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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (DET)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (DET)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (DET)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Josh Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Josh Proctor
S Ohio State
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Draft Picks Received
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Draft Picks Traded
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Antoine Green
WR
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Hendon Hooker
QB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall F
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureD
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Lions and Means: F.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Lions did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high.

Leaving linebacker unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They will need Jefferson to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Means. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

About as rough as a weekend gets on paper, with linebacker still staring back at them.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In the Round 1 slot they get an island corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Darius Robinson
Darius Robinson at slot 33 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick39 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
Jackson Powers-Johnson slipping to Round 2, Pick 7 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick61 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
They read the board right and Xavier Worthy was the payoff at the 61st overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick101 Rnd4 Caelen Carson
Fair-plus on Caelen Carson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick164 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
A conviction pick on Jordan Jefferson at pick No. 164 that the board grades a round light. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick201 Rnd6 Josh Proctor
Josh Proctor in the Round 6 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick205 Rnd6 Jha'Quan Jackson
Jha'Quan Jackson in the 205th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick249 Rnd7 Bub Means
The board fumbled Bub Means all the way to pick 249, and they scooped it up. It fills a real need, too.