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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (DET)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Derek Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DET)
Derek Wingo
LB Florida
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Lions won the night they stopped Nubin from sliding. Grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Tyler Nubin, No. 73, roughly 44 picks past where he belonged.

The cost of the Jones reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick62 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
They barely believed it either: Chop Robinson still on the board at the 62nd pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick73 Rnd3 Tyler Nubin
Taking Tyler Nubin in pick No. 73 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick93 Rnd3 Roman Wilson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Roman Wilson at the 93rd overall pick is the proof. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick167 Rnd5 Roger Rosengarten
They jumped the gun on Roger Rosengarten, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick208 Rnd6 Matthew Jones
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Matthew Jones. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick251 Rnd7 Derek Wingo
They liked Derek Wingo enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 251. The roster fit checks out.