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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions let McCormick fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Mason McCormick had no business being available in pick No. 205, and the Lions did the only sane thing and turned in the card. The bottom line is a respectable B.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped safety, which is a strange place to end up. The Jefferson reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 5 of 9 of the wish list covered.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In pick No. 29 they get a building block for the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Mike Sainristil
A premium they did not need to pay, Mike Sainristil a notch or two before his time. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick73 Rnd3 Jonah Elliss
Jonah Elliss at the Round 3 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick164 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jordan Jefferson this early at No. 164. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick201 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
Steal is underselling it; Luke McCaffrey at pick 201 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick205 Rnd6 Mason McCormick
The board fumbled Mason McCormick all the way to Round 6, Pick 30, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick249 Rnd7 JD Bertrand
JD Bertrand at the 249th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.