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[608] Detroit Lions 2026 NFL Draft Primer - Detroit Lions Podcast

The Detroit Lions Podcast

Detroit Lions Podcast

Fantasy Sports, Football, Sports

4.5 • 534 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

What Brad Holmes Actually Said Episode 608 lands as a 2026 Detroit Lions NFL Podcast primer, and the focus is Brad Holmes’ pre-draft press conference. The Detroit Lions Podcast treats this stretch as lying season. Everyone knows the game. The wrinkle is that Detroit has often told the truth, just not in ways people caught in the moment. That tension drove the discussion. The read on Holmes was direct. He did not appear deceptive. He also did not say much. He should not. The building keeps information close. The ship is locked tighter than it used to be, which makes outside reads tougher. The group framed Holmes’ approach as consistent, measured, and light on hints that can be mined by other clubs. A Tighter Ship, A Clearer Process Detroit’s process under Holmes tracks with a Rams-rooted philosophy. Care less about other teams. Care most about your own board. That mindset showed up in how the presser landed. No panic. No performative noise. Just enough clarity to signal confidence in the Lions’ path, without handing out details. Comparisons to other NFL front offices came up. Around the league, general managers hold similar lines in April. Some drop phrases that sound like clues. Most do not intend to tip their hand. Holmes fit that pattern, but with a notable edge: a self-focused process that shrugs at outside reaction. It narrows the signal. It cuts the static. Draft Smoke, Real Signals, and Mock Talk The conversation pushed back on fan assumptions about league-wide subterfuge. The NFL uses less smoke and mirrors than people think. Some teams do play games. Many do not. Detroit’s leadership falls on the straight-line side. Truth often sits in plain sight, wrapped in careful language. Unpredictability still rules draft weekend. The show cited a past draft where a team stacked multiple centers despite an established starter. It was a reminder. Anything can happen in the draft, regardless of what a depth chart looks like in April. That applies to the Lions as they weigh value against need, and as mocks try to catch up. From there, the table was set for current mock projections for the Detroit Lions. The presser context matters. If Holmes’ words are consistent with the past, Detroit will prioritize its own grades and timing. The result could challenge expectations on position and sequence. Episode 608 framed the exercise. Read the words. Respect the silence. Then test every mock against a front office that prizes process over theater. #detroitlions #lions #detroitlionspodcast #bradholmespresser #lyingseason #detroitlionsdraft #mockprojections #ramsline #snead #nickcaserio #buccaneersgm #lockedtighter #blowingsmoke #anythingcanhappeninthedraft #threecentersinonedraft #all-procenter #officialdetroitlionspodcastforreddit #episode608 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, hi-ahy-haughts fans,

0:11.0

Hey, hi-dy-ho, Lions fans, welcome to the Detroit Lions podcast.

0:26.6

Episode 608, we would say 6008 off Deutsch.

0:32.7

This is your 2026 Detroit Lions NFL draft primer. Some people say Primer. I don't know. I'm just stuck on primer. It's probably wrong, but I don't care. This is official Detroit Lions podcast for Reddit. I am here dashing host, Chris. And with me is the well-coiffed, well-versed, deeply invested and deeply researched. Co-host Jeff the Riz-Ris. Dude, this is a draft season like none other for you. It's been a fun one. It's been a very interesting one for me, and I'm very happy about that. We talked a little bit about off the air beforehand about some of the things that I'm doing just a little different this time, and I'm enjoying it, and I think it's going very well.

1:12.2

It's great.

1:13.0

And I don't know if anyone else notices it, but if you look at Riz now before the draft,

1:17.5

compared to a year ago, he looks three to five years younger, which may, at our ages,

1:23.6

is a lot.

1:24.8

But you are so much happier.

1:30.1

I am, I am, like, my heart is exploding it grew three snap size it is it is truly insane how much when I look back

1:36.1

how much wasted time I did doing busy work it really is I also I did have a near-death experience last, like just before the senior bowl last year, which you know about.

1:49.4

Yeah.

1:49.7

That was not fun.

1:50.7

That took a toll, but I'm better now.

1:54.1

Good.

1:55.1

All right.

1:56.1

I'm working on it.

1:57.2

I got the bumper up a smidge.

1:58.8

I will do that.

2:00.2

We got a Riz looks phenomenal, and so do do I. Now that's, there you go. That's something a little

2:04.8

dodgy. If someone's saying, I'm looking good, they, I really, you do look good.

2:09.8

I don't know. I worry about people's ability to judge people's looks at that point, but whatever.

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