Who the Detroit Lions will draft with the fifth pick of the 2013 NFL draft has been hotly debated between analysts, with opinions largely split between Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner, BYU defensive end Ziggy Ansah or one of the top offensive tackles, Eric Fisher, Luke Joeckel or Lane Johnson.

Playing the role of the league's 32 general managers, ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. thinks Milliner is the player the Lions need most. With other teams at the top of the draft showing interest, Kiper believes Detroit should make a dramatic move up, swinging a deal with Kansas City for the No. 1 overall selection, to secure the cornerback's services.

While each situation is unique, the Washington Redskins had to give up three first-round picks and a second-rounder to make a similar move up the board last season, swapping the sixth pick for the St. Louis Rams' No. 2 choice.

What exactly would the Lions have to give to change spots with the Chiefs and draft Milliner? The talks would begin with Detroit's second-round selection, No. 36 overall, and some additional compensation in 2014, at least another second-rounder and probably more.

The move makes little sense because, one, Milliner isn't considered an elite defensive prospect compared to players drafted in recent years. Where have we heard that before? Oh wait.

"Can Dee Milliner be a heck of a player? Yeah," Kiper said during a February conference call. "Does he have elite skill set? No. He wasn't a starter until this year in Alabama. You think about where Dee Milliner is right now as the fourth pick overall where I'm projecting him to Philadelphia, fifth pick to Detroit, sixth to Cleveland. That's where he's going to go, somewhere in that range. Some people think he can go a little higher than that. He doesn't have Patrick Peterson skill set or Morris Claiborne or Deion Sanders. We know that. He doesn't have necessarily the overall talent physically and athletically as Dre Kirkpatrick, his former teammate, but he is more fundamentally sound. "

Second, Kiper has the Chiefs selecting Fisher at No. 5, a welcome consolation prize if the Lions were to stay put, considering the cost.

Given the amount of needs the Lions have, as well as the likely hot-seat status of general manager Martin Mayhew, a move this bold, simply doesn't make much sense.