Baltimore Ravens<\/a> GM Eric Decosta talked about how the Ravens had a done deal with an NFC team to trade down from 14. He never named that team, but now a video has come out from the Ravens war room that shows it was indeed the Lions.<\/p>\nThe Lions backed out of a trade with the Ravens that would have netted them the 14th pick<\/p>\n
So, the Lions would have sent the 17th pick, 118th pick, and a 2027 third-round pick for the 14th pick. Both teams had agreed to the trade, but then the Lions backed out. They actually backed out right after the Rams made their pick. Why? because they knew their man, Blake Miller, would make it to them at 17.<\/p>\n
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That comes right from Holmes\u2019 mouth. After the first round, Holmes talked about how the Lions thought about trading up for Miller, but that they felt comfortable they\u2019d be able to get him after the Rams took Simpson.<\/p>\n
“We talked to teams up-way up-and we just talked about (it) and tried to see if we can be at peace with what the capital is that you’d have to expend. But we definitely explored strongly about trading up.” Holmes said. “Right after LA took the quarterback, I felt pretty good that we might be able to just get Blake.”<\/p>\n
If this doesn\u2019t show you that the Lions were all in on Miller, then I don\u2019t know what does. There was some talk about the Lions wanting to trade up for Miami edge rusher Reuben Bain, and that was the guy they wanted. Well, they wanted him; they had the chance. They got right in front of the team that picked him, and they chose to opt out of that spot.<\/p>\n
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Miller was likely always the Lions\u2019 number one guy on their board, and this shows that they tried to trade up to get him not once, but twice. That\u2019s just the two times that we know of. If I were a Lions fan, I\u2019d feel good knowing that my team went out and got the guy at the top of their board.<\/p>\n
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