There are a lot of ways to examine the value of a draft pick and the charts used to determine that value has changed since the days of Jimmy Johnson.
ESPN’s Field Yates used a recently popular trade value chart developed by Rich Hill of Pats Pulpit, applied it to every NFL team’s draft picks, and totaled the amounts to determine a team’s total “draft capital” in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Take note that the Detroit Lions are near the top of this list hold the fourth most draft capital with 865 points.
Having the No. 3 pick in each of the first six rounds certainly helps the Lions cause, but adding additional picks in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th rounds also aided in driving that number up.
When looking around the NFC North, the Minnesota Vikings two first-round picks help them also land near the top, checking in at 10th, while the Green Bay Packers are 24th, and the Chicago Bears, who aren’t on the clock until seven selections after the Lions second pick, finish at 29th in the league.
