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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Trey Wedig Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Trey Wedig
OT Wisconsin
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Lions: B.

A patient hold paid off with Dallas Turner at slot 30, comfortably ahead of the going rate.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up. The cost of the Wedig reach is exactly the players who went right after him. On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In pick 30 they get a double-digit-sack hope, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick62 Rnd2 Calen Bullock
They let Calen Bullock come to them and pounced at the 62nd overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick73 Rnd3 Josh Newton
A slide stopped in Round 3, Pick 9, with Josh Newton worth more than the price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick93 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
By-the-book stuff, Zak Zinter at pick No. 93 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick167 Rnd5 Jasheen Davis
A conviction pick on Jasheen Davis at No. 167 that the board grades a round light. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick208 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and De'Corian Clark at the Round 6 slot is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick251 Rnd7 Trey Wedig
They jumped the gun on Trey Wedig, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.