If you’re a Detroit Lions fan, you likely remember the moment general manager Brad Holmes drafted Oregon offensive tackle Penei Sewell with the seventh overall pick last year. Via the Lions’ war room video, Holmes went around hugging everyone in sight and slammed his desk so hard that he sent a pen flying several feet in the air.
Holmes also broke a bit of an unwritten rule at the time of drafting Sewell. After the Miami Dolphins took Jaylen Waddle with the sixth pick, Holmes couldn’t hold in his excitement. He called in the pick almost immediately, forgoing the extra time the Lions had on the clock to make the decision.