Penei Sewell and Jack Campbell got 1st team all-pro
St Brown and Aidan Hutchinson got 2nd team all-pro
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Sounds about right. Did they always have an All Purpose position? I don’t recall seeing that before…
And therefore Bijan is on both teams.
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Yeah I noticed and I don’t like it. Once is enough.
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Hall of Fame will be weird with 8 year vet and 12 time All Pros.
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I mean I might be okay with it if it was a kicker who could punt…or a WR who could play CB.
When i see this my first thought is damn why couldn’t we move a couple more spots up the draft to get Quinyon or somehow get Dejean in the 2nd? Hell we could’ve given up the 2nd to move up a couple more spots since we wasted it on a ghost. 
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sus af
Or stayed put, drafted deJean, and drafted Beebe. While i like Terrion, I’d take deJean and Beebe. Whatever happenned to NOT drafting for need.
Congrats to Jack Campbell who is probably my favorite player on the team right now. MLB is one of my favorite positions that I still think highly of. Its still the heart and soul of any defense to me. We all saw that potential so it’s really cool to see him reach that elite level. The day he signs his long term extension here is the day I buy his jersey.
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Congrats to Jack Campbell!!!
Everything I had hoped for. Said he needed to take a step up this year —– did he ever!
Alot of former draft crushes on that team–
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@Thats2 I remember our discussion about JSN alot when we were discussing the 2023 draft at the time
I dont think either of us thought he would have had the season he did this year ever.
Stafford first team all-pro. Bro. It hurts ngl. Now I gotta hear about how incompetent the Lions are. At least some of our guys made it. Sewell and St. Brown are inevitable. But I’m not so sure how this defense manages to be so bad with two all-pros. How much are Hutch and Campbell actually impacting the game?
That’s why I have to think scheme is playing a big role. There is zero reason we shouldn’t have been able to stop the run the last quarter of the season.
(NFL Draft grades: Detroit Lions' picks were mostly baffling - Yahoo Sports)
Least favorite pick: Jack Campbell, LB, Iowa (18th overall)
The positional value is one thing, but the bigger issue is taking Jack Campbell in the first round. He just wasn’t projected to go anywhere near this spot and likely could have been had a full round later than where he was selected. Campbell is a quality linebacker when he’s coming downhill in the box, but his ability to be an impact player in coverage and in space down the field is a major question mark moving forward. That’s not the profile of a first-round linebacker — those types of players have to be weapons in the passing game to be selected and Campbell isn’t that guy. Really odd selection at the 18th pick, even stranger than the Gibbs pick at 12th overall.
Grading Lions’ Pick of LB Jack Campbell at No. 18
Campbell received a late second-round grade from NFL Draft Bible. And, in several mock drafts leading up to Thursday, he wasn’t being mocked to the Lions any earlier than pick No. 48. So, it certainly appears that Holmes & Co. could’ve waited to select the 2022 Butkus Award winner.
Now, Campbell could very well turn into a solid pro and anchor the middle of Detroit’s defense for years to come; subsequently, making Holmes look like a genius for using the No. 18 pick on him.
However, I just don’t see Campbell turning out to be a high-impact enough defender to warrant the selection.
Don’t get me wrong: I believe he’ll be a decent linebacker at the next level. But, he won’t be good enough to have burned the 18th pick on him, especially with all the more highly-touted prospects that were still on the board when he was picked.
It’s why I can’t give this pick any higher than a “C+” grade.
Grading Detroit Lions pick: LB Jack Campbell may be reach, fills need
Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia gives an instant grade for the Detroit Lions’ second first-round draft pick at No. 18 overall:
Iowa LB Jack Campbell
Grade: B-
Gibbs is a home run waiting to happen — not only on the ground but also through the air. In three years between Georgia Tech and Alabama, Gibbs caught 103 passes for 1,215 yards and eight scores.
Campbell is as reliable as it gets at the linebacker position in this class. And at 6-foot-5 and 246 pounds with NFL-caliber range, there’s no debating whether his game will translate to the next level. Campbell finished 2022 with a 91.7 overall grade to lead all Power Five linebackers.
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I was really high on him. Like, perhaps a little uncomfortably so, I wanted to take him at six lol. Easily my favorite player for value in that draft. Did I expect best WR in the league? Maybe not, but I spent a ton of that pre-draft process arguing he could play outside just fine.
Of course I’m perfectly content with the way it played out, that was an all-time early draft for us, and I doubt he’d put up anywhere near those numbers with ARSB and Jamo on the team, so it worked out for the best. But yeah, loved him. My favorite of the Ohio State receivers over the last 6 years, if you don’t count Jamo. Though Jeremiah Smith probably changes that.
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Yeah, i remember
You and I were on the same boat with him, and I was super high on taking him at the time aswell
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I wish I had a button I could push to administer painful electric shocks to the dweebs who use this line of reasoning in draft analysis.
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We already know the Giants were about to pick Jack at 24. They got caught saying it on one of those Hard Knocks or shows like it.
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After his 15 catch 347 yards 3 TD performance against Utah in the Rose Bowl, I was as well.
He was open “all day.”