Just yesterday, Mel Kiper updated his mock draft projection over at the Worldwide Leader, assigning an athletic linebacker to the Detroit Lions at the twelfth overall pick after trading down with the San Francisco 49ers. The hypothetical move passes on taking Ohio State’s Justin Fields (the Niners’ selection), but do the rest of the experts agree the Lions would skip taking a future franchise quarterback? Let’s get caught up on what the mock drafts around the Internet are saying.
CBS Sports puts all of their experts’ mock drafts in one place, and all four of them have the Lions staying at seventh overall but selecting something other than a quarterback in mocks updated today.