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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (DET)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Draft Picks Traded
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (ATL)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (ATL)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Players traded away
Head Shot
Charles Harris
EDGE
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C+
ValueB NeedB TradesD- FutureB-
The Lions let Hardy fall and pounced. Final grade: C+.

The Lions did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Daequan Hardy fell into slot 247. For now it grades a C+, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Hit on Byron Murphy II and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In slot 29 they get an anchor for the defensive front at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick43 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
Nothing to complain about; Kamari Lassiter went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick73 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cooper Beebe. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick92 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
By-the-book stuff, Brenden Rice at Round 3, Pick 29 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick207 Rnd6 Tanor Bortolini
A reach on Tanor Bortolini in the 207th pick; the board had better options right there. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick247 Rnd7 Daequan Hardy
Daequan Hardy in pick 247 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.