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  • jmomoney DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Joshua Gray
OT Oregon State
Gabe Hall Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
Gabe Hall
DL Baylor
Eric Gentry Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Eric Gentry
LB USC
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ 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 Joshua Gray at No. 167, roughly 31 spots before his name belonged.

Getting Mitchell where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the safety spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Bralen Trice
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptor off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick62 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
The board fumbled Quinyon Mitchell all the way to No. 62, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick73 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
They paid sticker price for Johnny Wilson in the 73rd pick, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick93 Rnd3 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe at pick No. 93 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick167 Rnd5 Joshua Gray
Joshua Gray in Round 5, Pick 31 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick208 Rnd6 Gabe Hall
Gabe Hall slipping to slot 208 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick251 Rnd7 Eric Gentry
A slide stopped in the 251st overall pick, with Eric Gentry worth more than the price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.