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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Brennan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Brennan Jackson
DE-EDGE Washington State
Anthony Gould Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Anthony Gould
WR Oregon State
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in pick No. 201: the Lions steal Gould and grade out a B.

You could see the war room lean forward. Anthony Gould at the 201st overall pick is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Van Pran has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In pick 29 they get a disruptive interior force at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick61 Rnd2 Sedrick Van Pran
The board had cheaper options than Sedrick Van Pran at the Round 2 slot, and it noticed. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 DJ James
Circle this one: DJ James at No. 73 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick164 Rnd5 Brennan Jackson
Nice patience on Brennan Jackson, who had no business lasting to the 164th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick201 Rnd6 Anthony Gould
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Anthony Gould in Round 6, Pick 26, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick205 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
They robbed the room for Dwight McGlothern here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick249 Rnd7 Trente Jones
Trente Jones at pick No. 249 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.