Motown Bombers

They still have more highlights than Tavai who was a 2nd round pick.

He'll be injured by the time they meet in the NFC Championship game.

A 4th is more than I thought they would get, even if it is way in the future.

Eagles acquiring all Georgia players.

I wonder what the chances are that Swift gets traded today? I would hope for a pick next year than this year. The Lions are sitting there with a lot of cap space and Hopkins would make for a nice fit. The Lions and Cardinals have made multiple trades. I have to imagine if the Lions were interested in Hopkins, they would have had those talks.

Rewatching the pick of Hooker and Louis Riddick said, "They're doing thinks smartly up there in Detroit. That's why I picked them to go to the Super Bowl."

Starting to warm up to the Hooker pick. I liked him much better than Richardson. Noted Goff hater Chris Simms really likes Hooker. This is Simms going on about Hooker before the draft:

PFF has Brodric Martin as one of their biggest sleepers in the draft. "Martin is a discount store version of Jordan Davis, last year’s first defensive tackle drafted. He has egregiously long arms (34 3/8 inches) for an over 7-foot wingspan and holds 337 pounds with ease. He’s got all the makings of a two-gapper at the next level. He took a massive step forward with his performance this past fall, racking up 23 pressures and earning a 77.5 pass-rushing grade." https://www.pff.com/news/draft-biggest-sleepers-2023-nfl-draft-class

5 of the 6 picks look to be immediate contributors which is nice for a team looking to contend. At the end of the day, Holmes came away with 6 players taken in the top 100 and still has picks left.

My grade: B This seems like another one of those picks where Brad Holmes locked in on a guy and decided to go and get him, and I’m all for that. Martin is a beefy, run-stuffing nose tackle who fits a very similar profile to Isaiah Buggs, who the Lions just re-signed to fill their interior. This pick gives the Lions depth at the position beyond just Buggs, and will help keep them both fresh. It also frees up Alim McNeill to spend more time playing at the three technique, where he had the most success at last season. It looks expensive for the Lions to give up what they did for Martin, but I don’t have a problem with it. The Lions roster is not what it was in years past; if the Lions walked away from day three with five new players, a good chunk of them would not have made the final 53-man roster. Instead, the Lions honed in on a guy who fills a specific role that they know is important to the success of their defense. Martin certainly doesn’t test as an elite athlete with a RAS of 2.14, but that’s to be expected of a nose tackle. You’re drafting him for his beef and size on the interior, not for his pass rushing skills or his agility. We’re at the point in the draft where players are filling niche roles; you’re probably not getting a starter or instant significant contributor on a roster as deep as that of the Lions. That being said, I’m all for the Lions getting their guy and getting some necessary depth. Grading the Detroit Lions’ 2023 NFL Draft selection of Western Kentucky defensive tackle Brodric Martin - Pride Of Detroit

Do you put McNeil and Martin on the field at the same time? That's a lot of beef for the middle of the line.