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Draft Selections
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (DET)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (DET)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Corey Kiner Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (DET)
Corey Kiner
RB Cincinnati
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DET)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (DET)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
LaJohntay Wester Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (DET)
LaJohntay Wester
WR Colorado
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall C+
ValueD NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Lions: C+.

The Jake Majors pick is the one that will follow the Lions into the fall. They took him 74 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. A weekend of give and take that grades a C+.

That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. That Bowman Jr. pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Jake Majors
In No. 28 they get a long-term starter on the line, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick60 Rnd2 Kyle Kennard
They liked Kyle Kennard enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 60. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick101 Rnd3 Malachi Moore
No edge and no loss on Malachi Moore in the 101st pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick133 Rnd4 Billy Bowman Jr.
The board had Billy Bowman Jr. higher than the 133rd overall pick, and the safety fell to them anyway. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick198 Rnd6 Corey Kiner
They read the board right and Corey Kiner was the payoff at slot 198. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick227 Rnd7 CJ West
A quiet steal in Round 7, Pick 9: CJ West for less than the market said. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick230 Rnd7 Cam Horsley
Cam Horsley at slot 230 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick246 Rnd7 LaJohntay Wester
They let LaJohntay Wester come to them and pounced at pick 246. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.