tackle -- astatine nan very least, a tackle of nan future.
One of nan main storylines coming retired of Sunday’s triumph to extremity nan play successful Chicago was nan early of near tackle Taylor Decker. The team’s longest-tenured subordinate is openly contemplating status aft a reliable twelvemonth dealing pinch a lingering enarthrosis injury. Decker will return a mates of months to make an informed decision. However, nan Lions must hole for a early pinch aliases without him connected nan violative statement to debar nan Frank Ragnow failures from past year.
The Lions past held nan 17th prime backmost successful 2008, erstwhile they took violative tackle Gosder Cherilus. They person picked from that slot 5 times, pinch Chuck Cheshire (1936), Charley Hamtrick (1937), protect extremity Ernie Price (1973), linebacker Reggie Brown (1996) and Cherilus (2008) rounding retired that list.
See beneath for their projected picks arsenic nan first of galore looks up to nan draught successful nan coming months:
- First round, 17th selection
- Second round
- Fourth round
- Fifth round
- Fifth round
- Sixth round
- Sixth round
- Seventh round
For a look astatine nan team’s schedule for adjacent season, click here.
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I screen nan Detroit Lions for MLive aft starting my profession pinch nan MLive sports desk, Jackson Citizen Patriot, MLive Detroit and nan trending news team. I americium a lifelong Michigander, Central Michigan...
