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Draft Selections
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (DET)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (BUF)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (WSH)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (BUF)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (WSH)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (WSH)
TO PICK
 
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
Larceny in pick No. 61 lands the Lions a B+, Walker and all.

When a board-topper like Jalon Walker slides to pick 61, you do not overthink it, and the Lions did not. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. If Burke pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the offensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Jack Sawyer
They took Jack Sawyer at par in pick 28, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick60 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell in slot 60 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick61 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
They will replay Jalon Walker at the Round 2 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick62 Rnd2 Denzel Burke
A real head-scratcher, Denzel Burke in Round 2, Pick 30 is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick101 Rnd3 Sebastian Castro
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Sebastian Castro at pick No. 101 is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.