It sure seemed like the goal for the Detroit Lions was to trade down in the first round but when all was said and done, that did not happen and the Lions were forced to use the No. 3 overall pick.
They used the pick to select CB Jeff Okudah, who may have been their target, but the Lions could have acquired more draft capital had they been able to pull off a trade.
Following the selection, Lions head coach Matt Patricia commented on why the Lions did not trade down.
Lions coach Matt Patricia on not trading down, via a zoom with @FOX2Sports: "We thought we did what was right in the moment and we’ll just kind of leave that be at that. Certainly we’re very excited about getting Jeff on board and really just looking forward to getting going."
— kyle meinke (@kmeinke) April 24, 2020
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