The appeal of the NFL draft is that it’s shopping with someone else’s money. You get to cheer, criticize, yell “Buy!” or “Don’t buy!” and it doesn’t cost you a thing.
The one person whom it does cost — and therefore the only one who matters — is the general manager. In the case of the Detroit Lions, that’s Brad Holmes. It’s his job. It’s his "Supermarket Sweep."
And therefore, it’s his brain you either trust or don’t trust to determine if the Lions’ three-day shopping spree was a success.
“We’re absolutely thrilled with how tonight went,” Holmes told the media after Thursday’s first round, in which he:
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