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Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (DET)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (DET)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Kimani Vidal Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
Kimani Vidal
RB Troy
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (BAL)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (BAL)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (BAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BAL)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
The Lions won the night they stopped Hadden from sliding. Grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Kamal Hadden slide, and the Lions were the ones holding the card at slot 167. Highway robbery.

That offensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The cost of the Sainristil reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In Round 1, Pick 32 they get a premier pass rusher. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick62 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
They read the board right and J.J. McCarthy was the payoff at pick No. 62. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick73 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
They went early on Mike Sainristil in the 73rd overall pick, and the value did not follow. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick93 Rnd3 Roman Wilson
Value with a capital V on Roman Wilson in the 93rd pick, a genuine coup. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick95 Rnd3 Tykee Smith
No edge and no loss on Tykee Smith in the Round 3 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick167 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden in slot 167 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick208 Rnd6 Kimani Vidal
A tidy bit of business in No. 208, where Kimani Vidal graded well above the range. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick251 Rnd7 Zion Logue
Zion Logue in pick 251 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.