Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes held his annual pre-draft press conference on Thursday morning. While these are largely uninformative media sessions, as NFL teams attempt to hide their intentions for next week’s 2025 NFL Draft, Holmes is generally one of the more honest and open general managers in the NFL.
So let’s dive into what he said Thursday morning with our five takeaways from the event.
The ball is in Za’Darius Smith’s court
Down at the owners meeting in Flordia two weeks ago, Holmes noted that they had been in contact with Za’Darius Smith’s agent after the team opted to cut him earlier this offseason in a cost-saving move.