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Draft Selections
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (DET)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 3 (DET)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CAR)
TO PICK
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
TO PICK
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Matthew Stafford
QB
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Deven Thompkins
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Jared Goff
QB
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall F
ValueD NeedA- TradesF FutureB-
A weekend the Lions spent fighting the board, and losing. F.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Lions started one anyway for Tate Ratledge, 41 picks ahead of schedule.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

The Lions clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 3 of 9 of the wish list covered.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left edge rusher open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Tate Ratledge
In slot 28 they get a plug-and-play piece up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick74 Rnd3 Darien Porter
By-the-book stuff, Darien Porter at pick No. 74 squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick102 Rnd3 Kevin Winston Jr.
Fair-plus on Kevin Winston Jr., a quiet win that adds up over a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.