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Feb2

Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (DET)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (DET)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Xavier Scott Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DET)
Xavier Scott
CB Illinois
Pat Coogan Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (DET)
Pat Coogan
C Indiana
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DET)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Will Kacmarek Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (DET)
Will Kacmarek
TE Ohio State
Keyron Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DET)
Keyron Crawford
DE Auburn
Mitchell Melton Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DET)
Mitchell Melton
LB-EDGE Virginia
Draft Picks Received
Mitchell Melton Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIA)
Mitchell Melton
LB-EDGE Virginia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (MIA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kevin Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (MIA)
Kevin Jennings
QB SMU
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Lions, and a B to prove it.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Mitchell Melton at No. 227 is 76 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

The Thieneman pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. On the needs board they went 6 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In the Round 1 slot they get a green-dot type in the middle, and a steal at that.
Pick50 Rnd2 Dillon Thieneman
Value with a capital V on Dillon Thieneman in pick No. 50, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick118 Rnd4 Xavier Scott
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Xavier Scott at Round 4, Pick 18 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick155 Rnd5 Pat Coogan
The board had cheaper options than Pat Coogan at slot 155, and it noticed. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick186 Rnd6 Trey Zuhn III
A reach on Trey Zuhn III in pick 186; the board had better options right there. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick203 Rnd6 Will Kacmarek
They reached into another round for Will Kacmarek, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick212 Rnd6 Keyron Crawford
They paid up for Keyron Crawford at the 212th pick when waiting would have done the job. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick227 Rnd7 Mitchell Melton
This one needs a full-page explanation: Mitchell Melton in the Round 7 slot, miles early. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.