2025 Lions Draft

[Old Lion]

I am OK with the DE from Boise St too. He can be that extra pass rusher. S from GA is not bad in Rd 7 either.

We wasted the last pick on a small WR who cant catch though.

 

[Mebert]

Mason Miller -OT NDSU is first udfa

 

[Mebert]

My final thoughts on this draft. Holmes has a long history of picking players people view as reaches, and he has a long history of being correct. However, his biggest flaw happens in every draft. He will always at some point on late day 2, early day 3, give WAY too much future draft capital to make his biggest overreach. On those, he is always wrong. It is wasting future picks on massive projects. Let's run the list:

Broderick Martin
Colby Sorsdal
Giovani Manu
Isaac TeSlaa

These are his 2 worst picks and 2 extreme unknowns, all at the cost of future draft capital. That shit has to stop. Maybe Manu or TeSlaa becomes a mega star that makes it all worth it? He needs at least one to become a plus starter, or he needs to adjust his mid-draft game plans.

Also, I don't love going into the season relying on Davenport to be a healthy option the entire season.


Still the best GM for the Lions in my time as a fan, love the guy. I can take one frustrating trend for all of the positives that come from it.

 

[Old Lion]

Here is the UDFA tracker

Detroit Lions UDFA tracker: Syracuse WR gets nice deal as list reaches 9 players

Meeks could be Tim Patricks backup. the rest dont move the needle much. Maybe Tyus.

 

[Mebert]

Here is the UDFA tracker

Detroit Lions UDFA tracker: Syracuse WR gets nice deal as list reaches 9 players

Meeks could be Tim Patricks backup. the rest dont move the needle much. Maybe Tyus.

I am hoping they view TeSlaa as an X receiver and plan to use him as Patrick backup/replacement next year.

 

[jayfan]

My final thoughts on this draft. Holmes has a long history of picking players people view as reaches, and he has a long history of being correct. However, his biggest flaw happens in every draft. He will always at some point on late day 2, early day 3, give WAY too much future draft capital to make his biggest overreach. On those, he is always wrong. It is wasting future picks on massive projects. Let's run the list:

Broderick Martin
Colby Sorsdal
Giovani Manu
Isaac TeSlaa

These are his 2 worst picks and 2 extreme unknowns, all at the cost of future draft capital. That shit has to stop. Maybe Manu or TeSlaa becomes a mega star that makes it all worth it? He needs at least one to become a plus starter, or he needs to adjust his mid-draft game plans.

Also, I don't love going into the season relying on Davenport to be a healthy option the entire season.


Still the best GM for the Lions in my time as a fan, love the guy. I can take one frustrating trend for all of the positives that come from it.

I can only think of one pick that the bold applies to. Gibbs.

Of the many other picks Holmes has struck gold on, I don't think any were considered real reaches at the time.

The other real reaches were the ones you rightfully complained about.

 

[Mebert]

Pascal, Gibbs, Campbell, Vaki, Barnes, Green, Houston, and Laporta all considered reaches when he took him.