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Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Anim Dankwah Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Anim Dankwah
OT Howard
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Lions.

Nobody else had Taulia Tagovailoa anywhere near the 207th overall pick. The Lions did, by 69 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

They will regret leaving linebacker for another day if the season turns on it. That is a cornerback worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In the 29th pick they get a press-man option on the boundary, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick61 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
A conviction pick on Xavier Legette at slot 61 that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jonah Elliss
They went early on Jonah Elliss in Round 3, Pick 9, and the value did not follow. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick92 Rnd3 Renardo Green
Renardo Green in No. 92 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick163 Rnd5 Layden Robinson
They paid a round early for Layden Robinson in the Round 5 slot, more than the board wanted. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick207 Rnd6 Taulia Tagovailoa
A wild overpay on Taulia Tagovailoa in the 207th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick247 Rnd7 Anim Dankwah
This one needs a full-page explanation: Anim Dankwah in pick No. 247, miles early. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.