Heading into draft, Lions on the hunt for needed injection of youth at wide receiver
When considering how an NFL team will approach the upcoming draft, you have to look beyond the immediate roster needs. A selection should be viewed as a four-year investment. Therefore, we must consider the bigger picture with each possible choice.
Continuing our position-by-position look at Detroit’s roster heading into the 2025 draft, let’s shift our attention to the wide receivers.
Current roster: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, Tim Patrick, Kalif Raymond, Antoine Green, Tom Kennedy, Ronnie Bell
Short-term need: 2 out of 10
Long-term need: 8.5 out of 10
Top prospects: Travis Hunter, Tetairoa McMillan, Matthew Golden, Emeka Egbuka, Luther Burden III
Day 2 options: Elic Ayomanor, Jayden Higgins, Jack Bech, Jaylin Noel
Late-round considerations: Pat Bryant, Dont'e Thornton Jr., Nick Nash, Isaac TeSlaa, Tory Horton
Analysis: Returning their top-four options from a year ago, Detroit's receiver room is in good shape heading into the 2025 season. Regardless, we should recognize there's work to do to strengthen the long-term outlook of the corps.
That was driven home by coach Dan Campbell at last week's league meetings.