The Detroit Lions made two of the most curious selections in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft.
After Detroit traded back from No. 6 to No. 12, the Lions drafted Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs and then look Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell with the No. 18 pick. Not only were neither considered first-round prospects onwhen the pick for Gibbs dropped and doubled down on his excitement hours later, even despite the trepidation by media pundits on the position value of drafting a running back and off-ball linebacker in the top-18..
. As for Campbell, the last off-ball linebacker to go in the top-18 was Devin White, who went No. 5 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2019."It's not about just 'don't pick a running back' because it's not how we really view [Gibbs],"Holmes said."And it's the same thing about 'don't pick an off-ball linebacker.' That's not really how we view Jack.
That didn't matter for Holmes, who called the decision to stay at No. 18 and take Campbell a"no-brainer" despite most mock drafts positioning Campbell as a second- or third-round prospect. Holmes pointed to the work he and the team did on both players and noted that while he respects, looks at and understands mock drafts, he doesn't believe they tell the whole story of a player.
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