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Draft Selections
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (DET)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (DET)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Draft Picks Received
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Draft Picks Traded
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (NE)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (NE)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (NE)
TO PICK
 
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C+
ValueD- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A mixed bag for the Lions, and a C+ to match.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Lions did exactly that with Jordan Hancock in the 102nd overall pick. The final tally is a middling C+.

They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. On the needs board they went 3 of 9, with offensive lineman the one that mattered most.

So much rides on Bradyn Swinson that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick38 Rnd2 Bradyn Swinson
Bradyn Swinson at No. 38 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick60 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Donovan Jackson. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick77 Rnd3 Oluwafemi Oladejo
Value said wait; Oluwafemi Oladejo in slot 77 says they were not listening. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jordan Hancock
Jordan Hancock at pick 102 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick130 Rnd4 JJ Pegues
A real head-scratcher, JJ Pegues in the 130th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.