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Draft Selections
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (DET)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (DET)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Moose Muhammad III Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (DET)
Moose Muhammad III
WR Texas A&M
Donovan Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Donovan Jennings
OT USF
Draft Picks Traded
Michael Pratt Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (TB)
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane
Players Gained
Head Shot
Mike Evans
WR
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B+
ValueB NeedA- TradesA+ FutureB-
Grand theft in pick 206: the Lions steal Muhammad III and grade out a B+.

The board owed the Lions one, and it paid up: Moose Muhammad III, the No. 153 name on the board, sitting there at the 206th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. For all the activity, linebacker went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Mike Evans deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Bralen Trice
In pick 28 they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick73 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 9 with a little surplus value in Caelen Carson. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick91 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
No drama and no debate, Zak Zinter went about where he belonged in slot 91. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick165 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
A quiet steal in the Round 5 slot: Malik Mustapha for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick206 Rnd6 Moose Muhammad III
Moose Muhammad III in the 206th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick249 Rnd7 Donovan Jennings
Fair-plus on Donovan Jennings, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.