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  • ambitious_squirrel DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Emery Jones Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Emery Jones
OT LSU
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (DET)
Shemar Turner
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Ricky White Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (DET)
Ricky White
WR UNLV
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DET)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (DAL)
Shemar Turner
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (DAL)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DAL)
Anthony Belton
OL North Carolina State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Chuma Edoga
OG
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Lions, and a B to prove it.

Somehow the biggest item on the list survived the weekend. The Lions never addressed cornerback, and it is the kind of gap that lingers. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

They went 3 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom. The Chuma Edoga pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Nothing gained and nothing lost at the table.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Emery Jones
In slot 28 they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
No drama and no debate, Tate Ratledge went about where he belonged in the 60th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick94 Rnd3 Shemar Turner
Shemar Turner in Round 3, Pick 30 lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick121 Rnd4 Ricky White
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 121 with a little surplus value in Ricky White. The roster fit checks out.
Pick124 Rnd4 Jamaree Caldwell
They did well to land Jamaree Caldwell in the Round 4 slot, just ahead of his grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.