undnatural1'S MOCK DRAFT
  1. Home
  2. Simulator

3 Round Trade Happy

  • undnatural1 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Lions
Draft Selections
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Umanmielen should have been long gone. The Lions pounced, and earned a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Princely Umanmielen, the 60th pick, roughly 26 picks past where he belonged.

The cost of the Majors reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Grey Zabel
In slot 28 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Princely Umanmielen
Taking Princely Umanmielen in No. 60 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at Round 3, Pick 38 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.