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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Tyler Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Tyler Cooper
OG Minnesota
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DET)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueA NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions let Gabriel fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The Lions did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Dillon Gabriel fell into pick 225. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In the 28th pick they get a run-stuffing presence up front, outstanding value to boot.
Pick60 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
A offensive lineman of that caliber at slot 60 is the definition of value, full stop. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick102 Rnd3 Sebastian Castro
A quiet steal in pick 102: Sebastian Castro for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick134 Rnd4 Jake Majors
The board fumbled Jake Majors all the way to pick No. 134, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick196 Rnd6 Tyler Cooper
Taking Tyler Cooper in the 196th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick225 Rnd7 Dillon Gabriel
Dillon Gabriel at the Round 7 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick228 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They will replay Dont'e Thornton Jr. at No. 228 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jabbar Muhammad
They let Jabbar Muhammad come to them and pounced at Round 7, Pick 28. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.