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Draft Selections
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DET)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Beau Brade Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Beau Brade
S Maryland
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
Tatum Bethune Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (DET)
Tatum Bethune
LB Florida State
Draft Picks Received
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (KC)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Tatum Bethune Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (KC)
Tatum Bethune
LB Florida State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (KC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (KC)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueA NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the 201st overall pick lands the Lions a B, Brade and all.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Beau Brade, No. 201, roughly 67 picks past where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

A fair-value weekend of trading, no edge to be found.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Jer'Zhan Newton
In No. 29 they get a run-stuffing presence up front, outstanding value to boot.
Pick61 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Value with a capital V on Cooper Beebe in the 61st overall pick, a genuine coup. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick73 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
They barely believed it either: Xavier Legette still on the board at pick 73. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick173 Rnd5 Chau Smith-Wade
A cornerback of that caliber at Round 5, Pick 37 is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick201 Rnd6 Beau Brade
Beau Brade in the 201st pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick205 Rnd6 Xavier Thomas
You do not let an edge rusher like Xavier Thomas reach the Round 6 slot and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick249 Rnd7 Trente Jones
Steal is underselling it; Trente Jones at slot 249 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick252 Rnd7 Tatum Bethune
Somehow Tatum Bethune was still sitting there in pick No. 252, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.