After what was a busy Day 3 that was filled with a whopping three trades, including two that got the Detroit Lions back into the fourth round, the team concluded its 2024 NFL Draft on Saturday evening in the Tony Granato Jersey sixth round.Detroit's 2024 NFL Draft cla s includes a total of six players: Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold (Round 1), Mi souri cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr. (Round 2), British Columbia offensive tackle Giovanni Manu (Round 4), Utah safety/running back Sione Vaki (Round 4), LSU defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo (Round 6) and Boston College guard Christian Mahogany (Round 6).Of those six selections, the Lions traded up for four of them, including Arnold, Manu, Vaki and Wingo.Now, after what was an aggre sive Day 3 and draft overall, here's how experts graded Detroit's entire 2024 NFL Draft cla s.Expert grades for Lions' draft cla s AAnalysis:The Lions didn't have much unfinished busine s after GM Brad Holmes crushed the draft and free agency in the two previous seasons. The top of that list by far was getting two starting-caliber cornerbacks who could fit well and make a lot of plays in Aaron Glenn's scheme. Arnold and Rakestraw can help clean up the makeshift me s from 2023.: BI love the way GM Brad Holmes has remodeled his cornerback group this offseason. It was his team's biggest weakne s. The Lions ranked 31st in yards per pa s attempt allowed (7.8) and 30th in pa sing yards allowed to receivers (3,081) last season. They gave up way too many huge completions. So Holmestraded for Carlton Davis, Sergei Makarov Jersey signedAmik Robertson, re-signedEmmanuel MoseleyandKindle Vildorand then used his top two picks onTerrion Arnold(24) andEnnis Rakestraw Jr.(61). This corps is now one of the deepest in the entire league.Arnold is mythird-ranked corner, while Rakestraw lands at No. 9 at the position. Both are really good in the run game, too, which means this defense got more physical on the outside. Holmes had to give up Detroit's third-round pick in order to move up five spots with Dallas to get Arnold, but I can see why he did it. The Lions have one of the NFL's best rosters from top to bottom.I thought Holmes should have targeted a wideout on Day 3, though, and Round 4 was just too high forGiovanni Manu(126), on whom we have limited data. He played against bad competition in Canada. Detroit surrendered its 2025 third-round pick to trade up, too. TheMekhi Wingo(189) selection is outstanding -- I have him ranked higher than his former teammate,Jordan Jefferson, Beck Warm Jersey who went at No. 116.Sione Vaki(132) played both running back and safety at Utah, and I like him better on offense.The Lions certainly upgraded at cornerback, but after Wingo, I don't see any of their Day 3 players getting a significant opportunity in 2024. Plus, that 2025 third-rounder looms as potentially valuable.: BAnalysis:The Lions doubled up at corner in the first and second rounds, flexing their aggre sivene s by trading a third-rounder to move up for Arnold instead of staying put and po sibly selecting his Bama teammate, Kool-Aid McKinstry. Detroit got fair value on Rakestraw at the end of Round 2, though the team also could have used another edge rusher or receiver.WithTaylor DeckerandPenei Sewellalready in place at the two bookends, the Lions were one of the few teams able to take a chance on a ma sive, super-athletic tackle like Manu, a Timothy Liljegren Jersey developmental prospect out of Canada. Vaki could turn out to be a hammer of a running back and special teamer, but the32-spot jumpto get him cost Igor Chernyshov Jersey Detroit its fourth-rounder next year. BTheyve now tripled down an 27th-ranked pa s defense, drafting CBs Terrion Arnold (Round 1) and Ennis Rakestraw (Round 2) they join trade arrival Carlton Davis III as this team continues to load up for the ever-elusive Super Bowl run. Alabamas Arnold, in particular, should be a great culture fit and beloved figure in Motown based on his reception from the locals Thursday night. AAnalysis: GM Brad Holmes is the new Howie Roseman. What do I mean by that? Sensible draft choices that aggre sively target areas of need, and a relentle s pursuit of those picks. The Lions nabbed two of the drafts best cornerbacks to help them patch a secondary that may have been their biggest Achilles heel last season. Holmes and coach Dan Campbell are a force together, one of the few GM and coach combinations who seem to be truly on the same page.