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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Lions: B.

The Lions bet big and early on De'Corian Clark, 49 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The DeJean pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 29 they get a lockdown presence outside, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A tidy little value on T'Vondre Sweat in the 61st pick, a step better than break-even. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick73 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cooper Beebe. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick92 Rnd3 Cedric Gray
This one needs a full-page explanation: Cedric Gray in pick 92, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
Pick163 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark at the 163rd overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick207 Rnd6 Christian Jones
A straight-up fair deal on Christian Jones at pick No. 207, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick247 Rnd7 Trey Taylor
Trey Taylor at the Round 7 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.