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  • rnunley441 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (DET)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DET)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (DET)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Ricky White Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DET)
Ricky White
WR UNLV
Draft Picks Received
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Batty Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (JAX)
Tyler Batty
DL-EDGE BYU
Players Gained
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Demario Davis
LB
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Foyesade Oluokun
LB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall A-
ValueA NeedA- TradesA+ FutureB
Laumea should have been long gone. The Lions pounced, and earned a A-.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Sataoa Laumea got past him. The Lions do not have to explain a thing at slot 205.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

They went 3 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
A quiet steal in the Round 1 slot: Kool-Aid McKinstry for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick59 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
Kamari Lassiter slid further than he should have, and pick No. 59 is lovely value for the cornerback. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick76 Rnd3 JC Latham
They robbed the room for JC Latham here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick91 Rnd3 Keon Coleman
Somehow Keon Coleman was still sitting there in pick 91, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick205 Rnd6 Sataoa Laumea
You do not let an offensive lineman like Sataoa Laumea reach No. 205 and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick248 Rnd7 Ricky White
Ricky White at the 248th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The roster fit checks out.