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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (DET)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (DET)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
Marcellas Dial Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Marcellas Dial
CB South Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (CHI)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Draft Picks Traded
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (CHI)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Lions, and a B to prove it.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Lions took Tanor Bortolini at the 164th overall pick, roughly 23 spots before his name belonged. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

They will regret leaving linebacker for another day if the season turns on it. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Braswell.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In the 29th overall pick they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick61 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Chris Braswell at Round 2, Pick 29. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick75 Rnd3 Renardo Green
No drama and no debate, Renardo Green went about where he belonged in pick No. 75. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick122 Rnd4 Roger Rosengarten
A reach for Roger Rosengarten in No. 122; a little patience would have been rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick164 Rnd5 Tanor Bortolini
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tanor Bortolini well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick201 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
A quiet steal in pick 201: Cornelius Johnson for less than the market said. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick205 Rnd6 Logan Lee
Logan Lee in pick 205 is fair value, right on his grade. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick249 Rnd7 Marcellas Dial
Marcellas Dial in slot 249 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.