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Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (DET)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (DET)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Jalyx Hunt
DE-EDGE Houston Christian
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (DET)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Isaiah Williams Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois
Julian Pearl Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Julian Pearl
OT Illinois
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NYG)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CHI)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Kayvon Thibodeaux
EDGE
Players traded away
Head Shot
Hendon Hooker
QB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureD
The Lions let Jones fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Sheridan Jones, slot 249, roughly 30 picks past where he belonged. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Every board in the league had Frazier lower, and that gap is the story.

The Kayvon Thibodeaux pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In slot 29 they get a matchup problem out wide. A real need, handled.
Pick33 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
A reach on Cooper Beebe in the 33rd pick; the board had better options right there. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick42 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Zach Frazier well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick61 Rnd2 DJ James
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and DJ James at the Round 2 slot is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick101 Rnd4 Caelen Carson
Fair-plus on Caelen Carson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick164 Rnd5 Jalyx Hunt
Jalyx Hunt slipping to pick 164 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick188 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
They will replay Dwight McGlothern at the 188th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick201 Rnd6 Isaiah Williams
Isaiah Williams in No. 201 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick205 Rnd6 Julian Pearl
They took Julian Pearl at par in the 205th pick, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick249 Rnd7 Sheridan Jones
Sheridan Jones in pick No. 249 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.