B+
Detroit Lions
The Lions won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.
by Brummell210 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 0 steals
· 3 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Taulia Tagovailoa at pick No. 248 will need to, sitting 137 spots clear of his grade.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 32nd pick they get an island corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Cooper Beebe in the Round 2 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A clean, defensible pick in pick 84 with a little surplus value in Ruke Orhorhoro. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Adisa Isaac. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Brenden Rice. The roster fit checks out.
No drama and no debate, James Williams went about where he belonged in pick No. 127. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They paid sticker price for Jaylan Ford in pick No. 164, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A wild overpay on Bryce Foster in the 205th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Taulia Tagovailoa this early at slot 248. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.