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The Lions improved upon their 9–8 record from the previous season, after a Week 15 win against the Denver Broncos gave them their first 10-win season since 2014. The Lions finished the regular season with a 12–5 record, tying a franchise record for wins and ending up in a three-way tie with the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys for ...
[14] [27] The Lions have held the first overall pick four times and selected Frank Sinkwich in 1943, Leon Hart in 1950, Billy Sims in 1980, and Matthew Stafford in 2009. [28] In the most recent draft, held in 2024, the Lions selected Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold. [29] The Lions did not draft a player in the first round on seven occasions. [28]
The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker.
The Detroit Lions were big fans of Devon Witherspoon in last year's draft and likely would have taken the now-Seattle Seahawks cornerback had he fallen to the sixth pick in the first round, but ...
Detroit Lions' 2023 season: 12-5, won NFC North, lost in NFC championship game. Overview: ... Draft picks. 1st round: No. 29 2nd round: No. 61 3rd round: No. 73 (from Vikings)
The Lions moved out of the No. 1 spot while the Rams pick acquired in a trade keeps getting better for Detroit Week 9 outcomes shake up the 2023 NFL draft order for the Lions picks Skip to main ...
The Lions took part in the first NFL draft of college football players in 1936 and have participated in every NFL draft since. [6] [7] With the eighth pick of the first round of the 1936 draft, Sid Wagner, a guard from Michigan State University, became the Lions' first draft selection. [2]
The Lions had a revolving door at left guard all season as Jonah Jackson battled injuries and Colby Sorsdal (a 2023 fifth-round pick) and Kayode Awosika (in his third season) were inconsistent in ...