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Erasing Ebron: Let’s re-draft the Detroit Lions 2014 NFL Draft picks

By Michael Kirkland

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 08: Eric Ebron of the North Carolina Tar Heels poses with former Detroit Lion Barry Sanders (L) and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (R) after he was picked #10 overall by the Detroit Lions during the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on May 8, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 08: Eric Ebron of the North Carolina Tar Heels poses with former Detroit Lion Barry Sanders (L) and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (R) after he was picked #10 overall by the Detroit Lions during the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on May 8, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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Davante Adams , Green Bay Packers
Davante Adams , Green Bay Packers (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /

Detroit Lions’ re-draft round 2

Looking at this pick, which was originally pick 45, the Detroit Lions moved up to select Kyle Van Noy costing themselves a couple of picks, along with a fifth-round trade for wideout Mike Thomas a couple of years previously.

The number of players available that would’ve been better than Van Noy is pretty staggering. The offensive weapons available here are Davante Adams, Carlos Hyde, Allen Robinson, and Jarvis Landry.

Van Noy was a bust almost from the start in the Honolulu Blue, starting only seven games in two and a half seasons before being traded to the New England Patriots where he has been a consistent producer starting 45 of 54 games in Foxborough.

Since we’ve made it obvious that we aren’t going to select Eric Ebron in the first round, we should get the offense a weapon here. A running back would be ideal but Hyde has not been very consistent. So, we will go with Davante Adams, a name every Lions fan is familiar with as he is another Green Bay Packers player.

Adams is a very good athlete at just under 6-1, 212-pounds, a 39.5-inch vertical, and runs a 4.51-second sprint time. The Detroit Lions did have Golden Tate and Calvin Johnson at the time but Adams would’ve allowed Tate to work from the slot or move around more and would have offered the Lions a good replacement when Johnson retired in 2015. At pick 40, it may have seemed like a reach then but the Lions wouldn’t have even have had to move up to get Adams.

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