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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (DET)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (DET)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (DET)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (DET)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (DET)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (DET)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (DET)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (DET)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (GB)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (NO)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (MIA)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CHI)
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Players Gained
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Jake Browning
QB
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Quinton Jefferson
DT
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Josh Myers
C
Players traded away
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Hendon Hooker
QB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureD
The Lions won the night they stopped Hadden from sliding. Grade: D.

Somebody took the Lions to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Hadden.

The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick No. 25 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
Nothing to complain about; T.J. Tampa went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick61 Rnd2 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes in No. 61 is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick72 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
No edge and no loss on Mike Sainristil in pick 72; it is a wash and a sensible one. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick73 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
A straight-up fair deal on Ja'Lynn Polk at the 73rd overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick111 Rnd4 Maason Smith
Maason Smith at Round 4, Pick 11 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick115 Rnd4 Josh Newton
Josh Newton in No. 115 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick126 Rnd4 Beaux Limmer
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Beaux Limmer. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick135 Rnd4 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson slipping to pick No. 135 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
Pick164 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Value with a capital V on Kitan Oladapo in pick 164, a genuine coup. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick201 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
Somehow Kamal Hadden was still sitting there in the 201st overall pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick219 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson at the Round 6 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick249 Rnd7 Sheridan Jones
They robbed the room for Sheridan Jones here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.