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Draft Selections
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Azareye'h Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Azareye'h Thomas
CB Florida State
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (DET)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (DET)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (DET)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DET)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Jahvaree Ritzie Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (DET)
Jahvaree Ritzie
DL North Carolina
Tosh Baker Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (DET)
Tosh Baker
OT Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Draft Picks Traded
Vernon Broughton Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (CHI)
Vernon Broughton
DL Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C+
ValueD+ NeedB+ TradesB FutureC
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Lions: C+.

The Lions torched the value chart for Tate Ratledge, taking him 47 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Wilson. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.

A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Tate Ratledge
In pick 28 they get an anchor for the offensive line, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick60 Rnd2 Azareye'h Thomas
Azareye'h Thomas in slot 60 is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick72 Rnd3 Jordan Burch
Jordan Burch at the Round 3 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick133 Rnd4 Jared Wilson
They barely believed it either: Jared Wilson still on the board at the 133rd pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick198 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A quiet steal in pick No. 198: Dont'e Thornton Jr. for less than the market said. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick227 Rnd7 CJ West
They read the board right and CJ West was the payoff at the 227th overall pick. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick230 Rnd7 Jahvaree Ritzie
Jahvaree Ritzie in the 230th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick246 Rnd7 Tosh Baker
Tosh Baker at No. 246 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.