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Mansoor Delane Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (DET)
Mansoor Delane
CB LSU
Drew Shelton Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (DET)
Drew Shelton
OT Penn State
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DET)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Nadame Tucker Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (DET)
Nadame Tucker
DE Western Michigan
Kalil Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DET)
Kalil Alexander
LB-EDGE Texas State
Daevin Hobbs Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (DET)
Daevin Hobbs
DL Tennessee
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DET)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
Conner Weigman Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DET)
Conner Weigman
QB Houston
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Lions.

The Lions looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Drew Shelton at pick No. 50 regardless, 33 picks early. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

Weigman at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The linebacker spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but linebacker.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Mansoor Delane
In pick No. 17 they get a potential shutdown corner, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick50 Rnd2 Drew Shelton
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Drew Shelton. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick118 Rnd4 D'Angelo Ponds
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing D'Angelo Ponds in the Round 4 slot. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick155 Rnd5 Nadame Tucker
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Nadame Tucker. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick186 Rnd6 Kalil Alexander
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kalil Alexander this early at the 186th pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick203 Rnd6 Daevin Hobbs
They jumped the gun on Daevin Hobbs, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick212 Rnd6 Robert Spears-Jennings
A tidy little value on Robert Spears-Jennings in pick 212, a step better than break-even. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick222 Rnd7 Conner Weigman
Somehow Conner Weigman was still sitting there in the 222nd pick, and they pounced on premier quarterback value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.