Report: Detroit Lions shopping No. 2 pick

There have been reports that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and St. Louis Rams could be in talks to swap the first-overall pick and the No. 3 selection in the upcoming NFL draft. Tampa Bay highly covets Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, and the St. Louis Rams could end up with their future quarterback from the Buccaneers in a deal that would likely include the Bucs back-up QB, Josh Johnson.

With those trade talks heating up, a new team has thrown their first-rounder on the trading block. The Detroit Lions are said to be in discussions to move their pick — second overall.

Jason La Canfora of NFL.com said today that the Lions are “shopping the second-overall pick, already in contact with several other teams.”

This could be a good move for the Lions who are believed to be interested in an offensive tackle like Oklahoma State’s Russell Okung to become their franchise left tackle and protect last year’s first-overall pick Matthew Stafford for many years to com. Okung would be considered a reach at No. 2, but if they move out of that slot with a team like the Bills, Redskins or Seahawks — who could look at one of the top two QB’s — Detroit would be in better position to get value with their selection of Okung.

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