Pro Football Network

● By Ian Cummings
Fresh off an NFC Championship appearance, the Detroit Lions are flying high — but Dan Campbell wants to go even higher. There’s early optimism for the 2024 NFL season. Campbell is back, along with his two coordinators Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn. Veteran quarterback Jared Goff is playing his best football, and young stars Amon-Ra St. Brown, Sam LaPorta, and Jahmyr Gibbs are ascending. Everything on paper says that hope has been renewed for the Lions, whose win count of 12 in 2023 was their highest since 1991. But Detroit needs to deliver on its newfound hope. That means converting on the opportunities in the 2024 and 2025 NFL Draft. In the latest 7-Round Mock Draft at PFN, the Lions shore up potential needs in the trenches on both sides of the ball and add to their weapons core. But will it be enough to send Campbell to the promised land?