Detroit Lions Breakdown Podcast, episode 147: Draft Prep

Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast, episode 147: Draft Prep, is now available to download and listen.

This week on the Detroit Lions Breakdown Podcast, the guys make one final push towards the 2020 NFL Draft and field questions from the Mailbag, answering all your draft queries about the Detroit Lions.

The DLB podcast is a weekly conversation with Lions Wire’s own Erik Schlitt and his co-host Joe Kania.

This week, the guys discuss:

  • A position by position breakdown of listeners questions, beginning with how early the Lions should start looking at quarterback, and when Erik expects the team to draft a punter.
  • How Halapoulivaati Vaitai’s positional flexibility gives the Lions options in the draft
  • Listeners sent in specific names of prospects and Erik broke down each players fit with the Lions and estimated where they would be drafted next Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
  • Erik laid out his ideal four-round mock draft for the Lions
  • Erik named two high-profile players he believes the Lions won’t have rated high on their draft board
  • Why the Lions are targeting players who can contribute with minimal offseason training
  • Who is this year’s surprise pick on Day 2
  • Erik’s names some of his Day 3 sleepers that would fit with the Lions
  • How the UDFA market will be impacted by COVID-19
  • Examine a variety of trade scenarios — and why fans need to be prepared for the Lions to stay put at pick No. 3
  • Ranking the team’s needs
  • How the draft will operate virtually
  • and many more questions.

Be sure to follow the Detroit Lions Breakdown Podcast (@LionsBreakdown) and it’s hosts Schlitt (@Erikschlitt) and Kania (@JoeKania_DLB) on Twitter, with a Facebook page on the way.

The podcast is available to listen at the DetroitLionsBreakdown.com website and is also available to download and subscribe to on multiple podcast platforms, including Itunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, among others.