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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DET)
James Williams
LB Miami (FL)
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (DET)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Eyabi Okie-Anoma Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (DET)
Eyabi Okie-Anoma
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Keaton Bills Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DET)
Keaton Bills
OG Utah
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Lions.

The Lions treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 205 on Eyabi Okie-Anoma a full 30 spots early.

Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick29 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In the 29th pick they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick61 Rnd2 Adisa Isaac
Adisa Isaac at the Round 2 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the edge rusher. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick73 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
A conviction pick on Sedrick Van Pran at pick 73 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick164 Rnd5 James Williams
They jumped the gun on James Williams, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick201 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
A reach on Joe Milton III in the 201st overall pick; the board had better options right there. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick205 Rnd6 Eyabi Okie-Anoma
Eyabi Okie-Anoma in No. 205 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick249 Rnd7 Keaton Bills
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Keaton Bills. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.