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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DET)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 29 RND: 1 (DET)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (DET)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DET)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (DET)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (DET)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DET)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Draft Picks Received
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NO)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (PHI)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NO)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (PHI)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesA+ FutureF
The Lions fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Lions, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The Spann-Ford reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. The Gore Jr. pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick 14 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick29 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In Round 1, Pick 29 they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick61 Rnd2 Bralen Trice
A clean, defensible pick in the 61st overall pick with a little surplus value in Bralen Trice. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick92 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at slot 92 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick97 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
They took Zak Zinter at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick207 Rnd6 Brevyn Spann-Ford
They reached into another round for Brevyn Spann-Ford, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick247 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. at pick No. 247 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.