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Zabien Brown Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (DET)
Zabien Brown
CB Alabama
Jelani McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (DET)
Jelani McDonald
S Texas
Jyaire Hill Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (DET)
Jyaire Hill
CB Michigan
Jermaine Mathews Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (DET)
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
CB Ohio State
Raylen Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
Raylen Wilson
LB Georgia
Jordan Marshall Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DET)
Jordan Marshall
RB Michigan
Drew Bobo Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DET)
Drew Bobo
C Georgia
LJ McCray Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DET)
LJ McCray
DE-EDGE Florida
Jelani Thurman Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (DET)
Jelani Thurman
TE North Carolina
Quintavius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (DET)
Quintavius Johnson
LB-EDGE Georgia
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B-
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Lions: B-.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Lions would have aced it. Jelani Thurman at No. 246 is 103 spots clear of where he belonged. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

However the rest shakes out, Bobo at that price is a win they earned. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

Job largely done: cornerback settled and 7 of 9 of the wish list covered.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Zabien Brown
In pick No. 25 they get a lockdown presence outside, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick57 Rnd2 Jelani McDonald
No drama and no debate, Jelani McDonald went about where he belonged in the 57th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jyaire Hill
Jyaire Hill in Round 3, Pick 25 is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick126 Rnd4 Jermaine Mathews Jr.
Jermaine Mathews Jr. in No. 126 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick164 Rnd5 Raylen Wilson
You do not let a linebacker like Raylen Wilson reach slot 164 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Pick204 Rnd6 Jordan Marshall
Jordan Marshall at the 204th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick216 Rnd6 Drew Bobo
They robbed the room for Drew Bobo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick222 Rnd7 LJ McCray
LJ McCray in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick246 Rnd7 Jelani Thurman
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jelani Thurman. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick254 Rnd7 Quintavius Johnson
Value said wait; Quintavius Johnson in the 254th pick says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.