{"id":873415,"date":"2026-04-24T10:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/873415\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:06:19","slug":"nfl-draft-look-ahead-10-round-2-fits-and-five-round-3-trade-up-options-for-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/873415\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL draft look ahead: 10 Round 2 fits and five Round 3 trade-up options for Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!cSXj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27b60c15-da30-40f0-91fe-8a39e180de00_1024x683.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/27b60c15-da30-40f0-91fe-8a39e180de00_1024.jpeg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/27b60c15-da30-40f0-91fe-8a39e180de00_1024x683.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:683,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118268,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.detroitfootball.net\/i\/195308011?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27b60c15-da30-40f0-91fe-8a39e180de00_1024x683.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a>(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Allen Park \u2014 The Detroit Lions solved one of the team\u2019s biggest long-term needs on the first night of the 2026 NFL draft, snagging Clemson offensive tackle Blake Miller with the No. 17 overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s on to Friday\u2019s Day 2, which covers Rounds 2 and 3 of the annual event.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhat unfortunately, the Lions only hold one pick on Day 2 after shipping a pair of third-rounders to the Jacksonville Jaguars last year in a bold move up the board to grab wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions are slated to select 18th on the night, No. 50 overall, but there\u2019s no guarantee they stay in that spot. General manager Brad Holmes hinted Thursday night at moving down to gain more draft equity. Alternatively, the team could look to package some of their seven Day 3 selections to climb into the back end of the third round.<\/p>\n<p>With so many balls up in the air, let\u2019s look at 10 fits for the Lions in the second round, as well as five options who could potentially linger on the board long enough to merit a trade back into the third round.<\/p>\n<p>The prospects below will be listed in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Getty Images) Allen Park \u2014 The Detroit Lions solved one of the team\u2019s biggest long-term needs on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[146,113,2506,7,147,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-873415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-detroitlions","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-lions","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873415","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=873415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}