ambitious_squirrel'S MOCK DRAFT
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3/22/1

  • ambitious_squirrel DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions won the night they stopped McCaffrey from sliding. Grade: B.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Luke McCaffrey tumbling to the Lions in Round 6, Pick 26 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. No fireworks, but a solid B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Abrams-Draine has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 1 slot with a little surplus value in Troy Fautanu. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick61 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Circle this one: Xavier Legette at slot 61 is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick73 Rnd3 Kris Abrams-Draine
They went early on Kris Abrams-Draine in the 73rd pick, and the value did not follow. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick164 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
Steal is underselling it; Jaylin Simpson at pick 164 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick201 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey in the 201st overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick205 Rnd6 Dillon Johnson
The board fumbled Dillon Johnson all the way to pick No. 205, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick249 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
Garret Greenfield in No. 249 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.