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Draft Selections
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Caleb Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Caleb Murphy
C Indiana
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Lions a B.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Caleb Murphy at the 251st overall pick is 32 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. Clark falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Good work on the whole, with linebacker the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Bralen Trice
In pick No. 30 they get juice off the edge, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick62 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They paid sticker price for T'Vondre Sweat in the 62nd pick, and that is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick73 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
Caelen Carson at Round 3, Pick 9 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick93 Rnd3 Matt Goncalves
Matt Goncalves at the Round 3 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick167 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Fair-plus on Kitan Oladapo, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick208 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
A slide stopped in slot 208, with De'Corian Clark worth more than the price. It fills a real need, too.
Pick251 Rnd7 Caleb Murphy
Caleb Murphy in the Round 7 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.