Lions’ general manager Brad Holmes spoke with the media ahead of next week’s NFL Draft. What was your biggest takeaway?
We are nearly there. With the 2025 NFL Draft just days away, Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes had his pre-draft press conference this week to help set the table ahead of next weekend.
And similarly to Lions coach Dan Campbell, Holmes seems to do his best with telling it like it is with the media. However, whether some people will actually listen to the words he says is another conversation entirely.
That brings us to today’s Question of the Day:
What was your biggest takeaway from Brad Holmes’ pre-draft presser?
Answer: It came around the 16-minute mark of the press conference, when a reporter asked Holmes, “What will you not do?” And if you have been paying attention to how Holmes has been building this roster since arriving in 2021, then you probably had an idea of the answer he was about to give before the words came out of his mouth.
“What I won’t do is what I have been saying I won’t do, I know you guys get frustrated with me not doing is—looking at our depth chart, seeing a position, and saying you have to get that position.”
He went on for sometime with his answer, and ended with, “We are not going to reach on players just to fill a position.”
At the end of the day, I think we should all take Brad’s advice. Get your popcorn ready, maybe grab a couple of your favorite pops, and get ready to watch Holmes and the rest of his staff continue to do what they have been doing since they got to Detroit—build out one of the most talented rosters in the entire league.
How about you? What was your biggest takeaway from Holmes’ pre-draft press conference? Let us know in the comments below.