icynfl'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • icynfl DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (DET)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (DET)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (PHI)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (TB)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (PHI)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (GB)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (TB)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (TB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (PHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (TB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (TB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (GB)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (TB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Players Gained
Head Shot
Fletcher Cox
DT
Head Shot
Luke Haggard
OT
Head Shot
Darnell Savage
S
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall A-
ValueB- NeedA- TradesA+ FutureA
Nobody dealt better than the Lions this weekend: A-.

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Lions, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Van Pran has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick Analysis
Pick50 Rnd2 Graham Barton
Graham Barton at slot 50 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
A conviction pick on Sedrick Van Pran at the 73rd overall pick that the board grades a round light. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick92 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
A tidy little value on Caelen Carson in pick 92, a step better than break-even. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick127 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
Fair-plus on Kris Abrams-Draine, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.