Holmes said he is a long-term, long-vision and long-view thinker.
"Everything is about succession plans," he said. "That's just how I'm permanently wired. That's how I view personnel. That's how I view football. That's how I view my own personal life.
"I just think making sure you're aware of all possible angles and all possible outcomes that could happen, I think is very, very critical. I'll admit I'm a nerd about predictive science and forecasting and I am because I think that's our job. Our job is to predict the future and I'm also a little bit of a nerd about the psychology of the process."
Holmes said he likes some of the building blocks in place in Detroit. He talked about the quarterback position and Matthew Stafford, a lot of "intriguing" upside along the offensive line, and a young running back in D’Andre Swift who Holmes called exciting and explosive.
On defense, he said rookie cornerback Jeff Okudah has a lot of upside, ability and a high ceiling. He said the defense also has some developmental upside pieces.
In the end, Holmes said Detroit just felt like the perfect situation for him to take the next step in his career, which is collaboratively running the personnel and football operations with the hope of bringing a consistent winner to Detroit.
The next big task for the Lions is finding their head coach. Holmes said some of the traits he's looking for in the next head coach is a person who's a leader of men, someone who has command and presence, and within that presence, is confident, poised, mentally tough and has a high passion to develop players and build through the draft with a relatively young team.
January 19, 2021 at 08:07PM
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