Lions latest team reportedly shopping first rounder

I highly doubt it will happen though
I wouldn’t be shocked on draft day if the Lions trade some 2011 picks to acquire more 2010 picks

There is no doubt that the Rams, Lions, and Bucs would all like to trade down. They would get more picks for a lot less money. While they would like a Suh or McCoy or Berry or whoever, that player will be expensive to sign in this last year of the existing rookie wage scale.

The question is who will trade up? The franchises that can most easily absorb the expense of a top-three pick would include the Patriots, Cowboys, Giants, Jets, Texans, and Redskins. Of course, the Skins already have the #4 pick, and they are pretty much set at defensive tackle and safety (the likely first three picks). That leaves the rest as possible trading partners.

Maybe they’re trying to get Russel Okung?

For the Panthers if we got Gerald Mccoy or Ndamokong Suh then we’d be dominant.

We [I mean the Lions Brain Trust of course, not the fan base] have already committed [secretly] to trade Calvin Johnson to the New England Patriots. Our #2 pick and Ernie Sims are also included in the deal.

LINK:http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2009/12/17/1205912/mega-trade-for-megatron

I am following up on some talk that Kevin Smith will also be shipped off to them for players to be named later.

Sahawks: To grab the last QB in front of Washington
Buffalo: Okung, QB in front of Washington and Seattle
Browns: QB or to get Berry
Oakland: QB,Berry, McCoy

Detroit can move back a few places and still get a Great pick they need in the first + extra picks. With all these possibilities I believe they have to be talking with teams. That sure doesn’t mean they won’t take a sure thing like McCoy or Suh.

Every team in the top 5 wants to trade their pick every year (the salary is just too much for the value), but it happens very rarely. It makes sense that the Lions would want to trade out of the 2nd overall (they’ve already got their franchise QB and aren’t selling out the stadium), but the costs of trading up are just way too much. The fact that the Lions are leaking this doesn’t mean that a trade is any more likely this year (unless they make a really lopsided trade like the #2 for a pick in the 20s and a 4th-round pick).

Adam Schefter is reporting that each of the top four teams has shopped their top four picks. Believe what you want.