1984Echoes

5th round... Brad moving up for someone they LOVE...

I believe the Lions wanted him at a lower price point to manage the cap and extensions. He's still sitting out there so I imagine his price point is coming down now...

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Yeah, I have no actual idea of where he is as a guard... just that the team was talking him up there. I agree with you that the most likely outcome is Mahogany-Ragnow-Ratledge on the interior with Glasgow backup for all three and Manu comfortable residing in the backup tackle spot...

I think the 1st three guys go early in the 4th and may be out of reach. Diggs or Tyler Baron might be had in the 5th I think...

Just concluded conversation with my brother: Brother: "Did the Lions trade up again?" Me: "What? No, they haven't even started the..." "But BRAD HOLMES..." "DUDE!!! Have some PATIENCE!!!"

Training Camp thought: I think the "Dog Fight" in this year's training camp will be between Mahogany and Manu for the right to start at LG. I'm already assuming that Ratledge will win the RG spot and Glasgow will be 1st backup to the 3 interior spots.

PS: It will also be guys that excel on Special Teams...

If they stay put... I think they are targeting Practice Squad players that they feel they can draft and develop...

NOBODY wants to discuss Holmes late round draft strategy? Hmmmm.... I'm feeling like Shadeur Sanders all of a sudden...

He's not replacing Jamo at Z. He "patterned" his game after Puka Nacua (in one of his interviews somewhere, I forget which one)... So... We are getting Puka Nacua 2.0 at X, not Jamo at Z. Book it.

We're gonna get ALL the Hughes brothers?!?!?!?!

But they all block. Imperative in a Lions offense. And on a Lions roster. Both DC and BH have made that abundantly clear.

I'm a huge GO on re-signing Za'Darius. "Geev thyat man hees money."

To further expound upon this: 3) We have no 3rd's in 2026, but a 4th and a 5th next year. I'll wager Holmes trades those two picks to go up and get an early 4th or end of 3rd to go get another one of "his guys"...

I have a couple of takes... including on Randy's point: 1) I see a lot of veterans that get moved for a pick returning really, only 6th's or 7th's. Maybe Brad is stocking up on some of these late rounders in anticipation of this? He's not looking to trade 1sts or 2nds for a star, but rather, 6th's or 7th's to pick up a depth player to cover for an injury, or similar...? Just a guess. 2) My other take is: Not only is it getting really hard for 3/4/5th's to make this team... but ALSO: if you release them at the end of training camp it's harder to slip them over to the Practice Squad. And Holmes especially is going to have a hard time slipping those picks to the PS because it's getting known around the league that he's a pretty good judge of football players. HOWEVER... those 6th and 7th rounders are all projects. Long shots. Practice Squad players. Maybe Holmes is INTENTIONALLY stocking up on 6ths and 7ths, both for future trades, but also because he may have his eyes on several guys that he wants to draft and develop, and those guys will all be in the last two rounds and are easier to slip onto the Practice Squad without other teams' raiding his guys. That's my conspiracy theory anyways...

And he's a "personality".

No, they traded BACK for him.

It's our 3rd this year and TWO 3rds in 2026. So it's THREE 3rds (2025 #102) for a 3rd (2025 #70) and two 6ths.

The flipside is Brad is accumulating late picks. We now have two 6ths this year and three 7ths... What is Holmes planning to DO with all those picks? Inquiring minds want to know... (he has something up his sleeve?)

Green goes immediately after us... Hah! To the Ravens... which, for some reason... seems fitting.

I think that's what will happen. When Mahogany got the couple of starts last year wasn't it at Left Guard? I think it was...

A DIRTBAG Guard!!!

Yes they did. But we get a 7th back!!!

I'd like a big physical corner too. And an Edge. And a LG, and another safety, and an X-Receiver.