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Draft Selections
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (DET)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (DET)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (DET)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DET)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (DET)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Jaylin Smith Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (DET)
Jaylin Smith
CB USC
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions robbed the room for Winston Jr.. Final grade: B.

Somebody in No. 230 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Lions sat still while Kevin Winston Jr., the No. 104 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. The Wilson reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Mike Green
In pick No. 28 they get a disruptor off the edge. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Grey Zabel
Grey Zabel at the 60th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick101 Rnd3 Jared Wilson
Jared Wilson at Round 3, Pick 37 is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick133 Rnd4 Denzel Burke
A cornerback of that caliber at slot 133 is the definition of value, full stop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick198 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
Nice patience on JJ Pegues, who had no business lasting to the Round 6 slot. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick227 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Circle this one: Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick 227 is a fall that decides a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick230 Rnd7 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. in the 230th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick246 Rnd7 Jaylin Smith
Jaylin Smith at No. 246 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.