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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (DET)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
Draft Picks Received
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (WSH)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Draft Picks Traded
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (WSH)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB+ FutureC
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Lions: B.

The Lions treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick No. 208 on Joshua Cephus a full 22 spots early.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. That is a linebacker worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but safety.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In slot 30 they get a ballhawk on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick36 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
Chris Braswell in Round 2, Pick 4 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick73 Rnd3 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes at the 73rd pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick93 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Value said wait; Leonard Taylor III in pick 93 says they were not listening. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick167 Rnd5 Roger Rosengarten
Roger Rosengarten in the 167th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick208 Rnd6 Joshua Cephus
They left a pile of value on the table to take Joshua Cephus this early at No. 208. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick251 Rnd7 Eric Gentry
Eric Gentry is a better player than Round 7, Pick 31 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.