Detroit Lions' 2026 NFL draft approach: Answering the mailbag

We're one week away from the 2026 NFL draft! The process of the draft is something that blows my mind year over year. Finding ways to evaluate more players, becoming more efficient or accurate as an evaluator or falling in love with just watching the tape, it's a process that I absolutely love.

In terms of what the Detroit Lions are going to do next week for the 2026 NFL draft, it's a tough one to figure out. Much of that is due to how the Lions keep things close to the vest, but it's also the fact that this regime is always going to do things their own way. Brad Holmes has done a great job earning our trust with player evaluation through the NFL draft.

Whether you love or hate how he operates, you cannot deny the way Holmes has been able to get players that fit the Lions. Through the 2026 NFL draft, I'd expect much of that to stay the same for Brad Holmes, Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions. To help me navigate through my thoughts on the draft, the Lions roster and more, I turned to the fan base.

Let's dive into my first Lions Mailbag! Detroit Lions 2026 NFL draft mailbag @HenryMorgan73 Do the Lions have enough draft capital to add enough impact players to make them SB contenders? Edge, DT, LB, OT, CB?