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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Mark Perry Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Mark Perry
S TCU
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions let Robinson fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Chop Robinson had no business being available in pick No. 62, and the Lions did the only sane thing and turned in the card. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The cost of the Van Pran reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

On the needs board they went 6 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In slot 30 they get a press-man option on the boundary, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick62 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
A edge rusher of that caliber at pick 62 is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick73 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
A reach on Sedrick Van Pran in the 73rd overall pick; the board had better options right there. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick93 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
They took Blake Fisher at par in pick No. 93, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick167 Rnd5 Jaylan Ford
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jaylan Ford. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick208 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing De'Corian Clark in the Round 6 slot. It fills a real need, too.
Pick251 Rnd7 Mark Perry
Mark Perry at No. 251 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.