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Draft Selections
Shemar Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Shemar Stewart
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Miles Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Miles Frazier
OG LSU
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueA- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Thornton Jr. should have been long gone. The Lions pounced, and earned a B.

Somebody in No. 228 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Lions sat still while Dont'e Thornton Jr., the No. 175 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

They punted on linebacker, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. On the needs board they went 6 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Shemar Stewart
In the Round 1 slot they get a premier pass rusher, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick60 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
Value with a capital V on Aireontae Ersery in pick No. 60, a genuine coup. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick102 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
A quiet steal in the 102nd overall pick: Denzel Burke for less than the market said. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick130 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
Steal is underselling it; Malachi Moore at slot 130 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick196 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Oronde Gadsden II in the 196th pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick228 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Somehow Dont'e Thornton Jr. was still sitting there in pick 228, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick244 Rnd7 Miles Frazier
Fair-plus on Miles Frazier, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.