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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Lions for Newton: B.

Call it larceny. Jer'Zhan Newton sat on the board until Round 3, Pick 30, and the Lions did not need to be asked twice. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The cost of the Clark reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In Round 1, Pick 30 they get a lockdown presence outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick62 Rnd2 Cooper DeJean
Cooper DeJean at the 62nd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 Chris Braswell
They read the board right and Chris Braswell was the payoff at pick No. 73. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick93 Rnd3 Jer'Zhan Newton
Jer'Zhan Newton at No. 93 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick167 Rnd5 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark in the 167th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick208 Rnd6 Javon Foster
Javon Foster in the Round 6 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick251 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
A quiet steal in pick 251: Matthew Jones for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.