The next month and a half for Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes will be the most important of his professional life. Later on Monday, the legal tampering period of free agency opens up and the Lions have money to spend. Detroit is expected to be far more active than they were last year, as Holmes has said himself that this phase in the rebuild is the “player acquisition phase.”
Then just over a month later, Holmes will be tasked with using the Lions’ hefty draft capital in acquiring the talent of the future for this franchise.