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When it comes to the Detroit Lions’ playoff hopes, the team got some help from the Sunday games of Week 12. However, on the other end of the spectrum, things are looking pretty damn promising for their 2023 NFL Draft picks. The Lions, of course, still have rights to the Los Angeles Rams’ first-round pick after the Matthew Stafford trade last year, and the Rams are in complete freefall.  On Sunday, the Rams lost decisively to the Chiefs 26-10, dropping them to 3-8 on the season. It was also the team’s fifth loss in a row. Any long-shot odds of a playoff run are thoroughly dead, and the news keeps getting worse for them. Matthew Stafford is in concussion protocol, was dealing with numbness in his legs, and has a neck injury. Cooper Kupp could be done for the season with a high ankle sprain. Allen Robinson will miss the rest of the season with upcoming foot surgery.  Combined with other Week 12 outcomes (wins by the Raiders, Jaguars, Panthers, and Browns), the Rams have fallen all the way to third-worst in the league—or from the Lions’ point of view, the third-best pick in the next draft. It’s a miracle situation for Detroit, as no one could have predicted the returning Super Bowl champions would fall so quickly and thoroughly. 
The only team with more draft capital than the Lions in the first round is the Houston Texans, but that team looks like they’re in a horrible pit of despair right now, while the Lions have rattled off wins in three of their past four games and still have an outside chance at the playoffs.

https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2022/11/27/23481226/2023-nfl-draft-order-update-detroit-lions-top-3-los-angeles-rams-collapse

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

#1 · Dec 1, 8:32 AM
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With some smart drafting, Detroit could be on the come. 

#2 · Dec 1, 8:45 AM
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Thats a lot of 3 or 4 win teams so far.  Lions in position for one of the Top QB's.  

Looking at the list Texans, Lions, Panthers top QB candidates.  Saints as well but their top pick is owned by the Texans...sweet.  A top QB could fall into the teens....do we have the front office nads to bust a move?? 

#3 · Dec 1, 9:17 AM
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Rams also have the Lions to be thankful for, I would gladly give up a top 3 pick for a Super Bowl win, both teams won the trade.  

#4 · Dec 1, 9:25 AM
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@"JR44" said: Rams also have the Lions to be thankful for, I would gladly give up a top 3 pick for a Super Bowl win, both teams won the trade.  
For sure. I think that is the ultimate goal not a top pick :)
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@"StickyBun" said: With some smart drafting, Detroit could be on the come. 
If they had smart drafting, they would be contenders.
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Actually the team that is the big winner on that list is the Seahawks who have the 4th pick for trading away a guy who they are playing much better without.

Looking at the current list, 5 of the top 7 are teams likely drafting a QB, so the top QBs are going to go very early. 

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Bet the Vikings would in hindsight take the alternative trade package from Detroit where they got that pick moving from 12 to 32. At the time you would have safely assumed it was in the 20's at a minimum.  

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