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The Lions paid pick No. 128 to move up six spots. Moore (6’4/255) profiles as a high-end disruptor after posting 16.0 havoc plays, 10.5 TFL and 10.0 sacks across 212 pass-rush reps, pairing that production with a superb 17.5 percent pressure rate. His 37 total pressures and 13 sacks created highlight a finisher’s mentality, while his 2.57 time-to-first-pressure reflects explosive get-off and early-rep wins. Moore’s 92.3 percent tackle rate and 77.1 percent run-stop share show dependable play finishing, though his 4 run stops suggest more of a penetration-based defender than a stack-and-shed anchor. He wins with burst, bend and urgency, consistently stressing tackles with speed-to-power conversion and a relentless motor that shows up in his 19.7 percent 3rd-down pressure rate. Moore flashes disruptive hand usage and closing acceleration, forcing two fumbles while regularly collapsing the pocket from wide alignments. However, his play strength can be challenged against longer tackles, and he can be displaced when forced to play through contact in the run game. Moore has eventual starting upside in an attacking front, where his explosiveness and pass-rush efficiency can be maximized.

Miller (6'7/317) enters the big leagues as a grizzled four-year starter who anchored the Tigers’ right tackle spot for the majority of his collegiate career. Somehow amassing more than 3,700 career snaps, Miller’s college days culminated with a 78.5 overall PFF grade in 2025 and an 83.5 pass-blocking mark, continuing a year-to-year climb in protection efficiency. He allowed pressure on just 1.8 percent of his 2025 pass-blocking reps while surrendering only two sacks, underscoring his consistency protecting the edge. Miller pairs production with outstanding athletic traits, posting a near-perfect 9.97 Relative Athletic Score highlighted by a 5.04s 40-yard dash, 32-inch vertical, 9’5” broad jump and 32 bench reps, placing him among the most explosive linemen in the class. His combination of length (34 ¼” arms), power and movement skills allows him to mirror speed rushers in pass protection while generating displacement in the run game with strong leg drive. With elite testing numbers, multi-year starting experience and elite athleticism, Miller projects as an immediate Lions starter. His selection would seem to mean Penei Sewell mans the blindside.

The Lions have the 17th pick. Fowler notes that the Chiefs and Browns are teams that could be interested in trading back, giving the Lions or any other squad looking to move up a way into the top-10. Kansas City has the ninth pick while the Browns sit at sixth. Fowler also noted that the Cowboys are “looking at options to move up or down, potentially.” While that doesn’t actually say anything, it does ring true that Jerry Jones simply wants to make a trade, regardless of which direction he moves.

Speaking during the Lions’ pre-draft press conference, Holmes said the Lions have not exercised the options for Gibbs or LB Jack Campbell, who also has a fifth-year option the team needs to decide on. Both Gibbs and Campbell are safe bets to have their options picked up, which would keep them under contract through 2027. While Gibbs emerged as one of the top backs in the league and totaled 1,800-plus yards from scrimmage in each of the last two seasons, Campbell earned First-team All-Pro honors in 2025, finishing the year with 175 tackles, five sacks, three forced fumbles, and nine TFLs. We would expect both players to have their options picked up in the coming weeks.

As the NFL Network ran clips of Lemon, Ohio State WR Carnell Tate and Arizona State WR Jordyn Tyson, Rapoport said he expects there to be two wide receivers drafted during the 2026 NFL Draft’s first 15 picks. He then said that the picks 16-18 range is a “good spot” for Lemon. Presumably, Rapoport believes Tate and Tyson will be drafted ahead of him. While teams can, of course, swap picks, the Jets, Lions and Vikings currently hold picks 16,17 and 18, respectively. Rapoport’s colleague Cameron Wolfe adds that Lemon has a top-30 visit with the Dolphins, who hold the 11th and 30th overall picks, next week.

Tufele, who played out a four-year rookie contract with the Bengals, has never played more than 242 defensive snaps in a season. Billed as an interior run defender, he’s simply been inconsistent to this point. Still entering just his age-27 season, Tufele would be a reasonable depth add.

Maddox spent all of last season with the Lions after spending the first seven years of his career in Philly. The veteran safety appeared in 14 games last season, totaling 32 tackles, four pass breakups, and one interception. While he’s played the majority of his career at corner, Maddox saw 248 of his 342 defensive snaps come at free safety last year.

Clark will be veteran depth as the Lions figure out where they’ll be early in the season with Kerby Joseph (knee) and Brian Branch (Achilles) being in doubt for Week 1. Clark played 437 defensive snaps for the Steelers last year and was an exceptional run defender, notching an 83.1 PFF run defense grade.

Rumors around Sewell possibly moving to left tackle kicked up after it was rumored that Taylor Decker was considering retirement. Decker has since been released, and with the team’s decision to move on from him comes the likelihood that Sewell, a three-time First-team All-Pro, will move to the left side of the line this upcoming season. Sewell played left tackle at Oregon before being drafted by the Lions, but has spent his entire career at right tackle with Decker occupying the LT slot. While the change isn’t set in stone, it sounds like Campbell expects it to come by the time camp rolls around, if not sooner.

In an article by Detroit Football Network’s Justin Rogers, Decker provided his timeline of the events that led to him requesting his release earlier this month. Most notably, Decker, who will turn 33 in August, was irked when the Lions asked him to take a pay cut after he announced on social media that he was returning for next season during the NFL combine. Decker believes it was made clear in his exit interview days after the end of the regular season that the Lions wanted him back as the starting left tackle and that he wouldn’t take a pay cut. Once the Lions asked him to take a pay cut, he considered the idea only for a few minutes before rejecting it. Decker told Rogers his interpretation of the pay cut request was that it was the Lions’ way of telling him he’s not the guy anymore after 10 years of starting at left tackle in Detroit. Still unsigned, Decker is mentally ready and physically confident he can play another season, though it’s still unclear if he will play. If he does, Decker could find a new team in the post-draft wave of free agency.