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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (DET)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (DET)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Nate Wiggins Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Nate Wiggins
CB Clemson
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (DET)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (IND)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (IND)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (ATL)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Players traded away
Head Shot
Jared Goff
QB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall D+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureA
The Lions left with their quarterback, and a D+ to match.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Lions shredded theirs for Jaylen Harrell. He came off 58 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. Everything downstream of Jayden Daniels depends on Jayden Daniels, and the building knows it. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.

They banked enough surplus on Hadden to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, safety very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In the 8th pick they get a franchise quarterback at fair value.
Pick15 Rnd1 Malik Nabers
Malik Nabers slid further than he should have, and slot 15 is lovely value for the wide receiver. The roster fit checks out.
Pick29 Rnd1 Nate Wiggins
In pick 29 they get a sticky cover corner at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick61 Rnd2 Roman Wilson
Roman Wilson is a better player than the 61st overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick92 Rnd3 Nelson Ceaser
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Nelson Ceaser. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jaylen Harrell
Jaylen Harrell at No. 163 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick207 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
They barely believed it either: Kamal Hadden still on the board at the 207th overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick232 Rnd7 LaDarius Henderson
LaDarius Henderson in pick No. 232 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick247 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Taking Frank Gore Jr. in slot 247 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.