Draft Wire’s Luke Easterling released a post-Super Bowl Mock Draft with trades and the Lions were one of the teams to take advantage.

In Easterling’s mock, he has the moving back and acquiring two first-round selections from the Miami Dolphins — the end result of which is the Lions giving up pick No. 3 and getting back picks No. 5 and No. 26 in return.

The Dolphins used the Lions pick to select Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama, while the Lions used pick No. 5 to select:

Jeffrey Okudah, CB, OSU

“This is a fantastic scenario for the Lions,” Easterling said, “who trade back a couple of spots, get an extra first-round pick, and still land the player they likely would have taken at their original spot. Okudah is by far this year’s top corner prospect, and would team up with Darius Slay to give Detroit one of the league’s best tandems at a premium position. Don’t rule out Auburn defensive lineman Derrick Brown here, either.”

No surprises here as Okudah continues to be mocked to Detroit — even in trade backs — as he fills both an immediate and long-term need.

With pick No. 26 the Lions select:

Yetur Gross-Matos, EDGE, Penn State

“After moving down and getting a blue-chip corner in the top five,” Easterling said, “the Lions can now use the first-round pick they received in our projected trade to address their desperate need for front-seven help. Gross-Matos is a well-rounded prospect who may not be as flashy as some other defenders in this class, but he’s a pro-ready player who will make an immediate impact.”

I get the concept here as the Lions need pass-rushing help, but there was another EDGE rusher available in this mock draft that I believe would be higher on the Lions draft board: A.J. Epenesa, EDGE, Iowa.

This is purely just a matter of preference between analysts on which EDGE rusher they prefer, but for me, Epenesa is a bigger version of Trey Flowers and would fit the Lions scheme like a glove.

Currently, the Lions deploy a tandem of Flowers and Romeo Okwara rotating through the down defensive end role. Last year Flowers played on 62-percent of the Lions snaps and Okwara 53-percent, with the overflow of snaps coming from an interior position — often both would be on the field with one at down defensive end and the other at the 3-technique.

Epenesa would immediately challenge for the Okwara role, and because of his versatility to also play at the 3-technique would give the Lions pass-rushing upgrades on the EDGE and on the interior.

At the end of the day, the Lions walk away big winners in this mock draft.