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    Lions
Draft Selections
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in pick No. 228: the Lions steal Jones Jr. and grade out a B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Emery Jones Jr. got past him. The Lions do not have to explain a thing at pick No. 228. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. They are betting Ratledge proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Princely Umanmielen
In the Round 1 slot they get a bendy edge with upside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick60 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
A reach on Tate Ratledge in the 60th pick; the board had better options right there. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jared Wilson
Jared Wilson at Round 3, Pick 38 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick130 Rnd4 Cobee Bryant
Value with a capital V on Cobee Bryant in No. 130, a genuine coup. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick196 Rnd6 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
No edge and no loss on KeAndre Lambert-Smith in pick No. 196; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick228 Rnd7 Emery Jones Jr.
A offensive lineman of that caliber at pick 228 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jordan Hancock
Jordan Hancock in slot 244 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.