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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (DET)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Chad Lindberg Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Chad Lindberg
C Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (SF)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (SF)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (SF)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesA FutureC
A solid, sensible weekend for the Lions: B.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Lions did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to safety, which was the need that mattered most.

The Jones pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Reaching for Lindberg left real value on the table behind him.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In slot 31 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick35 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
They took Chop Robinson at par in pick No. 35, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick61 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A clean, defensible pick in Round 2, Pick 29 with a little surplus value in T'Vondre Sweat. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick73 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
Caelen Carson at No. 73 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick163 Rnd5 Grayson Murphy
They paid sticker price for Grayson Murphy in the 163rd pick, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick207 Rnd6 Christian Jones
They read the board right and Christian Jones was the payoff at the 207th overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick247 Rnd7 Chad Lindberg
They paid up for Chad Lindberg at pick 247 when waiting would have done the job. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.