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The Detroit Lions can take advantage of the Ramsey-Steelers trade
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7/1/2025
Mike Payton discusses how the Detroit Lions can leverage the Jalen Ramsey trade between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins by trading a late round draft pick to the Steelers in exchange for tight end Darnell Washington
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There's a big way that the Detroit Lions can take advantage of this whole Jalen Ramsey Steelers
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trade. Let's talk about it. Hi, it's Mike Paye from A2Z Sports Detroit. Today, we're going to
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talk about how the Lions can get involved and take advantage of this Jalen Ramsey trade that
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the Steelers and Dolphins just made. Obviously, the Lions are not going to get any big Pro Bowl
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corners out of this. They're not going to go get a huge edge rusher or anything like that,
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but they can get a really solid tight end too. I know that's not the thing that everybody wants to
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be the most excited about in this whole world, but the Lions actually do need one. I know they
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have Brock Wright and they have Kenny Yeboah and they have Shane Zylstra, but the Lions spent the
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summer looking for tight ends. They spent the offseason looking for tight ends. They were
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looking at the draft. They were looking at free agency. They had guys come in. They have been
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looking for someone particularly who can run block, and that is something that Darnell Washington of
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the Pittsburgh Steelers can absolutely bring to the table for the Lions. Now, Washington is a name
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you might remember for a couple reasons. His NFL combine in 2023 was huge. Everybody watched this
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guy with the giant hands making these one-handed catches, big six-foot-seven dude, huge. Not much of a
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receiving tight end, a phenomenal blocking tight end. Really good run blocker, really solid pass
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blocker, but he's kind of found himself down the depth chart in Pittsburgh now. Not only did the
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Steelers get Jalen Ramsey, they also got tight end Jonu Smith in this deal, and with Jonu Smith and Pat
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Fryer move and Cameron Hayward, the Steelers are pretty set at tight end at the moment, so they could
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spare Washington. Washington is someone the Lions really liked in that 2023 NFL draft. They
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had Sam Laporta out for a top 30 visit, but they also had Washington out for a top 30 visit, so there
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was some interest. There could have been a move that possibly could have happened. They wound up going
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with Laporta when he fell to the second round. That worked out beautifully, obviously, and now the
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Lions could use another tight end. Brock Wright, Shane Zylstra, Kenny Yeboah all serve a purpose. Good
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pass blocking tight ends, but run blocking is where they really, really struggle, and that is where
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Washington can absolutely come in and score, and this doesn't have to be a very expensive trade.
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While Washington was a third round pick for the Steelers in 2023, he's not putting up third round
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pick numbers, and the going rate for a guy who is third, maybe even fourth on the depth chart at his
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position right now in Pittsburgh, it's not going to be super high. I would say a sixth round pick would
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get this done and get Washington into Detroit where he could be the tight end too, and be a huge part
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of the Lions' run game as well as their pass game, and I would even be interested to see him as a
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fullback. It's just a giant mountain of a man carrying that ball. You'd love to see it, right?
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So that's just one idea that we have for the Lions. Let me know what you guys have in the comments,
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and we'll see you next time.
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