Thursday, March 31, 2011

Lions Get 2011 7th Round Pick Back

The National Football League has reinstated the Detroit Lions' seventh-round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, ESPN's Mike Sando reports.

Detroit had been stripped of the pick, and ordered to swap 2011 fifth-round picks with the Kansas City Chiefs, as part of a tampering ruling against the club on February 18. The Lions appealed the ruling, and while they will still swap fifth-round picks with the Chiefs, the Lions will instead lose a 2012 seventh-round draft choice.

Gregg Rosenthal of ProFootballTalk.com reports that the Lions will lose a 2012 sixth-round pick if they make the playoffs.

The Lions now have six picks in next month's draft.

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