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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 28: Aidan Hutchinson poses onstage after being selected second by the Detroit Lions during round one of the 2022 NFL Draft on April 28, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by David Becker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

The 2022 NFL Draft is over, but before it started, a bettor in Iowa took a flier on the Detroit Lions to win the NFC.

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First, the bettor might have been banking on the Lions having a good draft to jump on the 75-1 odds so early. Despite many in industry believing they did just that, the Lions odds actually moved to 80-1 at Caesars following the draft.

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2022 Lions Draft Picks:

Round 1 / 2nd Overall - EDGE Aidan Hutchinson (Michigan)Round 1 / 12th Overall - WR Jameson Williams (Alabama)Round 2 / 46th Overall - EDGE Josh Paschal (Kentucky)Round 3 / 97th Overall - S Kerby Joseph (Illinois)Round 5 / 177th Overall - TE James Mitchell (Virginia Tech)Round 6 / 188th Overall - LB Malcolm Rodriguez (Oklahoma State)Round 6 - 217th Overall - EDGE James Houston (Jackson State)Round 7 / 237th Overall - CB Chase Lucas (Arizona State)Current Odds to win NFC via CaesarsDraftKings and FanDuel.

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Last season, the Lions went 3-13-1.

The last time they won the NFC Conference was back in 1957.

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