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Draft Selections
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (DET)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (DET)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Andrew Raym Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
Andrew Raym
C Oklahoma
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Draft Picks Received
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (SEA)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (SEA)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Cowing should have been long gone. The Lions pounced, and earned a B.

The board owed the Lions one, and it paid up: Jacob Cowing, the No. 192 name on the board, sitting there at pick No. 251 like a gift left on the doorstep. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

Raym has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

On the needs board they went 4 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 JT Tuimoloau
In slot 30 they get a bendy edge with upside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick62 Rnd2 Cooper DeJean
They did well to land Cooper DeJean in the 62nd overall pick, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick84 Rnd3 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes in the 84th pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick93 Rnd3 Quinyon Mitchell
They robbed the room for Quinyon Mitchell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick130 Rnd4 Ricky Pearsall
A clean, defensible pick in Round 4, Pick 30 with a little surplus value in Ricky Pearsall. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick159 Rnd5 Mike Sainristil
They took Mike Sainristil at par in the Round 5 slot, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick208 Rnd6 Andrew Raym
Andrew Raym at pick No. 208 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick251 Rnd7 Jacob Cowing
Jacob Cowing in No. 251 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.