Free Press sports reporter Dave Birkett takes a position-by-position look at the top prospects and biggest Detroit Lions needs in the 2023 NFL draft. This is the fifth in an eight-part series.
The Detroit Lions spent most of their resources in free agency upgrading a defensive backfield that underwhelmed last season. They signed two new starting cornerbacks in Cam Sutton and Emmanuel Moseley, swooped in to land top safety/slot corner C.J. Gardner-Johnson when he did not get the money he was looking for on a long-term deal, and traded Jeff Okudah to the Atlanta Falcons for a fifth-round pick.