GREAT interview. This is the most hyped I've ever been about a GM. In some ways Mayhew gets a bad wrap in the sense that he drafted a lot of really good players (who are still really good to this day) but constantly failed to plan ahead or build depth. He also fukked up the cap. Bob Quinn had some good draft picks, specifically o-lineman, but sucked overall and made draft nights a horror story more often than not. He also seemed to be a master of working hard at doing nothing. You know when you're half assing in a job but making it look like you're working hard? That was him, constantly churning the very bottom of the roster with bad players. He was also bad with the cap, despite cleaning up Mayhew's mess.
Holmes has been pretty damn good at all of it so far. Very good, consistent drafting. He's had misses but no one is perfect. And when you've got multiple mid/late round hits that are contributing or making Pro Bowls, you're doing something right. FA deals have been really good. Nothing debilitating for the cap, and no deals that are insanely long like what Bob Quinn used to do. Very rarely do we see an impulsive decision, and he has a keen eye towards the future. You hear fans on Reddit crying about us having 24mil in cap left and not using it but, that is clearly being rolled over into next year unless something crazy happens (major injury that requires us to go get someone). Paying Goff, Sewell, and Amon Ra are gonna be clear goals next year. I'm not a big Goff fan but if the Lions have the year we think they'll have, and the success we think they'll have...it'll be largely due to Goff, and he'll get paid. That's just the reality.
They need on thing to set it off. Make the lion the color of an actual lion.
