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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Stefon Thompson Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Stefon Thompson
OLB-EDGE Syracuse
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions won the night they stopped Hart from sliding. Grade: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Cam Hart, the 163rd overall pick, roughly 24 picks past where he belonged.

The Thompson reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In No. 29 they get an anchor for the defensive front at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick61 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
They paid sticker price for Zach Frazier in the Round 2 slot, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 9 with a little surplus value in Brenden Rice. It fills a real need, too.
Pick92 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
Fair-plus on Caelen Carson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Cam Hart
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Cam Hart in pick No. 163, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick207 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones at the 207th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick247 Rnd7 Stefon Thompson
Stefon Thompson at the 247th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The roster logic is harder to follow.