The Detroit Lions enter the 2025 NFL Draft with only a handful of needs. Everyone around the NFL expects the Lions to draft either an edge rusher or a guard during the first round. However, if Lions GM Brad Holmes has taught us anything,

A new mock draft predicted the Detroit Lions will spend their first-round pick at a position where their depth chart is already very crowded.

We’re not a needs-based drafting team,” Holme said. “We just get the best football player for us so we don’t really get too fixated on positions.” Despite that, most of the conversation with the Lions’ first-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft has been about trench players.