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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Lions and Lassiter: B.

Call it larceny. Kamari Lassiter sat on the board until the 61st overall pick, and the Lions did not need to be asked twice. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In Round 1, Pick 29 they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
Taking Kamari Lassiter in pick 61 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick73 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
They let Payton Wilson come to them and pounced at slot 73. It fills a real need, too.
Pick164 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kitan Oladapo at the 164th pick is the proof. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick201 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson is a better player than the 201st overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick205 Rnd6 Logan Lee
They took Logan Lee at par in the Round 6 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick249 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
Brevyn Spann-Ford at pick No. 249 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.