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Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Tyler Baron Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Tyler Baron
DE-EDGE Miami
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Mose Vavao Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Mose Vavao
C Fresno State
Phillip Webb Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Phillip Webb
DL-EDGE Jackson State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Lions a B-.

The Mose Vavao selection is the head-turner. The Lions reached 94 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

They banked enough surplus on Nolen to cover a lot of smaller sins. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Donovan Ezeiruaku
Donovan Ezeiruaku at No. 28 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick60 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen in the 60th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick102 Rnd3 Emery Jones Jr.
They paid a round early for Emery Jones Jr. in the 102nd overall pick, more than the board wanted. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick130 Rnd4 Tyler Baron
A real head-scratcher, Tyler Baron in Round 4, Pick 28 is miles ahead of his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick196 Rnd6 Kyle Williams
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Kyle Williams in pick No. 196, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Pick228 Rnd7 Mose Vavao
Value said wait; Mose Vavao in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick244 Rnd7 Phillip Webb
They talked themselves into Phillip Webb at No. 244, and the board did not agree. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.