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Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Marcus Harris Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Marcus Harris
DE-EDGE Auburn
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions robbed the room for Simpson. Final grade: B.

The board owed the Lions one, and it paid up: Jaylin Simpson, the No. 137 name on the board, sitting there at slot 205 like a gift left on the doorstep.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker. Cephus has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In No. 29 they get a load in the middle at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick61 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Cooper Beebe at pick No. 61 is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick73 Rnd3 Renardo Green
Renardo Green in pick 73 is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick164 Rnd5 Marcus Harris
They read the board right and Marcus Harris was the payoff at slot 164. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick201 Rnd6 Walter Rouse
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Walter Rouse in the 201st pick, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick205 Rnd6 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson in the Round 6 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick249 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
They paid up for Joshua Cephus at Round 7, Pick 29 when waiting would have done the job. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.