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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Brandon Dorlus Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Brandon Dorlus
DE-EDGE Oregon
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (DET)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (DET)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BAL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (BAL)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (BAL)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (BAL)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (BAL)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Players Gained
Head Shot
John Simpson
OG
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
Nobody dealt better than the Lions this weekend: B+.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Lions would have aced it. Tommy Eichenberg at pick 93 is 34 spots clear of where he belonged. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Hardy. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In pick No. 30 they get a ballhawk on the outside, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick61 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat in the 61st overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick73 Rnd3 Brandon Dorlus
No edge and no loss on Brandon Dorlus in Round 3, Pick 9; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick92 Rnd3 Tykee Smith
Tykee Smith at the 92nd pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick93 Rnd3 Tommy Eichenberg
They left a pile of value on the table to take Tommy Eichenberg this early at the Round 3 slot. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick166 Rnd5 McCallan Castles
Nice patience on McCallan Castles, who had no business lasting to slot 166. The roster fit checks out.
Pick207 Rnd6 Tanor Bortolini
Tanor Bortolini in slot 207 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick250 Rnd7 Daequan Hardy
They barely believed it either: Daequan Hardy still on the board at pick No. 250. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick251 Rnd7 Eric Gentry
They took Eric Gentry at par in Round 7, Pick 31, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.