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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (DET)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (DET)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (DET)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Ro Torrence Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Ro Torrence
CB Arizona State
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (DET)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Draft Picks Received
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (WSH)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DEN)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (WSH)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (WSH)
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Draft Picks Traded
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (MIA)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Brandon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DEN)
Brandon Coleman
OL TCU
Miyan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (LAC)
Miyan Williams
RB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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Players Gained
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Dorance Armstrong
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Devon Key
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Easton Stick
QB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureC-
Grand theft in slot 205: the Lions steal Torrence and grade out a B.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Lions came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Torrence. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Murphy has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

They went 6 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick No. 29 they get a sticky cover corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick36 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Brian Thomas Jr. in Round 2, Pick 4. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick61 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at pick 61 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick78 Rnd3 Gabriel Murphy
Gabriel Murphy at the 78th pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick100 Rnd3 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson is a better player than the Round 3 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick201 Rnd6 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper at the 201st overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Pick205 Rnd6 Ro Torrence
Taking Ro Torrence in the 205th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick207 Rnd6 Drake Nugent
They paid sticker price for Drake Nugent in slot 207, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick253 Rnd7 Bub Means
Bub Means at the 253rd pick is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.