The Detroit Lions lost to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 16, and by doing so, they have secured a top-five pick, and are one loss away from locking up one of the top two picks in the upcoming NFL draft.
As always, the mock draft roundup is an overview of the most popular mock drafting publications from the previous week. The focus, of course, is centered on who the analyst pairs with the Lions, and selected reasonings why.
I’ve expanded the groupings this week—after a suggestion from a reader—pulling the quarterbacks projected to the Lions out of the main sections and assigning them their own.