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Detroit Lions NFL draft grades for 2023: They are actually better than you might think

The Detroit Lions survived another three-day draftapalooza, reeling in eight new players during the NFL draft 2023.

Brad Holmes, the team's third-year general manager, made six trades in all, five while he was on the draft clock, to boost a roster and depth chart favored to win the NFC North crown.

Draft grades, taken with the morsel of fun they're supposed to be, can be a useful evaluation of the process of a team's draft with the information at the time.

The results? Well, we'll give a fair hindsight evaluation of those three-plus years down the road.