I’m sure that the immediate reaction to this idea would be the thought that there’s no way Brad Holmes and the Detroit Lions would do that, but recent comments from Holmes shows that the Lions might not be far off from making moves such as this and that the Lions might be operating off the same playbook the Rams have had with Les Snead.
“Yeah, that’s a really good question. Because me and our assistant general manager Ray Agnew we were both with Les and he was actually a more integral point person in the free agent process because of his role as a director of pro scouting at the time. But we talked about how, When Les first got there in 2012, you know, obviously, he drafted for a lot of years, and you know, you’re attacking every single position in free agency. You’re trying to build the roster. When Ray and I got here in 2021, we had to take the same approach. But, as you kind of build the roster, and get more stronger in certain areas, your process alters a little bit because you can be a little bit more, we’ve always been strategic and selective, but you can even be more selective than you have in the past. So, we’re not quite there yet, where Les and the Rams are, you know, where he really started to be very, very, very selective there. But me and Ray were just talking about that and we are getting there, we’re getting closer.”
There’s no doubt that the Lions have built well through the draft. They’ve built so well that most of their draft picks won’t even start this year because they simply don’t have to. So now you wonder when Detroit will go out and make it’s big move and could this be the moment?