Detroit Lions 2024 Draft Grade | PFF 

I love that Terrion Arnold even admitted that the Lions sacrificed to move up to get him and he wont forget it and wants to reward it. Hes got a good head on his shoulders, I could see him being a leader for years to come.

Just remember last year you guys said the Lions overdrafted jameer Gibbs and Sam LaPorta look what they turned out to be. So it's hard to judge people right off the bat cuz he knows what these players are going to turn out to be

The Detroit Lions were 30 minutes away from the superbowl last season. Their biggest weakness was cb. They have now adressed (fixed) that issue. All I can say is the rest of the NFL better look out.

Manu reporting eligible

Bald guy is the king of yapping

Picking Rakestraw was not insurance in case Arnold is bad. Rakestraw was simply BPA on Holmes board. He’s told us again and again that he is just going to take the best player.

Detroit doesn’t need to add nor have the cap space to pick 8-10 players this year. Giving up a couple rounds of a draft isn’t that bad. We need quality now not quantity. 3 years ago it wouldn’t have been smart. This year though. We aren’t so desperate that we need 8-10 draft picks…

Colby sorsdal was drafted in the 5th lmfao not the 3rd round. Y’all be reaching for ways to bash a GM who’s made the LIONS GOOD 😂

The Lions are a team that does not have many open spots. Even backups are even hard to find room for. Arnold and Rakestraw are not needed to start week one 2024. They are needed to start week one 2025. Not a single player in this draft is needed to start. The Lions are investing in the team depth and future starters.

If we didn’t trade up for Terrion the he would be a Packer

13 teams showed up to Manu's pro day. I don't think that happens for a late round guy.

Giovanni has the physical gifts to be a beast, and if you haven't noticed the lions have one of the best O lines in the game and arguably the best tackle in Sewell. Gio doesn't have the need to be a day one starter, so given the right coaching and tutelage, who knows? Just because PFF doesn't look at other programs outside the US doesn't mean all those programs are trash

You have to remember. Next year is when the Lions are going to start running up against the cap. Carlton Davis is a nice player. But its unlikely they can afford to keep him next year. As Decker, Goff and Alim Mcneil are all free agents. So taking both CB's along with Branch last year. Means they have the DB 's cost controlled for several years. And not forcing them to pick up players off the street (Vildor) just to field a team in the playoffs

Here we go again PFF once again bashing Detroit. When y'all gonna learn? As far as Manu Giovanni goes Detroit had him in (for I'm assuming workouts) 9 times. What exactly did PFF do to come up with their grade on Manu? Interviews? Anything? No.... which is why a player like that you guys have no business having a grade on.

Here we go. The annual PFF is wrong about the Detroit Lions draft grade.

You guys seem more wrong that right

Hmmm. On the one had you say Arnold was #8 on the Big Board, on the other hand you say, they gave up too much??? For #8 talent and player, #29+#73 would be considered a major steal!!

Lions balled out in the draft. I do think they should’ve gotten Darius Robinson. Canton, MI guy to match the other edge of Hutchinson but I see what Holmes was thinking with Terrion Arnold. Overall Brad Holmes did his thing. EAGLES fan and I love the way the Lions are moving

Oh, no! The Lions DID NOT think they might have goofed in getting Terrion Arnold. Far from it. They have acknowledged that he was their top defensive player on the board. The reasons for getting Rakestraw are several: 1) you can almost predict - you can almost assume - that there's going to be some injury in the defensive backfield. They suffered several key injuries last year and they were caught not having enough depth back there; 2) Rakestraw was graded as their 2nd best corner - why not double down? Holmes double downed on his first draft with DT's (Alim McNeill & Onzuriweke (sp?)); he tripled down on his 2nd draft with Hutchinson, Paschal & Houston at DE; while he didn't double down in his 3rd draft, he signed 3 DB's in free agency. Brad Holmes certainly attacks his weaknesses with a number of players; 3) the CB's they obtained during free agency are only signed for a year or two. They are looking towards the future with Rakestraw, as well as a number of their other picks.

Lions have always drafted well in the Brad Holmes era, the draft grades don’t apply to them

Important to remember that trading not only got us Arnold, but kept him off of the Packers roster.

I think these guys get lost in the sauce. They might know players but they have no clue when it comes to how a player fits a team or a particular scheme. Just look at least year, almost every pick they made was criticized. Look how it turned out.

I like how they think the "consensus board" is somehow valid/true. Year after year it's wrong. Not only because of actual draft order, but it doesn't predict starters to backups to busts with ANY consistent accuracy. Yet I'm still watching, what's wrong with me.

Ennis Rakestraw Jr ran a 4.44 at his Pro Day.

Wondering how long these guys spent scouting these players as area scouts to be able to give a grade before the test.

Brad Holmes is always right

Moving Manu to right guard next to Sewell

I wanted the team draft an interior O-line guy with one of the first two picks but truthfully, after that mini-rush on tackles and guards prior to the Lions picking in round two the value wasn't really there. And they needed a long-term answer at CB. Davis has one year left on his deal and Robinson signed a two-year deal but beyond that the cupboard is bare. Mosley is a crap-shoot and the rest of the guys are PS level players at best. We are okay at safety, provided they can re-sign Joseph and Iffy but CB was a short and long-term need, thanks in no small part to Sutton being such a train-wreck, on and off the field. I don't think Davis is coming back, not with Goff and McNeil needing to get paid. Two young guys with complimentary skills is just what the doctor ordered. I didn't like them giving up next years third on a project out of Canada but the guy is a house and I feel better about him than I do about Martin who was such a reach Brad must have pulled his shoulder clean out his socket. Vaki is the one who interests me. I like that the team pays close attention to special teams and that guy may be the next Steve Tasker kind of player. And don't sleep on Wingo. Kid has heart and he won't be asked to do too much in year one. Mahogony is the next starting guard for the team after this season, bank on that.

I haven't watched anything yet but I bet they bring up the Gibbs pick again. Let's see...

Lol lions got #1 draft ranking in terms of value for players drafted in relation to consensus mocks and big boards, according to warren sharp football. So c grade is fricken wild.

I understand analytics people look at value. But they don't take into account the roster and whether these players are upgrades from what is already there. No receiver picked later would be able to play. The Lions must really like Sorsdahl and Owosika as young backup interior lineman. I think Holmes has the right, given his record, to do what he wants.

Lets define a "reach." A reach was Bo Nix: he is incredibly unlikely to live up to a 12 pick. A bet on a physical behemoth tackle is exactly what you want in the 4th round: high risk, high reward. Manu might not work out but if he does he will stop 100% of opposing rushers on that side of the line.

i kind of feel like the way detroit is playing the draft right now is that everything in rounds 1 and 2 is high value and everything after is just a shot in the dark. thus them trading away a 3rd round pick to them may not be much different than them trading away a 6th round pick in their eyes. and when you look at who they selected in the 4th round vs who they selected in the 6th round you start seeing that they really just get their eyes set on guys that maybe most other teams simply aren't even looking at anyway.

Colby Sorsdal was a 5th round pick

I really like both the corners the Lions took in this draft!

Becoming a tradition of PFF critiquing lions draft and Holmes getting a top 3 draft

Manu is not a reach by no means he’s 6’8” 360 pounds I think. He will be developed into a great O Line man

I think you can have steals in the 1st round although i understand what you're saying. You can even call Hutch at 2nd and Sewell 7th. It just so happened teams valued different things and had different needs. But even a team with your same needs like the Bengals needing to protect burrows, might go in a different direction. So getting a true steal relies on a lot of luck where half a dozen things align

Huh...seem to remember this conversation last year and look what happened.

Per Manu's agent, multiple teams were interested in taking him on 4th!! Just read it! This guy is gonna rule NFL for 10 yrs with his superb athletic ability for the size as aright guard and left tackle!!

Manus potential is good enough for that trade up he could be crazy good and the lions have amazing oline coaches and develoupment

Soirsdal was round 6 or 7

Geez McVay built the lions foundation by giving up all those high draft picks for Stafford and then throwing in Goff. Goff would of won that LA superbowl with that Rams bought team of Von Miller, Jalen Ramsey etc.. just crazy.

The lions did so well last year offensively nobody cares about 3rd round wr

I grade the Lions a B or B+ on the strength of the players they picked. The plus is for getting lucky and drafting players that are falling below their consensus grade deep in a round. I think a C grade a bit too low. I’m a Lions fan so if the grade had been A++ because you get what they are doing I would smile and be ok with that too!

Ive heard that Arnold was their top defensive player on their draft board and ot was a position of need kind of, not withstanding what they did in FA. I also heard that both GB wantsd Arnold along with Tampa so jumping in front of those 2 teams and getting the best defensive player on your draft board and preventing your biggest rival from getting him was well worth giving up a 3rd round pick and i it strenthens the biggest weakness they had last year. Ig we had this secondary last year we would have beeen in and maybe even won the SB. In fact lions have strengthened all their weaknesses from last year. Definitely an A draft

Does Gio Manu even count against the 53?

He meant Broderick Martin.

I’m actually looking forward to preseason fights

I think Brad Holmes is better at picking players than all the talking heads that aren’t actual NFL GMs combined.

Last year Broderick Martin was the surprise

Lions are investing in the playoffs they know they will be back. They just need dependable corners/safety’s

It’s not that the potential we goofed with Arnold it’s the fact our secondary was Swiss cheese that we drafted Rakestraw

Saying “Off the reservation”, when referring to someone going crazy, can definitely get you in trouble these days

I think the Lions traded those 3rds because they believe Aaron Glenn will get a HC job within the next 2 seasons and will be owed two third-round compensatory picks

The second pick was not insurance. Even after the draft, the Lions are STILL short in the secondary. Arnold will start because they don’t have enough resources in that area.

Last year it was Brodric Martin in the 3rd…

I honestly don't know how i almost just watched this entire thing. Whole lotta nuthin being talked about here...

Rake is a DAWG!

Compared to the Eagle's draft Imma say we ran a solid B

Our practice squad is going to be awesome. That’s what it’s about now. We just paid an undrafted receiver, we good.

In Holmes we trust

Still was hoping for another DE opposite of Hutchinson

Vaki is a 2 in 1, so thats really 7 picks.

Impossible for PFF to do a Lions segment where they don't meander to the Cowboys or some other franchise. Sad.

Lions fan chill these guys last year liked lions draft just fumbled there take because a made concept called positional value and this year overall they like there draft

They are hoping fellow Polynesian Sewell will be able to mentor Manu into a legitimate NFL offensive linemen.

These guys are clueless to Holmes draft strategy which places BPA above everything regardless of need and ironically one of the host indicated that is a great strategy. Rakestraw was picked bc he was the highest player on the board

NO 1 Import but 🦁⚒️💙

Yall called Jahmyr Gibbs a reach I don’t want to hear that word again from yall.

These guys last year were on cusp of talking themselves into liking the lions 2023 draft but let positional value talk themselves out of it! Hopefully they no longer believe ih positional value

Am I the only one that smells BUST on Terrion? I hope I'm wrong bc I'm a lions fan but I don't see what everyone else does

T.A runs a little faster top DB taken. RAKE tested poorly but he was a lockdown db. Watch LSU game. Once they threw at Rake, that was enuff. Poor take.

Turned it off when you said C wtf lol

Guys pff always gonna find a way to bash us. We give them viewers because we come to hate on it 🤣🤣

Relative to the consensus board. I get that's the best info non-nfl teams have. But the argument here is flawed about a steal and a reach. First off, when a team "reaches" the public had no idea if teams behind them in the draft order would have selected them or not. You're dealing with incomplete data. Second, there obviously are steals. There may be injury concerns with a player and that's why the player falls but you're telling me Puka Nacua, Amon Ra St. Brown, Brock Purdy aren't steals? Again I get what you're trying to say but with the incomplete data as NFL teams don't publish their rankings, and how there are reasons why a player falls separate from ability, I just don't agree.

Has anyone seen MANU??????

They doubled down at corner because everyone else on the roster is on a 1 year deal.

Holmes will make these analysts look ignorant.... again.

I regret clicking on this video. Also have the worst takes and dont address how horrid their takes were the year prior

Lol so the media knows better then the leauge got it

No such thing as a steal huh? So what about Puka Nacua going in the 5th round and making 2nd team All-Pro as a rookie, smh.

Idk why you guys are acting like they shit all over our draft lol seemed like a fair analysis

What is this guy talking insurance policy? Drafting 2 guys at the same position doesn't mean you don't believe in the other. They draft best player available on their board. Just an absolute idiotic take.

All this numbers talk is taking the fun out of football. Sometimes the eyes tell all. Getting a little too analytical for me.

When amateur statisticians talk about data 😂 Bro in the short sleeve is speaking so many contradictions. Bring us real content?

When will you guys get what the Lions are doing? You always call it a reach. If you want a certain player it isn't a reach. Get with the program.

C?…….😂😂😂😂😂😂

These dudes 🙄

Lol nerds.

Wanna hear football talk. Minutes in and it’s all nerd talk. Insufferable

postion of low value based on this Clowns. RB they picked Gibbs one of the most electric young players that make a difference in games. MLB they picked Jack Campbell 95 combined tackles. SS they picked Brian Branch, ball hawk that plays with a motor. Jesus Christ this nerds think by watching the game 24/7 they will be better at the draft than the guys that played the game.

Biased opinion. Bald dude is just s packers fan.

Colts had by far the best draft

People actually like these bums?

Blah blah blah blah blah

I'm not in the Brad Holmes cult so I'll be honest and say for the most part I like the pics as far as player talent but I give him a very low grade for not drafting what we needed, AN EDGE!

Last year it was the big DT from William and Mary...Broderic Martin...Sorsdal was not a surprise pick

What do you clowns have to say about Gibbs and Laporta now? Gibbs is the most electric non qb in football.

Read the 1st couple of comments before watching the vid. Im not watching these microwave cheese and bean burrito binging bums bash my Lions 🫡💯 DVE