Lions' GM Brad Holmes would laugh hysterically at this year after draft analysis on Jahmyr Gibbs

The grades were in the B-range and that's fine, but I have to give my guys a hard time here becasue the they're saying stuff that Lions GM Brad Holmes would likely come after them in a year end presser for. 

The grade seemed to be more affected not by what the player did, but where the player was taken. It's a positional value thing over what the player actually did on the field. 

As we know, this is something that Holmes has long rallied against. He brought it up in 2023 after the draft, but he went hard against it in 2024 when he came into one of the draft pressers wearing a shirt that said "positional villain" on it. A shirt the entire Lions war room also wore.   

"I got hit for ‘positional value’ last year." Holmes said. "When I got tipped off on ‘positional value,’ I didn’t even know what that was. This was like a new analytic. I didn’t know what it was. I thought about it, and I was like, positional value? Pick a position, not a player? Aren’t we looking for football players? 

I understand the word, I understand the term, ‘positional value,’ like quarterback or whatever. I understand that. But I didn’t understand it was a thing where you would draft (a position) regardless of the player, because I think that’s very easy...... You can draft whatever the premium positions are, quarterback, edge rusher, tackle, those positions. Say you draft only those positions, but they’re not contributing to your football team. Did you win the draft? Did you win the draft because you drafted those positions? But they’re not contributing to your football team? Or do you draft the best football players that are contributing to your football team and make you a better football team?"

It's hard to argue with Holmes point since it's been working for the Lions since he started drafting for them. He also has a solid point. The idea that the Lions would get taken down a peg because they took a good player too high is weird. Just draft the guys you think are good and will make an immediate impact with your team. Why wait for them to maybe be there later? As Holmes says, "get your guys and get the hell out of there." 

Ok, I'm done giving the guys a hard time. Destin Adams and James Foster are two very good analysts that I'm proud to be on a team with. I highly recommend you make The Football Room one of your weekly watches. Hopefully soon we'll get a part two of this and we can give them a hard time for their Jack Campbell grade.