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RUN ON MAR 15, 2026

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Draft Selections
Blake Miller Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (DET)
Blake Miller
OT Clemson
Connor Lew Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (DET)
Connor Lew
C Auburn
Tacario Davis Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DET)
Tacario Davis
CB Washington
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (DET)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Mikail Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (DET)
Mikail Kamara
DE-EDGE Indiana
Tim Keenan III Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (DET)
Tim Keenan III
DT Alabama
Marlin Klein Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 5 (DET)
Marlin Klein
TE Michigan
Seth McGowan Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (DET)
Seth McGowan
RB Kentucky
Dalton Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Dalton Johnson
S Arizona
Josh Moten Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (DET)
Josh Moten
CB Southern Miss
Jimmy Rolder Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DET)
Jimmy Rolder
LB Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Connor Lew Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BUF)
Connor Lew
C Auburn
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (BUF)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Josh Moten Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (BUF)
Josh Moten
CB Southern Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (WSH)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (BUF)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Carnell Tate Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (BUF)
Carnell Tate
WR Ohio State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureA+
The Lions robbed the room for Lew. Final grade: B-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Connor Lew slide, and the Lions were the ones holding the card at No. 91. Highway robbery. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

Every board in the league had Kamara lower, and that gap is the story.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick50 Rnd2 Blake Miller
A straight-up fair deal on Blake Miller at the 50th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick91 Rnd3 Connor Lew
Taking Connor Lew in pick 91 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick118 Rnd4 Tacario Davis
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 118, where Tacario Davis graded well above the range. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick126 Rnd4 DeMonte Capehart
No drama and no debate, DeMonte Capehart went about where he belonged in No. 126. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick128 Rnd4 Mikail Kamara
Mikail Kamara in the 128th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick157 Rnd5 Tim Keenan III
Tim Keenan III slipping to Round 5, Pick 17 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick181 Rnd5 Marlin Klein
Value with a capital V on Marlin Klein in the Round 5 slot, a genuine coup. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick188 Rnd6 Seth McGowan
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Seth McGowan in slot 188. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick205 Rnd6 Dalton Johnson
Dalton Johnson at pick No. 205 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick220 Rnd7 Josh Moten
A slide stopped in the 220th pick, with Josh Moten worth more than the price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick222 Rnd7 Jimmy Rolder
Fair-plus on Jimmy Rolder, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The roster fit checks out.