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Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (DET)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (DET)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (DET)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (HOU)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (SEA)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Jonathan Greenard
EDGE
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureC-
The Lions let Jones fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Lions watched Elijah Jones slide 43 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The cost of the Tagovailoa reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

Jonathan Greenard gives the group a proven body among the projects.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
In No. 23 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick29 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
In the 29th overall pick they get a weapon on the perimeter. A real need, handled.
Pick61 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
T.J. Tampa slid further than he should have, and Round 2, Pick 29 is lovely value for the cornerback. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick86 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
Sedrick Van Pran in the 86th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick92 Rnd3 Christian Mahogany
No edge and no loss on Christian Mahogany in pick 92; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Kitan Oladapo at slot 163 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick207 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
Curtis Jacobs at pick No. 207 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick236 Rnd7 Elijah Jones
They robbed the room for Elijah Jones here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick247 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
A real head-scratcher, Taulia Tagovailoa in No. 247 is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.