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Draft Selections
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C+
ValueD+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions land in the muddy middle: C+.

Some picks age like wine; Jordan Hancock at slot 102 will need to, sitting 101 spots clear of his grade. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. The Phillips steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

If JT Tuimoloau and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 JT Tuimoloau
In No. 28 they get a premier pass rusher, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in the 60th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jordan Hancock
A big swing on Jordan Hancock at the 102nd pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick130 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
They barely believed it either: Jordan Phillips still on the board at slot 130. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.