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Draft Selections
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (DET)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Kevin Concepcion Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (DET)
Kevin Concepcion
WR Texas A&M
Daylen Everette Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (DET)
Daylen Everette
CB Georgia
Daevin Hobbs Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (DET)
Daevin Hobbs
DL Tennessee
Bear Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (DET)
Bear Alexander
DT Oregon
Aidan Chiles Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Aidan Chiles
QB Michigan State
Austin Siereveld Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (DET)
Austin Siereveld
OG Ohio State
Jalen Catalon Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (DET)
Jalen Catalon
S UNLV
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions let Catalon fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Lions were there to profit. Jalen Catalon, the No. 221 name on the board, should have been long gone before pick 255. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The Hobbs reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 Jake Slaughter
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick59 Rnd2 Kevin Concepcion
Kevin Concepcion slipping to pick 59 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
Pick127 Rnd4 Daylen Everette
Daylen Everette in Round 4, Pick 25 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick166 Rnd5 Daevin Hobbs
A big swing on Daevin Hobbs at slot 166, well ahead of any board in the building. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick188 Rnd6 Bear Alexander
They reached into another round for Bear Alexander, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick205 Rnd6 Aidan Chiles
They read the board right and Aidan Chiles was the payoff at the 205th overall pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick240 Rnd7 Austin Siereveld
By-the-book stuff, Austin Siereveld at No. 240 squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick255 Rnd7 Jalen Catalon
Jalen Catalon at pick No. 255 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.