How the Lions could walk out of the 2025 NFL Draft with two first-round edge rushers
The 2025 NFL draft is just days away, and the Detroit Lions are expected to be in the edge rusher market for this one. Everyone is hoping that they'll get a first-rounder and and then maybe another guy after that. What if they took a bit of a swing and got two first-rounders? ESPN's NFL […]
The 2025 NFL draft is just days away, and the Detroit Lions are expected to be in the edge rusher market for this one. Everyone is hoping that they'll get a first-rounder and and then maybe another guy after that. What if they took a bit of a swing and got two first-rounders?
ESPN's NFL Insider Adam Schefter put out his annual draft intel column with all the things he's hearing around the league right now. One of those things is that the Ravens could be looking to move their 2021 first-round pick, Odafe Oweh.
The former first-round pick has been a bit inconsistent for the Ravens since they took him with the 31st pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. He had a pretty good 2024 with 55 pressures and 11 sacks, but he did that coming off the bench for the most part, and he's been a little hit-or-miss in Baltimore.
With all the new contracts that the Ravens are going to have to do, they could bail on Oweh in favor of drafting in a deep edge class, and the Lions could take on the 26-year-old on his fifth-year option and work to extend him.
By the way, that extension, if the Lions chose to do it, wouldn't come with a super-large price tag. Cap analyst Josh Queipo projected that if he were to get one this offseason, it would have been a three-year extension worth $46.5 million. Hutchinson is expected to get $150 million or more. So you see the price difference.
What would the trade cost the Lions? We put together this proposal that we think works out best for both teams.
Lions get: Odafe Oweh
Ravens get: 2025 fourth-round pick
Couple this with a first-round edge rusher, and the Lions get their starter of the future to go along with their Za'Darius Smith replacement and a guy who can be a premium depth edge for them. Imagine a world with Aidan Hutchinson, Mykel Williams, Odafe Oweh, and a healthy Marcus Davenport. Don't you want to live in that world?
The five players who met with the Lions the most, the answer to who the Lions draft could be right in front of us
We're here, Detroit Lions fans. The 2025 NFL Draft is just days away. The pre-draft process is in the books. No more all-star games, pro days, virtual meetings, private workouts, top-30's or scouting combines. The good thing about all those steps in the process is that we were able to track most of the meetings. […]
