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Welcome to the final instalment of my favourite day three players and we’re finishing with safety. I love this safety class; it has some serious depth, not just role players but guys who I believe can become solid NFL starters. I will also include players I have listed as slot defenders. As always, a player needs an average consensus rank of 110+ to be considered a day three guy.   My Top 10: 1. Caleb Downs - Ohio State 2. Dillon Thieneman – Oregon 3. AJ Haulcy – LSU 4. Emman

The interior defensive line class looked so promising before the college season and although most of the top guys had subpar seasons for various reasons, I think there is some real depth and especially if you’re looking to fill a specific role. DT is definitely a need for the Lions, who currently have very little depth at the position. As always in this series, a player must have an average consensus rank of 110 or over.   My Top 10: 1. Kayden McDonald – Ohio State 2. Peter W

This tight end class is polarising, some love it, some hate it. I am in the ‘love it’ group. Now, I will happily admit it is very bottom-heavy; the vast majority of the draftable talents are day-three players. In fact, half of my top 10 will be selected in rounds four and beyond. Because of that, I will do things slightly differently with this group, I will give you my top ten, then give you ten other day three prospects to know before the draft later this month. If you are n

Welcome to the third instalment of my favourite day three players, today we are looking at my favourite and, in my opinion, the deepest position in this draft class. As before, I will give you my top 10, followed by a deeper dive into my favourite day three prospects. I have been looking forward to doing this one since I started this series, it’s going to be a fun one. If you’re new here, please go back and read my offensive tackle and edge editions. I get the average consens

Welcome back to my series of favourite day 3 players. Today, we are talking edges. Very much a position of need for the Lions, I can definitely see GM Brad Holmes double-dipping in this deep edge class. As this class is so deep, I will list my top 15 this time before going into depth on 10 day-3 prospects. I will take their average position from two consensus boards, Mock Draft Database and Detroit Lions Podcast, if this average ranking is 110+ then I will consider them a day

At this point in the process, the internet is saturated with the top 10s at each position, and as a result, you have heard their strengths, weaknesses, and have probably formed your own opinions. So, in this series, I will give you my top 10 at a position in a standard list, then go into depth on my favourite day 3 prospects at that position. The idea for this series came from Grandizer from the YouTube chat during the combine live stream, so shout out to you, my guy!  To ens

The 2026 NFL Scouting Combine is in the books, and it was a record-setting one, with all positions but the QBs recording their quickest average times in the 40. Now, there are a few different nuanced reasons for this, but today we’re just going to revel in the pure athleticism of these future NFL stars. I probably don’t need to tell you that Mr & Mrs Styles have two very athletic sons, or that both Kenyon Sadiq and Eli Stowers had an athleticism showdown at the TE position. T

Got the 32 NFL teams, and draft-obsessed sickos like me, the draft is a year-round process. For the more casual follower and the majority of NFL media, the All-Star Bowl Games mark the beginning of the path to the draft. So now these games have been played, it seems the perfect time for a mock! The way I do mocks is a mixture of what I’d do and what I think the team would do. I’ll do my best to point out which picks are which as I go. In this mock I haven’t made any trades so

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