An anonymous NFC scout, through Bleacher Report’s Mike Freeman, on Wednesday shared what he’s hearing about each team’s draft plans.

Freeman says he got out of the way and delivered this scout’s thoughts directly, with only parenthetical asides, and when it came to the Detroit Lions the scout was crystal clear: they want T.J. Watt:

They want (Wisconsin LB) T.J. Watt. This is too high a spot to take him. He should be late second or early third round, but that Watt name is so powerful there’s a rush for T.J., and I have to say he’s very good. Just to me not first-round good.

This is an odd fit because Watt’s a 6-foot-4, 252-pound pass rusher built more like a 3-4 outside linebacker than a rush end in the Lions’ 4-3. Yet that’s the position Watt would play in Detroit’s system, begging the question of what happens when you blow a first-round pick on a guy who plays Ziggy Ansah’s position.

I should also mention that T.J. Watt has a higher #RAS at DE than Ziggy Ansah does. https://t.co/YRdeOMcU6x — Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) April 12, 2017

Yet that’s exactly what CBS Sports’ Dane Brugler mocked on Tuesday, making two major national articles in two days suggesting the Lions are thinking about this pick.

“While an extension sounds likely for Ziggy Ansah,” Brugler wrote, “another pass rush weapon opposite him should be high on the wish list. Watt can put his hand on the ground and create pressure from the edge in Detroit’s scheme.”

But again, Watt’s on the small side for a rush end. He really doesn’t make sense as a Devin Taylor replacement. If he’s playing across from Ansah it probably means flipping Ansah to the closed end position — and why blunt the edge of one of your best weapons?

Watt’s happening here?

The anonymous scout probably said it themselves: Watt “should be late second or early third,” and Detroit might be looking at taking Watt at No. 53 — or moving up from there, or down from No. 21. As a great athlete who’s still developing his body and tools, Watt makes much more sense as a second-day pick who can rotate in at various spots.

Even if the Lions love Watt’s potential, picking him at No. 21 overall because his brother is a beast just doesn’t make any sense.