Sidelion Report

● By Robert Jones
The Detroit Lions are mere days from being on the clock with the second pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. The time is almost here to see what general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell have put their heads together to come up with for the second group of young talent they’ll add to the roster. The draft is an inexact science, and months of preparation is the only way to approach it. After all, each team has only one opportunity to get it right each year. There are no “do overs”. It is with that in mind I’ll do this once this year, and probably every year. Since each NFL team only gets one crack at it, I took one crack at it myself. Using the Pro Football Network’s Mock Draft Simulator, here is my first and last Detroit Lions mock draft for 2022.