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Draft Selections
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (DET)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (DET)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
CJ Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (DET)
CJ Daniels
WR LSU
Jalen Catalon Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 7 (DET)
Jalen Catalon
S UNLV
Tosh Baker Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (DET)
Tosh Baker
OT Notre Dame
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (DET)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 6 (MIN)
Trey Moore
OLB-EDGE Texas
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jaylin Williams
CB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Lions for Gabriel: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Dillon Gabriel had no business being available in the Round 5 slot, and the Lions did the only sane thing and turned in the card. No fireworks, but a solid B.

They are betting Catalon proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Leaving linebacker unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Jack Sawyer
In No. 29 they get a premier pass rusher. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick61 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
A reasonable price with a little left over, Tate Ratledge in slot 61. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick125 Rnd4 Tonka Hemingway
No edge and no loss on Tonka Hemingway in the Round 4 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick157 Rnd5 Dillon Gabriel
You do not let a quarterback like Dillon Gabriel reach the 157th overall pick and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick189 Rnd6 CJ Daniels
They paid sticker price for CJ Daniels in pick No. 189, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick211 Rnd7 Jalen Catalon
A wild overpay on Jalen Catalon in the 211th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick218 Rnd7 Tosh Baker
Tosh Baker in Round 7, Pick 26 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick221 Rnd7 Zy Alexander
They took Zy Alexander at par in pick 221, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.