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Draft Selections
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (DET)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Draft Picks Traded
Simeon Barrow Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (CHI)
Simeon Barrow Jr.
DL Miami
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (WSH)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CHI)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (WSH)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
Ty Hamilton Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (WSH)
Ty Hamilton
DT Ohio State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B+
ValueB NeedA- TradesA FutureB-
A masterclass at the trade table lands the Lions a B+.

The real work happened on the phones. The Lions fleeced their trade partners, turning their picks into a noticeably bigger pile than they started with.

A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. Watts falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Phillips has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Mike Green
In pick No. 28 they get a problem off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick60 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts slipping to No. 60 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick61 Rnd2 Azareye'h Thomas
No drama and no debate, Azareye'h Thomas went about where he belonged in the 61st overall pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick72 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at pick 72 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick101 Rnd3 Jordan Phillips
They jumped the gun on Jordan Phillips, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.