Rumor: Could Detroit Lions Attempt to Trade Up for WR Drake London?

Detroit Lions broad receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown expressed on the “Getcha Popcorn Prepared” podcast that if normal supervisor Brad Holmes determined so as to add a wideout within the draft, focusing on an even bigger wideout would match his enjoying type. 

St. Brown defined, “Somebody that may go up, make the 50-50 ball, I imply I might for positive make it however another person that may do it too.”

Might the gifted wideout be placing in a very good phrase with Detroit’s entrance workplace for one among his former USC teammates? 

Drake London is a 6-foot-4, 219-pound wideout who has the potential to haul in a number of deep passes, even early in his NFL profession. 

A number of NFL groups have seen their offense take off by pairing their gifted wideouts with different dynamic playmakers, together with on the quarterback and broad receiver place.

The USC product might be a goal for Detroit’s entrance workplace to aim to maneuver up and commerce for, given he’s seen as a participant that might be chosen within the top-20 of the draft. 

At his pre-draft media session, Holmes expressed if there’s a participant the crew needs, he wouldn’t be hesitant in any respect to be aggressive to attempt to safe that participant. 

“If there’s a participant that now we have buy-in and we would like, I’m going to attempt to get that participant. That’s simply backside line,” Holmes stated. “There may be worth in being affected person and sitting again. You’ve simply obtained to evaluate the place the worth is in your draft board and what the amount and depth is. If the conviction is that top, yeah, you’ll be able to’t simply sit, wait and be affected person and see if that participant’s going to be there or not. Generally you’ve obtained to be aggressive and go and get him. Now, there should not quite a lot of these gamers all through the draft all the time, however when that participant is recognized, I’ll all the time be aggressive.

Based mostly on the commerce worth chart, Detroit might package deal choose No. 32 and No. 34 to maneuver up as excessive at choose No. 14 on this 12 months’s draft. 

Presently, the Baltimore Ravens possess the No. 14 choose.