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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Brandon Dorlus Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Brandon Dorlus
DE-EDGE Oregon
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Keaton Bills Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DET)
Keaton Bills
OG Utah
Darius Muasau Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Darius Muasau
LB UCLA
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Lions.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Taulia Tagovailoa, 113 picks early at the Round 5 slot.

A whole weekend of picks and safety is somehow still a want. Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In No. 29 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Brandon Dorlus
They talked themselves into Brandon Dorlus at slot 61, and the board did not agree. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick73 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
A clean, defensible pick in the 73rd pick with a little surplus value in Blake Fisher. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick92 Rnd3 Jonah Elliss
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jonah Elliss in Round 3, Pick 29. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick163 Rnd5 Taulia Tagovailoa
They reached a country mile for Taulia Tagovailoa at the 163rd overall pick, and the board is aghast. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick204 Rnd6 Keaton Bills
They reached into another round for Keaton Bills, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick249 Rnd7 Darius Muasau
Value said wait; Darius Muasau in pick No. 249 says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.