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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Decamerion Richardson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Decamerion Richardson
CB Mississippi State
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueA- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions won the night they stopped Simpson from sliding. Grade: B.

The board owed the Lions one, and it paid up: Jaylin Simpson, the No. 158 name on the board, sitting there at the 201st overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In the 29th pick they get a bendy edge with upside, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick61 Rnd2 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes at Round 2, Pick 29 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick73 Rnd3 Max Melton
Max Melton at the Round 3 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick164 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Luke McCaffrey at slot 164 is the proof. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick201 Rnd6 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson in the 201st overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick205 Rnd6 Decamerion Richardson
Somehow Decamerion Richardson was still sitting there in No. 205, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick249 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
Taking Nathaniel Watson in pick No. 249 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.