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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Brandon Dorlus Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Brandon Dorlus
DE-EDGE Oregon
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
Ro Torrence Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Ro Torrence
CB Arizona State
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions robbed the room for Torrence. Final grade: B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Ro Torrence, the No. 177 name on the board, stolen at pick No. 205.

That linebacker hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes. The back end got a real overhaul.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick No. 29 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
A straight-up fair deal on Kingsley Suamataia at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick73 Rnd3 Brandon Dorlus
No drama and no debate, Brandon Dorlus went about where he belonged in pick 73. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick164 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Kitan Oladapo is a better player than the 164th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick201 Rnd6 Tahj Washington
Tahj Washington slipping to No. 201 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick205 Rnd6 Ro Torrence
Circle this one: Ro Torrence at slot 205 is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick249 Rnd7 Bub Means
A tidy little value on Bub Means in the 249th pick, a step better than break-even. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.