{"id":862249,"date":"2026-04-09T11:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862249\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:15:30","slug":"5-edge-rushers-that-could-interest-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862249\/","title":{"rendered":"5 edge rushers that could interest Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions have one of the elite pass rushers in the NFL in <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitlions.com\/team\/players-roster\/aidan-hutchinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aidan Hutchinson<\/a>, but teams can never have too many good pass rushers and the Lions should still be looking to add to a group that includes newly signed veterans <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitlions.com\/team\/players-roster\/d-j-wonnum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DJ Wonnum<\/a> and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitlions.com\/team\/players-roster\/payton-turner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Payton Turner<\/a>, returning veteran <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitlions.com\/team\/players-roster\/levi-onwuzurike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Levi Onwuzurike<\/a> and second-year pass rusher <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitlions.com\/team\/players-roster\/ahmed-hassanein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ahmed Hassanein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit could look to add to that group via this month&#8217;s NFL Draft and in the remaining waves of free agency. When it comes to adding via the draft, this year&#8217;s class of edge rushers is one of the deepest in recent history.<\/p>\n<p>NFL media analyst Daniel Jeremiah said in a recent national conference call this class is so deep teams will be able to find immediate help all the way into the early parts of Day 3 of the draft. Detroit currently has <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitlions.com\/news\/lions-2026-nfl-draft-order-set-all-rounds-all-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">four picks in the first four rounds<\/a> \u2013 Rd 1 (17), Rd 2 (50), Rd 4 (118), Rd 4 (128).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We still have work to do, there&#8217;s no secret there,&#8221; Lions head coach Dan Campbell said at last week&#8217;s Annual League Meetings when talking about the defense.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell sees Onwuzurike playing the big end role in base defense at the five or four techniques but he can also kick inside to the three technique and maybe even see some snaps opposite Hutchinson in the nickel. Him staying healthy after missing all last year with a torn ACL is going to be a big factor in what role he can carve out.<\/p>\n<p>Wonnum is a rush end, per Campbell. He&#8217;s the player the Lions plan to put opposite Hutchinson in true four down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not like the big end in base that gets over a tackle with (linebacker <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitlions.com\/team\/players-roster\/derrick-barnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Derrick) Barnes<\/a> outside of him,&#8221; Campbell said of Wonnum. &#8220;The guy plays the run, he&#8217;s tough, he&#8217;s physical, he&#8217;s smart, he&#8217;s versatile and he can get an edge every once in a while.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions have one of the elite pass rushers in the NFL in Aidan Hutchinson, but teams&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[19560,146,113,2506,7,416,6279,147,5515,415,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-862249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-d-j-wonnum","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-lions","11":"tag-detroitlions","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-homepage-centerpiece-package","14":"tag-levi-onwuzurike","15":"tag-lions","16":"tag-news-road-to-the-draft-yoy","17":"tag-news-twentyman","18":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116374466045192753","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}