Hear from Detroit Lions Executive Vice President & General Manager Brad Holmes as he speaks to the media on April 18, 2024.
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Thank you for giving the reporters a mic! 🎤 👍
They listened to my comment two days ago!
I've been asking for press mic for freakin years. Hopefully it's here to stay
Same
Thank God!!
The mic comes and goes, wouldn’t expect it to last
I really appreciate being able to hear the reporters questions. Context makes this man's words that much greater.
oh shut up
Everybody freaked out when he didn't take a wide out but ended up with Saint Brown
🎉 😮 that's badassery
He has earned 100% trust. I’ll be excited for every single pick no matter who it is.
Yessir. He could take a kicker and punter with the 1st 2 picks and I'd be ok with it.
It's OK to question a new GM over the teams picks. Brad has had 3 drafts in a row where he has nailed it. Whatever he and the Lions scounting staff decide on is good enough for me. They have shown they can draft quality players, I have every reason to trust them now.
It’s amazing to finally have full faith and trust in the leadership of this team.
@@robwark7554Right? I remember so many drafts where after 3 years not a single drafted player was still on the roster and many were not even in the NFL anymore. The Lions were terrible at drafting. But, Brad has shown me he knows talent. Feels good to finally have my team make quality personnel decisions.
Agree that he hasnailed the last 3 drafts, but the Lions had high 1st round picks and multiple draft picks to work with in those years. This draft we are way back and have limited draft capital to work with. 8f BH can work his magic this year and draft even 2 first day starters in Positions of need, he will have knocked it out of the park. One thing he has not done to date is overpay for moving up for a draft pick, or allowing himself to get undercompensated for trading vack. He will also not mortgage away next years draft picks for one this year. Let's see how the master chef coojs this draft. Vikings GM, packers GM and Rams GM are all buttsore from deals with him. Other teams GM's are wary of doing deals with BH now. The onlybtije I think BH madexa bad deal is when he gave away Swift to the Eagles last season for a 5th round pick. Swift was and still is a top rb in the league, and he had another whole season on his rookie deal. Trading him to an NFC SB contender for a 5th round pick was abad deal.
Except that Swift really didn't tip the scales for Philly and is now a Bear. @@Charleybones
New uniforms and reporters get mics? This is the brand new lions
Lol😂
Dang, its a sweet thing to see "Systemic Competence" with the Detroit Lions Organization and Brad Holmes leading the whole thing .
Can’t Wait to See Brad Cook in the Draft!! 🔥
Best GM and what a great man too. The guys love Mr. Brad
I just love how open and honest Brad is. Just refreshing to have such a great group of people leading our organization to be as successful as we can possibly be. This is how you build a winning team!
I love hearing the questions. Thanks,media dept.!
How nice is it to have a GM, that does his homework, on every single player. And has a plan, that's been proven to work. Been a long time coming, we've earned this as a Fan Base! Thanks Much to All involved!!!😮😊
Such a professional...I can see why everyone trusts this man. Truly transparent in every facet.
I could listen to BH talk the nfl draft process all day lol
Lifetime contracts for Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell. These guys are two peas in a pod. So lucky to have them in Detroit. Long suffering Lions fans have deserved this! OnePride 🦁
Thank you Brad 💙
That's a new style windbreaker. A hint at black in the new unis?
Yes it was leaked today. Black Jerseys are back 💪🏽
I don’t like that blue, hints at New York Giants. May be a street purchase rather than team apparel 🧐
Is it black or just a shade lighter like graphite or something?
He's got the bags under his eyes again. He's busting his ass!
I think it’s permanent at this point. 😂
Brad is awesome with the Media he knows how to give articulate answers without giving away secrets. He is in control.
Please keep giving the reporters a mic throughout the season
I’ll be in Detroit for the draft all three days so if we trade out a day one, I’ll be there on day two I trust Brad.
Gotta love this guy. The honesty is really refreshing ultimately he has really performed!
Can’t believe it took this long to hand the reporters a microphone when asking questions 😮
Now we just need the red wings to realize that these requests exist
It won’t last like the last 5 times
Love Our GM🎉🎉🎉 One Pride!!!
I look forward to Brad Holmes press conferences more than any other thing on KZhead, except for Inside The Den episodes
Go Lions 🦁 🏈
Chef Holmes!
I'm convinced we're trading back listening to BH right here and i gotta ride with him on whatever!
If the GM & HC do it right, our days of top 20-30 draft picks are done. That’s a product of on the field success. We Lions fans best get comfortable not drafting the most promising guys, but the guys at 30-60. Those guys are guys that can be developed. As well as the late round picks. Look at Malcolm Rodriguez, guys a solid pick that does whatever is asked, and would likely be a solid starter on other teams. We need those kind of guys, on both sides of the ball and if rockstar special teamer comes up take him. Good luck Madman Brad and company, go find us a couple nuggets Brad. One Pride.
Bigup to Brad Holmes the 🐐
Tha goat
Brad sounds like he has a plan, it’s almost time to cook!
I wish ppl leave brad alone man leave him alone let him do his job i kno lions fans hungry, but dam let this man do his job he knows what he's doing
Literally, nobody is going after him. Maybe last year, but not now. So shut up lol.
You ate clueless if you dont see some dans getting upset with him@@nickolausknepper2999
Whenever he does eventually miss on a high draft pick, the press will shit on him. The fans won't.
Wonder if brad is given a hint to new uniforms color wise with that shirt.
That’s what I was thinking.
I hope not
They just leaked. It's true we have a black alternate!!!
I think you got to ask who's the Amon-ra St. Brown of this year's draft.
Brad and Dan definitely wanted Gibbs and the rest of the room was saying to draft Bijan at 6
I think you're correct.
I was thinking they were talking about LaPorta.
Every time I hear Brad talk, I can't help but think that he is just so smart. I sure am glad that the other teams he worked for didn't figure it out.
Today's question: Will Brad get some crazy steal in the draft and NOT injure a table, MCDC, etc.? FanDuel should make odds on that. Can't wait to see what Brad does this time around.
🤣😂🤣😂
Finally the reporters have mics!!! It was unwatchable before. Thank you!
Go pick us a winner Brad. We would love any of these five players! Latu - Kool Aid - DeJean - Newton - JPJ
You are spot on. These guys would be great
He's not taking any of them
Zac Zinter could be a great 3rd round pick and would definitely help us keep having the best offensive line in the game
YES! I can hear the questions.....Well Done LIONS!
I love this guy!
Brad never misses
Hold up, dont get too carried away. BH is the man no doubt. But im waiting to see if Broderick martin produces
@@KLartrandMevery GM in every sport ever is gonna have picks that don’t pan out. Just the nature of sports drafting. His track record is good.
@@KLartrandMwhether he pans out or not i think brad is the best gm in the league at drafting players
@@Thrashman-ye4cf i agree, im just a literal person. The term never misses triggered me. Bottom line, he's the best we ever had.
I've been a fan for a long time. Decades. Holmes has spoken to the press more than all gm's combined over 50 years.
Do your work "Brad standing on Business The Goat is going to COOK🔥
Mise en place 😊
18:14 Brad wants Brian Thomas
In Brad Holmes I Trust
go lions! my hopes : DE, CB, OL, and lastly, WR OR LB
IN BRAD WE TRUST Whatever he does
to add to your lastly, a safety.
Perfect🎉🎉
The bruhs from Roar of The Lions - UK will be there! ROTL-UK, have some fun!
Brad and Dan leave no stone unturned, keep these men in Detroit and the Lions will be the pride of Michigan for many, many years. One pride!!!
Tbh were already Winners this off-season with the addition of Reader and zeitler.
Thank you for mic'ing the reporters questions!!!!!
ONE PRIDE 😤 👏
I wonder if Brad appreciates how into the draft Detroit fans are. You are a rock star and we know it. I'm still way excited for our draft even though we are picking at 29 💪🦁
What's to wonder? He's made it pretty clear, he doesn't care how ANYONE(other than Dan and Sheila) feels about his roster decisions. He's not only said it, he's proven it! Any doubts should have been gone with the 2023 draft!
@@RickC-sc5ki My point has nothing to do with judging his performance. It's the fact that so many Lion's fans watch the draft and we all appreciate Brad Holmes. I just wonder if he realizes that.
A lot of people don’t realize these are the guys that determine how good your team Is. they are the brilliant masterminds behind this beautiful game of football and Holmes plays like a grandmaster at chess.
Ladies and gentlemen I present to you, Brad Holmes 🫡💯. The man, the myth, the legend. The unsung hero that's already permanently sketched into Lions history 🫡💯
My tea leaves says he’s favoring a trade down. Get ‘em lone wolf! ❤ 🙏
Its too many general managers for the lions. Too many ppl with all of these suggestions. Let him do his job
for the first time in my life, i trust in this organization to make a good choice to further improve this franchise. lgl i believe
A lot of people get mad about the picks they could be the best in the draft but they have to fit us I love the way brad goes about his business. I trust him 100% Let's go lions
This guy has his stuff together he is the best
THANK YOU FOR FINALLY BRINGING BACK THE BLACK AND BLUE UNIS 🔥🔥
I love how brad looks at it in a micro level. Will this prospect flourish in the role we have him in with the team we have. Love it
100% accurate regarding the dangers of group think. See it in every draft cycle. I'd love to know what the lions thought of Puka Nakua coming out and if we were looking at him at all.
Hell if theres no one left at 29 trade out and get more in the later rounds. We're good !
Thanks for all you do brad I believe I found the lions next great player, and its Kool laid , thing that won me over with this young man was his mother she came across very down home genuine person ,I see Kool laids drive and grit to play for his family.
I like listening to Brad Holmes....Hopefully he stays in Detroit for a long time!
He was speaking of the rooms division on which runningback to take in the 1st rd. Im sure the majority was clamoring for Bijan while Holmes and Campbell lone wolfed themselves 1 Jahmyr Gibbs. So far so good.
LET HIM COOK 🔥🔥🔥
I wish someone had asked about contact extensions for Jared and the Sun God...
The only question is the numbers, but not far off from where they're projected...give or take about $1.5m.
Hey Brad, sir, is that that the charcoal black grey we'll be seeing? lol
I fully trust BH! The only pick I questioned was Brodric Martin. Not because of the player but the amount of capital in the trade up to get him. Other than that he's batting 1.000 in my opinion
If Brad does trade out of one there is no worry because he has a plan
Let’s go baby ! Pumped for this draft !
Sheila must of heard about the mics and got it fixed!! Thanks
you got this brad🫵
i’ll see you at the draft big dawg
Top Villain!
I have a feeling Brad bout to kill it again, draft day have a surprise for us let's Go.!!
brad fit indicates black jersey reveal
I need to know if brads jacket is a lions one
LET HIM COOOOOK!!!
We got both La Porta AND Branch past the 29th pick... No reason to doubt he won't kill it at 29 OR even trade down for extra picks.
Building for long term success draft develop players keep the o line and get d line strong
We will trade up and get our guy. We just don't need all these draft picks right now. Look for us trading up twice. First to around pick 16 using our first and second round picks then again back into the third round.
Love the pick!!!
Draft needs pass rush pass rush pass rush. I trust Brad go get it bud!!
Caelen Carson pls for the l9ve of god. Kid has everything it takes to be a #1 CB after a year of sitting behind what we have now. Great atttitude and is an adsolte DAWG. Richard Sherman 2.0. This is the kid id bang the table for even in round 2 to make sure we get him. Id love to get Darius Robinson in 1 and Caelen in 2 , that would make my draft
Preach!
LETS GO 🦁’s
Brad Holmes is the GOAT 🐐
I trust brad if he trades the first pick it is for the best of the team simple as that no one should get mad about it..
At 2 mins and 2 seconds into the video Brad Holmes said “you people.” 👀
Let's goooo! The draft is almost here! 7 days and counting #onepride!
Nice change of pace not guessing what the questions are!
Sam Laporta was the player. Scouts wanted Kincaid or the other Kid i forget his name.
Yes. My guess is Sam over Michael Mayer from Notre Dame. Mayer was the consensus top TE. Taking LaPorta over him was ballsy.
@@traderduke2 thts him ...I couldn't remember his name. Sam out played every TE not named Kelce imo.
It could've been gibbs or bijon too
Brad homes definitely thinks outside the box which is rare
Gosh Carlos asked a pretty question. First time in my memory…
29 isn't 2 anyway. I am sort of in favor of a trade down anyway. Obviously depends on some factors right? So I don't see it as a bad thing. Then, again I won't be downtown for the draft, but if you're going be realistic.
Talent-wise, there's no real difference between pick 29 and pick 33(or even 40). The only real difference is the 5th year option. Picking that late, I really don't care what he does.
I think he has to be talking about LaPorta over Mayer. Nobody and I mean nobody had Sam Laporta over Michael Mayer.. except for Brad and Dan. And look how that turned out. Classic example of going with your gut and it almost took the Lions to the Super Bowl. *Could also be Gibbs over Bijan, but that whole room was super excited to get Gibbs because of his potential.
I was telling everyone Sam would be a Lion back in March 2023! That pick did not surprise me at all.
The new Lions slogan, It Takes More, was directly mandated by Rod Wood in January when he raised my season ticket price by 80%. I'm pretty sure the new invoice used those exact words... It Takes More