Detroit Lions Brad Holmes willing to trade NFL Draft picks to land coveted players.
is going to march to the beat of his own drum. It's a trait he's consistently shown in his draft-day wheelings-and-dealings throughout his first four years as
Just this past April, he showcased a heavy dose of aggressiveness. He traded up four times to ultimately nab six players as part of his 2024 draft haul. In one of those trades, he traded up five spots – from No.
Along with dealing for Arnold, Holmes facilitated three trades on Day 3 of the draft. He traded up for offensive linemanshowcased even less of an emphasis on the trade-value chart with those three deals, especially in the case of the trade for Manu., in fact, parted ways with its third-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft to acquire Manu, an individual who has never played a down of football in the United States.
“Look, we try to do the best we can, in terms of assessing the value and placing the right value on him. But sometimes, when you get to Day 3 of the draft and you see what's available and what's left and how it's fell, we just kind of got in the mode of, 'Let's just get the guys that we want,’” Holmes expressed. "So, we didn't want to kind of take the risk of let's just sit back, wait and be patient, and if he's there, he's there.
Based on Manu’s pre-draft stock, he could've been acquired as late as the sixth or seventh round. However,“It's not about who he's going against. We know who he's going against, but, for one, he's doing what he's supposed to do versus the guys that he was going against,” Holmes said. “You see him burying multiple guys at the second level, at the line of scrimmage. You saw him playing with physicality, with tenacity and finish.
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