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  • From yesterday's paper. I originally missed it because they posted it late in the afternoon.



    Niyo: No need for Lions GM Holmes to get Rams-y just yet

    John Niyo

    The Detroit News


    It’s fun to talk about the possibilities.

    It’s even more fun when you’re talked about as a possibility.

    And it has been a while since anybody talked about the Lions in that way, hasn’t it?

    But, now that they are, it’s worth remembering that talk is cheap, free agency is expensive — trades can be, too — and the most common mistake NFL teams make when they first reach this point of contention is forgetting how they got there.

    So, that’s the challenge facing general manager Brad Holmes, who arrived in Indianapolis for the NFL’s scouting combine this week to get a feel for the draft — player interviews began Monday, medical exams on Tuesday, and on-field workouts start Thursday — but also to get a better feel for the marketplace ahead of free agency.

    The new league year officially begins March 15, but it’s preceded by a two-day negotiating window where teams are allowed to speak with prospective free agents. And well before that, the combine each year serves as the unofficial tampering grounds where front-office executives and player agents feel each other out.

    Holmes probably won’t have much to say about any of that when he steps to the podium for his formal media availability late Wednesday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium. But, it’s safe to say he’ll have plenty of conversations this week that’ll help shape the Lions’ offseason plans and the next phase of this rebuild in Detroit.



    And though he won’t be able to address some of the rumors that are already flying — including that trade speculation linking the Lions with All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey of the Los Angeles Rams — he will be asked about the bottom line.

    Or more specifically, where he draws it.

    Back in January, Holmes insisted the Lions would “stay the course” and “stay committed and disciplined,” even as that late-season surge in 2022 raised expectations for 2023, both internally and externally. Soon, we’ll find out just what that means, though.

    The Lions have about $23 million in available salary-cap space right now, but they probably aren’t done shedding veterans and clearing room ahead of free agency. They’ll certainly look to re-sign several of their own pending free agents as well, and some of those conversations — some difficult, others not — are expected to take place this week in Indianapolis.


    But, at the moment, Holmes’ greatest asset still has to do more with time than money.

    He’s entering the third year of a massive organizational overhaul that his team's owner, Sheila Hamp, just six months ago described as a complete teardown following the disastrous Bob Quinn-Matt Patricia tenure. (“We really had to take it down to the ground level,” she said.) And after laying what looks to be a sturdy foundation, Holmes is entering this offseason with the third-most draft capital in the league, trailing only Houston and Seattle in combined quality and quantity.


    “And that just gives me juices, man, when that opportunity and those windows come up,” Holmes said back in January. “It’s exciting to have the capital that we have.”

    Yet how will he choose to spend it?



    'Beautiful puzzle'


    His former team in Los Angeles isn’t ready to start over after winning a Super Bowl only 13 months ago. But Holmes’ ex-boss and mentor, Rams GM Les Snead, is using the word “remodel” to describe his salary cap-strapped offseason plans. And after agreeing to part ways with veteran linebacker Bobby Wagner last week, the focus has turned to Ramsey, the shutdown corner who reportedly is on the trading block and was openly being courted on social media by some of the Lions’ players, most notably Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jerry Jacobs.

    Holmes was still with the Rams in 2019 when they pulled off a blockbuster trade with Jacksonville to acquire Ramsey in exchange for two first-round picks and a fourth-rounder. And while Ramsey helped the Rams win a Super Bowl — Snead famously wore a t-shirt to the championship parade that read "F-- them picks" — the Jaguars’ end of the deal hasn’t produced much yet: running back Travis Etienne and edge rushers K'Lavon Chaisson and Jordan Smith.


    The price tag this time around wouldn’t be nearly as high for Ramsey, who’ll be 29 this fall and had the 11th-best coverage grade among cornerbacks last season, per Pro Football Focus. He’s still a No. 1 corner, however, and would fill a major need for the Lions in the secondary with his play, as well as his swagger. But here’s the catch: The five-year, $100 million contract he signed with Los Angeles in 2020 has no guaranteed money beyond this season. So, Ramsey undoubtedly will want a hefty new extension wherever he ends up this spring, adding to the cost in draft compensation a team gives up via trade.

    And therein lies the biggest piece of what Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah calls the “beautiful puzzle.” In weighing the value of free agents versus draft picks, he said, “ultimately, you’re considering known versus unknown.”

    “With draft picks, there are a lot of variants,” he added Tuesday during his media session at the combine. “They could be better than a free agent or they could be worse. And how does that fit into your time horizon?”


    That may be where the debate begins among Lions fans who’ve been staring longingly at the horizon for decades. But, Holmes has to keep his eyes fixed there for now.

    He already is presiding over the NFL’s youngest roster, so there’s no great concern about turning this roster into a retirement home with veteran signings the way Quinn and Patricia threatened to a few years ago. But, as the window is just beginning to open for the Lions, any big money is better spent on younger talent, I’d argue.

    A free-agent cornerback like Tampa Bay’s Jamel Dean, for starters. His size, length and elite speed all seemed to come together last season, and he’s only 26, so even at market-inflated rates you’d be spending for his prime years, at least. Or maybe it’s an off-ball linebacker like the Bills’ Tremaine Edmunds, who turns 25 this in May, or the Cowboys’ Leighton Vander Esch, who just turned 27. The Lions also need a run-stuffing defensive tackle to continue building on an area Holmes has invested heavily in already.



    But, what might make just as much sense, if not more, would be to spend some of that money re-signing the Lions’ own free agents (Jamaal Williams and John Cominsky chief among them) and then the rest on the margins, if you will. On a nickel corner and a right guard, perhaps. A better backup quarterback, too, and a veteran tight end.

    And then keep squeezing more juice out of the draft, especially with the handful of picks Detroit currently holds, including two in the first round and four of the top 55 overall.

    The fun is just getting started here in Detroit, after all. So why limit the possibilities?

    john.niyo@detroitnews.com

    Twitter: @JohnNiyo

    "I hope to see the Lions in the Super Bowl before I die"
    My friend Ken L

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    • Oregon LB Noah Sewell would add beef to Detroit Lions defense, give them 'a little' Penei

      Dave Birkett

      Detroit Free Press



      INDIANAPOLIS — Noah Sewell signed with Oregon out of high school in part to play with his big brother, Penei, but the five-star linebacker never got a chance when Covid disrupted the 2020 season.

      Penei Sewell opted out of his junior season at Oregon and was a first-round draft pick by the Detroit Lions the next spring. Now, the brothers are hoping they get a chance to play together in the NFL.

      "If I get drafted by the Lions it’ll be truly a blessing," Noah Sewell said Wednesday at the NFL combine.

      Sewell is one of the top linebacker prospects in this year's draft, a potential top-50 pick who played both inside and outside in his three-year college career.

      He was the Pac-12 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year and had a team-leading 114 tackles as a sophomore, but his production slipped last fall while playing a new role and, he said, trying to do too much on a defense that was one of the most disappointing in college football.

      "I’ll put the blame on myself (for that)," Sewell said. "I feel like I could have done better of communicating the calls a little bit more and making sure everybody was on the same page. But being me, the middle backer, the QB of the defense, I should have been in more control of that."



      Sewell has increasingly rare size for an off-ball linebacker in today's NFL at 250 pounds, a topic he said has come up in combine interviews with teams this week.

      "They do question my weight a little bit," he said. "I am on the heavier side of the scale, but I like to kind of stay away from those typical linebackers. I like to be unique with my weight. I can move around, I’m dynamic, I’m athletic and I think I bring a lot to the table with my weight."

      He has impressive bloodlines, with Penei already on his way to being one of the best right tackles in the NFL — he made the Pro Bowl as an alternate this season — and middle brother, Nephi, spending last season with the New Orleans Saints.

      "Being the youngest, I was always picked on," Noah said. "Can’t forget my sister. My sister was basically our second mother, she kind of overran the house. But being the younger brother, they kind of roughed me up and kind of created me to who I am right now and made me not take any bad things from anybody and just keep it pushing."

      Sewell said he leaned on his brothers for advice before the combine and when he was considering making the jump to the NFL.

      Penei told the Free Press in January it would be "a blessing" if Noah could follow in his footsteps as a first-round pick, and he said whatever team drafts his brother won't be disappointed.




      "I think to be honest, you’re getting a little me," Penei said. "Me and him, we talk a lot. We’re kind of alike, so I feel like honestly, you’re just getting another me."

      Noah said he's already better than Penei in some areas.

      "I think I got better hands than Penei," he joked in reference to Penei's athletic catch on a tackle-eligible play that sealed a December win over the Minnesota Vikings.

      And no matter where he goes in the draft, he'll remain his brother's biggest fan.

      “I really love watching that boy play," Noah said. "He really brings a lot of passion to that game. You see every snap, every play, he brings a lot and I’m just trying to match that."



      Catch the "Free Press Sports with Carlos and Shawn" podcast every Thursday morning at 5 and on demand on freep.com/podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. The latest episode, embedded in the middle of this article, counts Dave Birkett as the guest to talk all things Lions, mock drafts, the QB decision, the window to win and more.

      Contact Dave Birkett at dbirkett@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @davebirkett.
      "I hope to see the Lions in the Super Bowl before I die"
      My friend Ken L

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      • And here's the same subject being written by the News:



        LB prospect Noah Sewell says it'd be a blessing to play with brother Penei in Detroit

        Justin Rogers

        The Detroit News



        Indianapolis — It's not difficult to see and hear the similarities between siblings Penei Sewell and younger brother Noah. Their relation comes through in their facial expression and the sound of their voices. Unless you're close to the family, you could have a difficult time telling them apart with your eyes closed.

        Physically, that's a different story. Noah, the baby of the family, is significantly smaller than his older brother, the 330-pound offensive tackle who earned Pro Bowl honors last season, his second with the Detroit Lions. Of course, Noah is not small. In fact, the 250-pound linebacker who is in Indianapolis for the scouting combine, readying to join his brothers Penei and Nephi in the NFL, possesses an old-school, large frame for a position that has evolved toward smaller and faster players.

        After three seasons at Oregon, Noah declared for the NFL draft, where he's expected to be an early-round selection come April. Despite having a down year, at least compared to his stellar 2021 campaign, where he racked up 114 tackles and 4.0 sacks, he still felt it was time to make the jump.



        My decision came down to just my dream," Noah said. "I’m one step closer to my dream. I just thought it was my time. Just talking to my brothers, Penei and Nephi, they're in the league right now, and talking to them, they reassured my decision."

        The youngest sibling, Noah admitted life could be rough growing up in the Sewell household. His brothers never took it easy on him, roughing him up and picking on him, but he credits those experiences with making him tough. And as he prepares to embark on his own professional career, he's looking to bring that toughness to the team that drafts him, while mirroring the intensity that has defined Penei's short time in Detroit.

        "I really love watching that boy play," Noah said. "He really brings a lot of passion to the game. I mean, you see it. Every snap, every play, he brings a lot. I’m just trying to match that."

        The sibling rivalry is also alive and well. Noah said if he and Penei ever matched up one-on-one, he'd win his fair share of reps. Noah, who played some running back and slot receiver in high school, also emphatically stated he has better hands than his brother, who famously caught a game-sealing pass in Detroit's victory over Minnesota last season.



        In the market for upgraded depth at the position, the Lions met with Noah at the combine. He declined to elaborate on that interview, other than noting he made a joke to Detroit's decision-makers he wasn't at liberty to repeat. But one thing Noah won't hide is his desire to play on the same team as his brother, something the COVID-19 pandemic robbed him of an opportunity to do when both briefly overlapped at Oregon.

        "If I do get drafted by the Lions, it would truly be a blessing," Noah said.


        jdrogers@detroitnews.com

        Twitter: @Justin_Rogers

        "I hope to see the Lions in the Super Bowl before I die"
        My friend Ken L

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        • That would be great if the Lions could draft him

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          • How Detroit Lions made leap from loveable losers to expected NFL contender in 2023

            Dave Birkett

            Detroit Free Press


            Rod Wood, by his own admission, was in a "pissy" mood Monday.

            Wood's flight from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to Detroit was delayed by weather, and as the Detroit Lions president sat in the airport awaiting his plane, a Lions fan with three sons in tow came up to say hello.

            The fan introduced himself, said he was from Bloomfield, and — as his boys snapped selfies trying discreetly to get Wood in the background — spoke passionately about how much he loves the Lions and how optimistic he is for the 2023 season.

            When it was time to board the plane, another fan stopped Wood to talk Lions. The fan told Wood he buys a horse every year and names it after someone from the team. He called the first horse he bought, "Run Barry Run," and has a 2-year-old colt named "Spielman."




            Wood has had mostly positive interactions with fans in his seven-plus years as Lions president. Even in down times, keyboard warriors tend to hide in the weeds.

            But there has been something different about his encounters in recent months; the buy-in and belief everyone seems to share in what the Lions started building in last year's 9-8 season.


            "You can sense it in the stadium, you can sense it walking through the airport, you can sense it just going out to dinner and you run into people," Wood told the Free Press in an interview Monday before this week's NFL combine. "It feels good. You don’t want to get too over your skis and predicting things that haven’t happened yet, but you certainly feel like you’ve got the foundation in place and have a lot of confidence in all the people that are here.



            "Winning breeds winning, and I think losing unfortunately breeds losing, and I think we kind of somewhere in the last year and a half, kind of figured out how to get from the losing breeding more losing to the winning breeding more winning. And I just hope you can just keep cranking that up next year."

            The Lions authored one of the most remarkable turnarounds in the NFL last season, winning eight of their final 10 games after a 1-6 start, to finish with their first winning record since 2017.

            They beat the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in the final game of the regular season, but just missed the playoffs thanks to the Seattle Seahawks' come-from-behind win over the Los Angeles Rams earlier in the day.

            The Lions' six-year postseason drought is entirely of their own doing. Last year, their defense was atrocious early in the season, and finished last in the NFL in yards allowed. They blew a September game to the Minnesota Vikings by mismanaging the game's final minutes. And they no-showed in a costly December loss to the Carolina Panthers.




            But coming off a 3-13-1 season the year before, with the youngest snap-adjusted roster in the NFL and a head coach in Dan Campbell and general manager in Brad Holmes who are drawing rave reviews for their jobs, the Lions are no longer considered loveable losers and have instead become a team to love and fear.

            "It’s interesting finishing 9-8 but winning eight of the last 10 is different than finishing 9-8 but losing the last five and missing out on the playoffs," Wood said. "It’s the same record, but the momentum going into the offseason is very different the way we finished, especially beating Green Bay on Sunday Night Football and preventing them from going to the playoffs, and then all the things that we already talked about with draft picks and free agency. I think the optimism is they’re ponying up money to buy tickets, too."


            The Lions had the biggest percentage increase in attendance last season, and Wood said they already have taken deposits on almost 10,000 new season ticket purchases for 2023.

            With about $23 million in cap space heading into free agency and two first- and two second-round picks in this year's draft, the Lions are better positioned for long-term success than they have been at any point during Wood's tenure with the team.



            And as he looks back on the rocky road the franchise has traveled since he arrived an NFL neophyte in 2015 — he replaced Tom Lewand as president after Lewand and GM Martin Mayhew were fired midway through the season — he said Campbell, Holmes and Lions owner Sheila Hamp deserve a lot of credit for how far they've come.

            "I give a lot of credit, first to Sheila for what she’s done and then Dan in particular changing the culture," Wood said. "You know what it was like before (under the previous regime of Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia), and I’m partially responsible for that since we brought those guys in. But you could kind of tell, like I said when we hired (Campbell and Holmes), what you didn’t want, and then set about trying to find the people that would embrace the kind of culture we wanted."

            Wood, Hamp, Lions chief operating officer Mike Disner and special assistant Chris Spielman led parallel coach and GM searches after the team's miserable 2020 season, and ended with the hiring of Campbell and Holmes. The two men did not know each other before teaming up with the Lions; Wood said he introduced them by phone in his office once it became clear they were the leading candidates for their jobs.




            That unorthodox approach was initially met with skepticism by a league known for its buddy hiring system, but the synergy between Campbell and Holmes has worked so well that Wood has taken calls from other NFL teams interested in replicating the Lions' model.

            "I’d like to say that we were brilliant and knew something no one else did, but I think some of it ... was I think we just stayed true to our process, which is what we were looking for were guys that were going to be collaborative, work together, didn’t have huge egos," Wood said. "And I got turned off in the interview when you heard people talking about the structure I need, and I need to have final say on this, or I need to be in charge of that. And those were not the kind of people we were looking for. And both these guys came in with no ego, we’re going to figure this out, we’re going to do it the right way, we’re going to work together."


            That, Wood said, is at the heart of how the Lions have made the leap from losing breeding losing — the Lions have the longest drought without a playoff victory in the NFL at 31 seasons — to finally, maybe, being on a winning track.

            "You never really know until people are here," Wood said. "But I think Dan is beyond anything I could have ever hoped for I think in terms of setting the culture and being a leader. I think he’s deserving of a lot of credit for the way the season kind of didn’t go in the tank. And same with Sheila, stepping up and talking about the belief in the team. So yeah, I think things are good. Reason to be optimistic. We’ve got some money to hopefully acquire some players in free agency and high draft capital to keep building, and Brad’s proven that he can be a very effective drafter."




            Though the NFL offseason has barely begun, the Lions should enter the 2023 season as the favorite in the NFC North.

            The Vikings won 13 games and the division last season, but have an aging roster with salary cap concerns. The Lions had a better division record, and trailed the Vikings for a total of 45 seconds in their two head-to-head games.

            The Packers, after three straight decades of having a first ballot Hall of Famer at quarterback, are awaiting word on Aaron Rodgers' future, and have myriad holes to fill even if he returns. And the Chicago Bears are entering Year 2 of their rebuild and had the worst record in the NFL last season.


            The Lions have work to do themselves. Their defense needs help at all levels, they lost three position coaches to lateral moves this offseason, and questions remain about Jared Goff's long-term viability as a starter even after his Pro Bowl year.

            But their young roster, their well-managed cap, their horde of draft capital, their high-octane offense and their coach and GM tandem are all reason to believe the strides they've made are for real.

            Wood said the Lions "certainly have capital to be more active than we have been the last couple years" in free agency and the trade market, though he was coy about the team's offseason plans.

            "Does that mean that we’re bringing in players who are not currently on our team or we’re bringing back our own guys? It’ll be a combination of both, I think," he said. "There’s a couple guys that we’re interested in that could get franchise tags. There’s things that could happen still, and trade-wise there’s always phones that ring and you never know whether that’ll happen."




            The Washington Commanders used the franchise tag Tuesday on defensive tackle Daron Payne, who would have fit one of the Lions' most pressing needs for an interior pass rusher.

            Top defensive free agents Javon Hargrave, Dre'Mont Jones, Jamel Dean, James Bradberry and Chauncey Gardner-Johnson still could hit the market, but whether the Lions dip into that pool or not, big things will be expected this fall — things Wood and the Lions are comfortable talking about.


            "I’m not going to give a record (prediction for next season), but certainly we expect improvement and I think the division’s right there for the taking," Wood said. "Certainly, I would hope that we’re right there competing to win the division. Obviously, health of the players and a lot of things have to break your way, but we’ll see what happens with Green Bay and the Rodgers situation. Minnesota I feel had a great year, but we beat them once and had them the second time so, yeah, so I hope to be right there competing. I think the NFC is kind of almost wide open."

            And for the first time in a long time, the Lions have realistic designs on making it theirs for the taking.

            Catch the "Free Press Sports with Carlos and Shawn" podcast every Thursday morning at 5 and on demand on freep.com/podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. This week's episode, below, counts Dave Birkett as the guest to talk all things Lions, the draft and more.



            Contact Dave Birkett at dbirkett@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @davebirkett.
            "I hope to see the Lions in the Super Bowl before I die"
            My friend Ken L

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            • I am luke warm on Woods after reading a few articles on/about him lately. He's not the D bag I pictured him to be. Seems like a down to Earth ok guy.
              Trickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.

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              • Wood is fine for what he was hired for. A money guy. Probably not a terribly good money guy (judging from how Jr. fired him from managing the Ford Foundation), but who knows? Maybe he was just collateral damage from whatever tit for tat was going on between Junior and his mom at that time (Mommy effectively froze Junior out of the Lions and fired Junior's bestest pal in retaliation, as I understand it).

                As long as he stays on the money side, Wood will continue to be fine. Junior's bestest childhood buddy loved to cross over and dip his hand in football operations, for example, as did a handful of Senior's old drinking buddies in the past. Sheila appears to have done a very good job at re-organizing and has enough strong personalities that are able to tell Wood to stay in his lane if he ever decides to think he can make football decisions.

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                • Great quote...



                  Lions head coach Dan Campbell had a great quote about evaluating players at the NFL Scouting Combine

                  When most folks think of the NFL Scouting Combine, they picture the draft prospects doing workouts and athletic drills in their workout wear. It’s not called “the underwear Olympics” for nothing.

                  That’s not something that holds much appeal for Lions head coach Dan Campbell. He pushed back against the notion that the workouts are critically important in the evaluation process here in Indianapolis.

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                  “You grade off tape, not what happens with guys running around in pajamas,” Campbell quipped during his press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

                  The on-field workouts, including the 40-yard dash and bench press, begin on Thursday. Don’t expect to see Campbell actively engaged in watching those workouts.
                  Trickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.

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                  • Scottie Montgomery: What the Lions are getting, in Dan Campbell's own words

                    Jeff Risdon
                    March 1, 2023

                    “Scottie’s one of those guys, and I interviewed him for the OC position last year, which ended up, (we) went with Ben Johnson. And I was impressed. And that’s why these interviews, it may not work out at the time, but man everything happens for a reason. And so to be able to acquire him as our running back coach/assistant head coach from the Colts, man, was big.”

                    Coach Campbell continued, getting more into where Montgomery can help,

                    “So I think he’s going to be an outstanding teacher. I think he’s got a lot of versatility. He’s coached the receivers, he’s coached running backs. He’s been a head coach, he’s been a coordinator. He’s worked with quarterbacks. So I just think that this is a talented coach, man, that’s got a lot of wisdom. He’s a motivator, energy. So we’re happy to have him.”
                    Trickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.

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                    • Dan Campbell explains why he brought John Fox into the Lions as a senior defensive assistant coach

                      Jeff Risdon
                      March 2, 2023

                      “John was the defensive coordinator when I was with the Giants as a young player and that’s where our relationship began,” Campbell told reporters. “A very successful head coach with three different teams in this league. He’s been out of (the league) for about five years. He went back to Indy last year in the same capacity as a senior defensive assistant. Man, you could see the fire in him. I mean, it was impressive.”

                      Campbell continued,

                      “He misses the chess match. He misses preparing for an opponent. And just worrying about defense. I think he’s going to be great in helping AG (Lions DC Aaron Glenn) watch his blind spots. Which is what Johnny Morton did for us on offense with Ben (OC Ben Johnson) last year. I think he’ll be a great addition.”

                      Campbell also noted how much another longtime NFL head coach, Dom Capers, helped the team in the same capacity in 2021.
                      Trickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.

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                      • Brad Holmes leaves no doubt about Jared Goff: 'He's our starter'

                        Trickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.

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                        • He’s def no Paul Pasqualoni
                          F#*K OHIO!!!

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                          • That’s fantastic news!! Draft a backup!!!
                            F#*K OHIO!!!

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                            • I do find it funny how much (and how little) that actually says.

                              Holmes isn't going into this draft looking for Goff's replacement. That said, no one outside of the dumbest of the "the NFL is a game of one-on-one between two QBs" would expect him to draft a QB that immediately replaced Goff anyway. It's a statement that conveys confidence in Goff, yet leaves Holmes open to still take his shot if he sees someone he thinks is "the guy." It also keeps that seed of doubt in other team's minds that they should call someone else if a QB they desire drops to #6.

                              Holmes plays the GM game pretty well.

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                              • I'm sure BH is thinking the Lions may not have this good of a shot at a college QB in the draft for awhile....They dont expect to be picking in top 10 next year, at least not with their own pick..... If CJ Stroud falls to 6, BH will have to do some serious thinking.

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