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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (DET)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (SF)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Draft Picks Traded
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (SF)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Lions and Allen: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Braelon Allen slide, and the Lions were the ones holding the card at the 207th pick. Highway robbery.

The Baker pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped offensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes. They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In Round 1, Pick 31 they get a press-man option on the boundary. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Ennis Rakestraw Jr. at the 61st overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick73 Rnd3 Edgerrin Cooper
A slide stopped in the Round 3 slot, with Edgerrin Cooper worth more than the price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick92 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at the 92nd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Pick94 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at No. 94 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick163 Rnd5 Javon Baker
A real head-scratcher, Javon Baker in pick 163 is miles ahead of his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick207 Rnd6 Braelon Allen
Braelon Allen at slot 207 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick247 Rnd7 Sheridan Jones
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Sheridan Jones at pick No. 247 is the proof. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.