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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Braiden McGregor Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Braiden McGregor
DE-EDGE Michigan
Isaiah Williams Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Isaiah Williams
WR Illinois
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
Daijahn Anthony Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Daijahn Anthony
CB Mississippi
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions let Williams fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Isaiah Williams, the 201st overall pick, roughly 21 picks past where he belonged. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

A whole weekend of picks and safety is somehow still a want. If McGregor pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In No. 29 they get a press-man option on the boundary. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Christian Haynes
By-the-book stuff, Christian Haynes at pick No. 61 squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick73 Rnd3 Cade Stover
Cade Stover in the 73rd pick is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick164 Rnd5 Braiden McGregor
Braiden McGregor at slot 164 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick201 Rnd6 Isaiah Williams
Isaiah Williams at pick 201 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick205 Rnd6 Trente Jones
Trente Jones in the Round 6 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick249 Rnd7 Daijahn Anthony
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Daijahn Anthony at Round 7, Pick 29. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.