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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (DET)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (DET)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Lions, and a B- to prove it.

The weekend has a hole in the middle of it named edge rusher, a need the Lions walked right past.

The Van Pran reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. That Cephus pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In the 29th pick they get a press-man option on the boundary. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Brenden Rice
A reach for Brenden Rice in the 61st overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick73 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
Sedrick Van Pran at No. 73 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick92 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
They paid up for Dominick Puni at Round 3, Pick 29 when waiting would have done the job. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick166 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
A premium they did not need to pay, Jordan Jefferson a notch or two before his time. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick207 Rnd6 Jordan Magee
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jordan Magee in pick No. 207. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick250 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Joshua Cephus at slot 250. A need, and now a little less of one.