{"id":872372,"date":"2026-04-23T02:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872372\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:39:22","slug":"gritiron-gang-podcast-2026-nfl-draft-predictions-lions-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872372\/","title":{"rendered":"Gritiron Gang podcast: 2026 NFL Draft predictions, Lions options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this latest edition of The Detroit News&#8217; Gritiron Gang podcast, Nolan Bianchi and Richard Silva take one last look at the Lions&#8217; needs and possible draft picks in Thursday&#8217;s first round of the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Here are highlights from this week&#8217;s show, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z051CFwsruk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:available on YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;available on YouTube&quot;}\" class=\"link \">available on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 1:20: Regrading 2023 Lions draft<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 31:20: Varsity Ford of Ann Arbor<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 32:50: Wildcard draft picks<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 47:10: Sleeper picks<\/p>\n<p>Previous Gritiron Gang episodes<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/gritiron-gang-podcast-ranking-top-044334392.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ranking top offensive tackles for Lions in NFL Draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ranking top offensive tackles for Lions in NFL Draft&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ranking top offensive tackles for Lions in NFL Draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/gritiron-gang-podcast-lions-no-043933420.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Who do the Lions take at No. 17? Mock draft 4.0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Who do the Lions take at No. 17? Mock draft 4.0&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who do the Lions take at No. 17? Mock draft 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/gritiron-gang-podcast-brad-holmes-035024856.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brad Holmes talks free agency, financial constraints;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Brad Holmes talks free agency, financial constraints&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Holmes talks free agency, financial constraints<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/podcast-detroit-lions-early-free-040846141.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lions early free agency recap. Taylor Decker released;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lions early free agency recap. Taylor Decker released&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lions early free agency recap. Taylor Decker released<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/podcasts\/gritiron-gang\/2026\/02\/25\/gritiron-gang-lions-decker-returning-nfl-combine-coverage\/88868873007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lions&#039; Decker returning, NFL Combine coverage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lions&#039; Decker returning, NFL Combine coverage&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Lions&#8217; Decker returning, NFL Combine coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2026\/02\/12\/ranking-the-detroit-lions-positional-needs-entering-2026-offseason\/88643114007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ranking the Lions&#039; positional needs entering 2026 offseason;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ranking the Lions&#039; positional needs entering 2026 offseason&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ranking the Lions&#8217; positional needs entering 2026 offseason<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/podcasts\/gritiron-gang\/2026\/02\/12\/gritiron-gang-five-burning-questions-for-lions-in-offseason\/88636457007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Five burning questions for Lions in offseason;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Five burning questions for Lions in offseason&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Five burning questions for Lions in offseason<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/podcasts\/gritiron-gang\/2026\/01\/28\/gritiron-gang-lions-hire-kafka-make-other-staff-moves\/88407531007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Breaking down the Lions&#039; offseason moves;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Breaking down the Lions&#039; offseason moves&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Breaking down the Lions&#8217; offseason moves<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/podcasts\/gritiron-gang\/2026\/01\/21\/gritiron-gang-pros-and-cons-of-new-offensive-coordinator-drew-petzing\/88290127007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pros and cons of new Lions OC Drew Petzing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Pros and cons of new Lions OC Drew Petzing&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Pros and cons of new Lions OC Drew Petzing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/podcasts\/gritiron-gang\/2026\/01\/14\/gritiron-gang-nolan-and-rich-assess-offensive-coordinator-candidates\/88185283007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nolan and Rich assess Lions&#039; offensive coordinator candidates;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nolan and Rich assess Lions&#039; offensive coordinator candidates&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nolan and Rich assess Lions&#8217; offensive coordinator candidates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/podcasts\/gritiron-gang\/2026\/01\/09\/gritiron-gang-john-niyo-joins-to-discuss-brad-holmes-news-conference\/88071268007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:John Niyo joins the show to discuss Holmes&#039; news conference;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;John Niyo joins the show to discuss Holmes&#039; news conference&quot;}\" class=\"link \">John Niyo joins the show to discuss Holmes&#8217; news conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/podcasts\/gritiron-gang\/2026\/04\/22\/detroit-lions-podcast-focuses-on-2026-nfl-draft-in-pittsburgh\/89741530007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Lions podcast focuses on 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Detroit Lions podcast focuses on 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Detroit Lions podcast focuses on 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this latest edition of The Detroit News&#8217; Gritiron Gang podcast, Nolan Bianchi and Richard Silva take one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[3337,146,113,2506,9511,7,147,6,117678,76661,19192,4378],"class_list":{"0":"post-872372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-brad-holmes","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-lions","11":"tag-detroitlions","12":"tag-draft-picks","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-lions","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nolan-bianchi","17":"tag-richard-silva","18":"tag-taylor-decker","19":"tag-the-lions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116451709028207805","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872372","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=872372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}