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Draft Selections
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Julian Pearl Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Julian Pearl
OT Illinois
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Dylan McMahon Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Dylan McMahon
C North Carolina State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

The Lions bet big and early on Dylan McMahon, 44 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. Verse at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Jared Verse
Jared Verse at the 29th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick61 Rnd2 Braden Fiske
Nothing to complain about; Braden Fiske went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick73 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
Mike Sainristil in Round 3, Pick 9 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick164 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey at pick No. 164 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick201 Rnd6 Julian Pearl
No edge and no loss on Julian Pearl in No. 201; it is a wash and a sensible one. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick205 Rnd6 Nathaniel Watson
Nathaniel Watson in the 205th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick249 Rnd7 Dylan McMahon
Dylan McMahon at pick 249 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.