Lions have Pick # 3 in the 2020 NFL Draft

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Dolphins want to get No. 3 and No. 5 in effort to get to No. 1

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The cost of the Dolphins making the trade with the Lions without giving up pick # 5 and then making a trade with the Bengals for the # 1 pick would be enormous to the nth degree. I don't think this going to happen. But if it does, the Lions will have very likely received much more than what the typical Trade Value Chart shows as the compensation value.

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It makes plenty of sense.

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Mel Kiper sends Derrick Brown to Lions; Jeff Okudah falls in last-minute NFL mock draft

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I would be shocked if the Lions drafted two interior Defensive Lineman with the team's top 2 picks, unless the Lions get at least a 2nd Round pick from another team as a result of trading down from pick # 3. Even with the latter scenario, it's not likely. This is taking nothing away from Ross Blacklock, who I project the Lions taking with pick # 35 under the scenario of Jeff Okudah being the Lions choice with pick # 3. If the Lions draft Okudah or Isaiah Simmons, regardless of the spot of the draft, I believe Blacklock would be the selection at # 35 under the Mock Draft scenario ( or one similar ) I am projecting.

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Regarding my preference order for Round 1, with the current pick # 3 Draft Resource, I'm only going to include 4 players.

1. DE Chase Young ( likely will be pick # 2 by the Redskins. ).
2. CB Jeff Okudah
3. LB Isaiah Simmons
4. DT Derrick Brown

I'm practically, 50-50 regarding Okudah and Simmons as my preference ( excluding Young for obvious reasons. ). I can't recall a draft that my preference choice was this close. The only reason why I put Okudah over Simmons is in real life, a selection has to be made. Simmons probably has more upside potential. Yet, Okudah is an ideal system fit, at a premium position. The latter won out for me. Barely. If Simmons is the choice ( taking the trade down component out of the equation ), that would be terrific as well ( providing Young was previously taken. ).

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We looked at 50 NFL mock drafts on the Detroit Lions. Here's what we found

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If these projections are based on percentage and these media members opinions, the Lions have a 2 % chance of drafting Chase Young. I think the chances of higher than that. Probably around 15 %.

Though I'm projecting Jeff Okudah to be the Lions selection, I think the chances are around 65 %, not as high as 80 %.

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For Detroit Lions, it's Jeff Okudah or Derrick Brown in tonight's NFL draft

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Jeff Okudah seems like a better value pick than Derrick Brown. Okudah appears to have more upside potential and plays a premium position. If the Lions land Brown as a result of a trade down, with Okudah no longer available, I would be significantly more comfortable than the Lions taking Brown at # 3.

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Lions want rest of league to know the third overall pick remains available

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Pick # 9 and # 20 would be a tempting offer for pick # 3. So much from my point of view depends on how highly the Lions rate DT Javon Kinlaw and / or CB C.J. Henderson. IMHO, there's a more than a 50 % chance that Jeff Okudah, Isaiah Simmons, and DerricK Brown will all be taken before pick # 9. If Kinlaw and Henderson are close on the Lions draft board to at least one of the other 3 players, the trade is probably worth making.

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Report: Bengals told Joe Burrow he’s the pick

Report: Washington won’t trade No. 2 pick

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Assuming as expected that these are the first two picks, the Lions have to do everything sound to try to trade down from pick # 3 that would still give the Lions a path to a blue chip prospect or VERY close to that level.