This week, the Detroit Lions had their local pro day. While reports on participants are not comprehensive and may include one or two players who didn’t actually show up, we currently have a reported list of about 30 players who were invited to the event. On top of that, some of the Lions’ top-30 and local visits are starting to leak to the media. While it’s important not to overreact too much to an incomplete list, Detroit has made it a habit of drafting players they meet with in the pre-draft process. Sometimes they’ve drafted a handful of players they had formal meetings with at the NFL Combine, sometimes they’ve picked players they brought into the facility on a pre-draft visit.
Lions mailbag: Does Detroit’s pre-draft visits list reveal draft plans?
