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Detroit Lions 2020 mock draft: Figuring out a playoff formula

By Sayre Bedinger

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 03: Matthew Stafford #9 of the Detroit Lions drops back to pass against the Oakland Raiders during the second quarter of an NFL football game at RingCentral Coliseum on November 03, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 03: Matthew Stafford #9 of the Detroit Lions drops back to pass against the Oakland Raiders during the second quarter of an NFL football game at RingCentral Coliseum on November 03, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /
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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA – OCTOBER 12: Jacob Copeland #15 of the Florida Gators is tackled by Kristian Fulton #1 of the LSU Tigers during the fourth quarter at Tiger Stadium on October 12, 2019 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Marianna Massey/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA – OCTOBER 12: Jacob Copeland #15 of the Florida Gators is tackled by Kristian Fulton #1 of the LSU Tigers during the fourth quarter at Tiger Stadium on October 12, 2019 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Marianna Massey/Getty Images) /

Draft recap // Day 3 options

This kind of a draft class — without even getting into what the Lions could do in free agency — would be a nice haul and if you could add these three guys to the Lions right now, they’d probably be a lot better off as a team.

Detroit’s top needs could drastically change between now and April but if Detroit could hit on these three spots in the first three days, they could be flexible on day three.

If these were the picks on the first two days, I could see Detroit going after some interior offensive line depth on day three, some more depth in the middle of their defensive line, and possibly another running back to take pressure off of (or relieve) Kerryon Johnson.

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The Lions aren’t very far off from competing in the NFC, and these pieces could help push them over the top.

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