In a draft full of fantastic offensive players like Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Anthony Richardson, and Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs got the most attention of the night. Gibbs was supposed to be a running back drafted in the second or third round, but the Lions made the most surprising pick of the entire draft by picking him at 12th overall. An ongoing conversation in the NFL has been when it is appropriate to draft running backs. The position has been deemed a luxury that depends more on the scheme and blocking. Many teams have opted not to pay running backs large contracts or draft them in the first round because they believe they can find other talented backs that can give them the same product for much cheaper.
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With the Lions already having D'Andre Swift and signing free agent David Montgomery, many people were stunned that the Lions used their first selection of the night on yet another running back. A few days after the pick, the Lions shipped Swift off to Philadelphia, proving that Gibbs was his replacement. Swift was in a contract year for the Lions and never seemed to stay healthy, so a change of scenery always felt inevitable. The team certainly had other positions that were a bigger need, but the Lions' staff celebrated getting Gibbs like they just won the lottery.
