Tony4boy'S MOCK DRAFT

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Draft Selections
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Lions and McGlothern: B.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Lions were there to profit. Dwight McGlothern, the No. 175 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 201st overall pick. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Robinson has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Darius Robinson
In the 29th pick they get a problem off the edge, reach and all. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Keon Coleman in Round 2, Pick 29, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick73 Rnd3 Kris Abrams-Draine
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kris Abrams-Draine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick164 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
Mason McCormick in pick 164 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick201 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
Somehow Dwight McGlothern was still sitting there in the 201st overall pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick205 Rnd6 Johnny Dixon
You do not let a cornerback like Johnny Dixon reach the Round 6 slot and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick249 Rnd7 Sheridan Jones
They let Sheridan Jones come to them and pounced at No. 249. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.