It almost feels like the Detroit Lions can do no wrong in the upcoming NFL Draft.

With no pressing needs and a great roster built to win, this team could make no picks and still be in a great position going into the season.

Not having to rely on the draft for a jump in talent is a blessing for Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell, but it is also true that they can do so much good for this team by making the right picks in a few weeks, and more often than not, that means avoiding the bad picks above all else.

Again, "bad" may be relative in regards to a team like this, but the fact that people are still championing for this team to draft Bijan Robinson is still a little bizarre.

Robinson is an excellent back. Anyone that ever denies that is downright silly.

However, this is almost no correlation between having a great running back and winning Super Bowls, and in fact, it almost has the reverse impact on teams that want to make it that far.

If the Lions weren't able to learn this with Barry Sanders during an era where running actually mattered, they may never learn this simple lesson.

No one is saying that good running backs don't help, but having a good running back often means passing on a good player at a more valuable position, and that does have ways of hurting.

Just look at the top backs for Super Bowl winners during the past few years:

Leading rushers on recent Super Bowl champion teams:

2022: Isiah Pacheco
2021: Sony Michel
2020: Ronald Jones
2019: Damien Williams
2018: Sony Michel
2017: LeGarrette Blount
2016: LeGarrette Blount
2015: Ronnie Hillman
2014: Shane Vereen

Can't say I see a single blue-chip RB. https://t.co/nlabpHQqlK

— Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) April 5, 2023

Again, no one is ever saying teams don't need good running backs, this data just shows that teams don't need great running backs to win Super Bowls.

The Lions just don't have the need that necessitates spending such a valuable pick on a position where they already have a great RB1 in David Montgomery.

Finding a way to pair Robinson with Montgomery would be a great way to improve Detroit's run game, but that clearly matters little in the grand scheme of things when you look at the above top backs.

Investing capital in running backs as an overall strategy is dying. The Lions don't need to put themselves in a worse position in the draft by going after a player that moves the needle less than their counterparts that will be available at six or eighteen.

Bijan Robinson is likely going to be an excellent NFL running back. He just doesn't need to be an excellent running back for the Lions.