Pirate Rick'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
David Ugwoegbu Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
David Ugwoegbu
OLB-EDGE Houston
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Lions: B.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: David Ugwoegbu, 79 picks early at pick No. 247. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped safety, which is a strange place to end up. The Turner steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the safety spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In No. 29 they get juice off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
A reasonable price with a little left over, Kingsley Suamataia in Round 2, Pick 29. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
They paid sticker price for Xavier Legette in pick 73, and that is fine. It fills a real need, too.
Pick92 Rnd3 Khyree Jackson
A slide stopped in slot 92, with Khyree Jackson worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
Jordan Jefferson in the Round 5 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick207 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
They did well to land Jared Wiley in the 207th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick247 Rnd7 David Ugwoegbu
They reached into another round for David Ugwoegbu, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. This was not a hole anyone had circled.