The offseason is still young, but Brad Holmes, the Detroit Lions first-year general manager has been a busy man.
First, it was the trade that sent Matthew Stafford, the team’s franchise quarterback, to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for Jared Goff and a bunch of draft picks. Then he was faced with the tough decision of whether or not to use the franchise tag on star wide receiver Kenny Golladay or breakout edge defender Romeo Okwara. With the wide receiver free agent market cratering, and the very affordable deal he ended up signing Okwara to shortly after the start of the league’s tampering period, Holmes looks to be more than capable of handling some of the toughest decisions a general manager has to make.