Lions GM Brad Holmes explains recent aggression in middle rounds

The Detroit Lions have been anything but passive in the middle rounds of the draft in the last three years. In 2023, Lions general manager Brad Holmes packaged two fifth-round picks to go from 122 to 96 in order to grab defensive tackle Brodric Martin. Last year, the Lions spent a future third-round pick in order to grab British Columbia offensive tackle Giovanni Manu in the fourth round.

This year, Holmes turned up the aggression even more. In order to move from pick 102 to 70, he sent two future third-round picks to the Jacksonville Jaguars, and got two sixth-round picks in return. The selection of Arkansas wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa has been viewed as Detroit’s most questionable move of…