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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Isaiah Williams Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Lions for Williams: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Isaiah Williams slide, and the Lions were the ones holding the card at the Round 7 slot. Highway robbery. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain. The cost of the Bertrand reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In Round 1, Pick 29 they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
A slide stopped in the 61st overall pick, with T.J. Tampa worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick73 Rnd3 Max Melton
A straight-up fair deal on Max Melton at the 73rd pick, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick164 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
They robbed the room for Mason McCormick here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick201 Rnd6 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
A reach for Zion Tupuola-Fetui in No. 201; a little patience would have been rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick205 Rnd6 JD Bertrand
The board had cheaper options than JD Bertrand at the Round 6 slot, and it noticed. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick249 Rnd7 Isaiah Williams
Taking Isaiah Williams in pick No. 249 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.