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Draft Selections
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (DET)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (DET)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (DET)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DET)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (DET)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Draft Picks Received
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Draft Picks Traded
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (IND)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Lions and Johnson: B.

The board owed the Lions one, and it paid up: Kaleb Johnson, the No. 51 name on the board, sitting there at the 167th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. On the needs board they went 6 of 9, with offensive lineman the one that mattered most.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Tate Ratledge
No edge and no loss on Tate Ratledge in No. 31; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick80 Rnd3 Smael Mondon Jr.
The board fumbled Smael Mondon Jr. all the way to Round 3, Pick 16, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick125 Rnd4 Jake Majors
They robbed the room for Jake Majors here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick132 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Rylie Mills at slot 132 is the proof. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick167 Rnd5 Kaleb Johnson
They barely believed it either: Kaleb Johnson still on the board at the 167th pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick190 Rnd6 Xavier Nwankpa
They will replay Xavier Nwankpa at pick No. 190 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick229 Rnd7 Luke Lachey
Luke Lachey at the 229th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick247 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in the Round 7 slot is fair value, right on his grade. The roster fit checks out.