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Draft Selections
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (DET)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Blake Miller Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (DET)
Blake Miller
OT Clemson
Mikail Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DET)
Mikail Kamara
DE-EDGE Indiana
Malachi Lawrence Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (DET)
Malachi Lawrence
DE-EDGE UCF
Matt Gulbin Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DET)
Matt Gulbin
C Michigan State
Mason Reiger Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (DET)
Mason Reiger
LB-EDGE Wisconsin
Jeremiah Wright Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DET)
Jeremiah Wright
OG Auburn
Sawyer Robertson Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DET)
Sawyer Robertson
QB Baylor
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Lions, and a B to prove it.

The Lions' one glaring miss is safety, a need they left exactly as they found it.

The Robertson value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jermod McCoy
In pick 17 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick50 Rnd2 Blake Miller
By-the-book stuff, Blake Miller at Round 2, Pick 18 squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick118 Rnd4 Mikail Kamara
They did well to land Mikail Kamara in the 118th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick155 Rnd5 Malachi Lawrence
Malachi Lawrence at pick No. 155 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick186 Rnd6 Matt Gulbin
Nothing to complain about; Matt Gulbin went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick203 Rnd6 Mason Reiger
Mason Reiger in the 203rd pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jeremiah Wright
A straight-up fair deal on Jeremiah Wright at No. 212, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick222 Rnd7 Sawyer Robertson
Sawyer Robertson in the Round 7 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It fills a real need, too.