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  • dlp373 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (DET)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (DET)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (DET)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (DET)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Draft Picks Received
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (PIT)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (LV)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (LV)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (PIT)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (PIT)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
Myles Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (PIT)
Myles Murphy
DL North Carolina
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (PIT)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Brandon Aubrey
PK
Head Shot
Colby Wooden
DT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Antoine Green
WR
Head Shot
Hendon Hooker
QB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureD
The Lions lost the trade table, and the D tells the story.

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.

The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and safety is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In the Round 1 slot they get a load in the middle, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
Pick29 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
By-the-book stuff, Jackson Powers-Johnson at the 29th pick squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick38 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette in No. 38 is fair value, right on his grade. It fills a real need, too.
Pick73 Rnd3 Marshawn Kneeland
Marshawn Kneeland in Round 3, Pick 9 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick77 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
No edge and no loss on Mike Sainristil in pick 77; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick98 Rnd3 Christian Mahogany
A straight-up fair deal on Christian Mahogany at slot 98, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.