{"id":895554,"date":"2026-05-19T14:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/895554\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:42:19","slug":"watch-ravens-react-after-lions-draft-derrick-moore-in-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/895554\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Ravens React After Lions Draft Derrick Moore in Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Lions<\/a> made one of the more aggressive moves of the 2026 NFL Draft when they traded up in the second round to select Derrick Moore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, thanks to newly released behind the scenes footage from the Baltimore Ravens draft room, fans can see exactly how Baltimore reacted when Detroit jumped in front of them.<\/p>\n

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And yes, there was definitely some frustration inside the Ravens war room.<\/p>\n

\"Detroit<\/p>\n

Detroit Lions Accelerator Program Derrick Moore Lions trade<\/p>\n

Lions jumped Ravens to land Derrick Moore<\/p>\n

Detroit moved from Pick No. 50 to Pick No. 44 in Round 2 to secure Moore, one of the draft\u2019s most intriguing edge rushers out of University of Michigan.<\/p>\n

The move immediately sparked speculation because Ravens head coach Jesse Minter previously coached Moore at Michigan.<\/p>\n

Many believed Baltimore had significant interest in selecting him.<\/p>\n

But according to the Ravens\u2019 war room footage, the organization may actually have preferred another player.<\/p>\n

Ravens appeared focused on Zion Young<\/p>\n

Throughout the video, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta repeatedly discussed the team\u2019s high grade on defensive end Zion Young.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think Young is worth taking, right?\u201d DeCosta asked as quoted by Pride of Detroit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hall of Fame executive Ozzie Newsome agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a first round grade on Young,\u201d DeCosta later added.<\/p>\n

According to the video, Baltimore viewed Young as the second best player available entering Day 2 of the draft.<\/p>\n

So when the Lions traded ahead of them, DeCosta initially believed Detroit was taking Young.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, that\u2019s gonna be for Zion Young\u2026 GOD!\u201d DeCosta said in frustration after the trade was announced.<\/p>\n

Moments later, the Lions selected Moore instead.<\/p>\n

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Lions and Ravens nearly completed same trade<\/p>\n

Another fascinating detail revealed in the footage was that Detroit actually had a potential trade framework in place with Baltimore.<\/p>\n

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According to the video, the Lions could have moved from Pick No. 50 to Pick No. 45 by sending:<\/p>\n

Lions Receive<\/p>\n

Ravens Receive<\/p>\n

Pick No. 45<\/p>\n

Pick No. 50<\/p>\n

Pick No. 128<\/p>\n

Instead, Detroit pivoted and completed essentially the same deal one spot earlier, jumping Baltimore entirely to secure Moore.<\/p>\n

The Ravens eventually selected Young at No. 45 overall.<\/p>\n

Brad Holmes once again showed aggressive approach<\/p>\n

The sequence was another example of Brad Holmes trusting his instincts and aggressively targeting players the Lions valued highly.<\/p>\n

Detroit clearly viewed Moore as worth the move.<\/p>\n

And if Moore develops into the disruptive pass rusher the Lions believe he can become, nobody in Detroit will care about surrendering the No. 128 pick to get him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions made one of the more aggressive moves of the 2026 NFL Draft when they traded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[117,3337,38604,113,168,7,6,15,49756,2850,77413],"class_list":["post-895554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-brad-holmes","tag-derrick-moore","tag-detroit-lions","tag-eric-decosta","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-pride-of-detroit","tag-the-ravens","tag-zion-young"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116601772366416116","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895554","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=895554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}