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Draft Selections
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DET)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Lions for Stutsman: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Danny Stutsman had no business being available in pick No. 244, and the Lions did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

Caldwell has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.

On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the safety spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Landon Jackson
A straight-up fair deal on Landon Jackson at Round 1, Pick 28, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick60 Rnd2 Shavon Revel Jr.
They will replay Shavon Revel Jr. at the Round 2 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick131 Rnd4 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge in the 131st pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick194 Rnd6 Jake Majors
A offensive lineman of that caliber at slot 194 is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick225 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in pick No. 225 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick228 Rnd7 Jamaree Caldwell
Jamaree Caldwell at the 228th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick244 Rnd7 Danny Stutsman
Taking Danny Stutsman in No. 244 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.