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MR. BIG MONEY 22

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    Lions
Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (DET)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (DET)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (DET)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DET)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (DET)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Fabien Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (DET)
Fabien Lovett
DL Florida State
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Jowon Briggs Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Jowon Briggs
DT Cincinnati
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DET)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (DET)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Jaylon Hutchings Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Jaylon Hutchings
DL Texas Tech
Draft Picks Received
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (JAX)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (SF)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (JAX)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (SF)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CAR)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Fabien Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Fabien Lovett
DL Florida State
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (JAX)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (MIN)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (JAX)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (JAX)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (JAX)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (SF)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (CAR)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Players Gained
Head Shot
Darnell Savage
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Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedB- TradesB+ FutureB
More right than wrong for the Lions, and a B to prove it.

The Lions did not so much draft Jaylon Hutchings as overpay for him, 105 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

That is an offensive lineman worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick48 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
Brian Thomas Jr. in pick 48 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick63 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
They barely believed it either: Keon Coleman still on the board at No. 63. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick73 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kingsley Suamataia at slot 73. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick114 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cedric Gray. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick124 Rnd4 Javon Foster
Good price on Javon Foster in pick No. 124, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick166 Rnd5 Joe Milton III
A big swing on Joe Milton III at the Round 5 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick177 Rnd6 Fabien Lovett
They took Fabien Lovett at par in the 177th pick, which is nothing to complain about. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick201 Rnd6 Walter Rouse
You do not let an offensive lineman like Walter Rouse reach pick No. 201 and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick205 Rnd6 Jowon Briggs
A wild overpay on Jowon Briggs in the Round 6 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick212 Rnd6 Trente Jones
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Trente Jones in pick 212, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick232 Rnd7 JD Bertrand
They read the board right and JD Bertrand was the payoff at the 232nd overall pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick249 Rnd7 Jaylon Hutchings
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jaylon Hutchings well ahead of where he belonged. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.