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Draft Selections
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DET)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (DET)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Jaylin Smith Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Jaylin Smith
CB USC
Robbie Ouzts Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Robbie Ouzts
TE Alabama
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C+
ValueD NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A mixed bag for the Lions, and a C+ to match.

The Lions bet big and early on Oluwafemi Oladejo, 81 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

Phillips falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. For all the activity, linebacker went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 JT Tuimoloau
They left a pile of value on the table to take JT Tuimoloau this early at the Round 1 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick60 Rnd2 Oluwafemi Oladejo
A wild overpay on Oluwafemi Oladejo in the 60th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick102 Rnd3 Jackson Slater
Value said wait; Jackson Slater in No. 102 says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick130 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
Jordan Phillips at pick 130 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick196 Rnd6 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed in Round 6, Pick 20 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick228 Rnd7 Jaylin Smith
Jaylin Smith in pick No. 228 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick244 Rnd7 Robbie Ouzts
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Robbie Ouzts. It patches a soft spot without any drama.