Best Of The Lions On 97.1 The Ticket: Brad Holmes Resting On His Laurels, Do Fans Want Too Much, And More!

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🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Costa & Jansen discuss Brad Holmes' plan and if he's become complacent. Plus, Karsch and Anderson ask if Lions fans are asking for too much, and Valenti & Rico discuss a hypothetical trade Brad Holmes can make.

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0:00.0	Touchdown Detroit Lions.
0:03.0	You're listening to the best of the lions.
0:05.6	Oh, baby.
0:06.9	How beautiful is that?
0:08.4	A weekly mix of 97.1, the ticket's best NFL talk to get you ready for game day.
0:15.3	That's Brad Holmes.
0:17.0	Not at the Detroit Zoo, but at the NFL owners meetings.
0:22.1	He said a lot yesterday, and Dan Campbell speaking today, and we're sifting through all of it and giving you guys the most pertinent stuff.
0:28.7	With Brad Holmes, he did address free agency and fans who wanted more.
0:34.7	John, you're familiar with that dynamic.
0:36.4	Oh, yes.
0:37.7	He said, if I was a fan, just as much as I love our fans, I'd be the same way.
0:41.0	Hey, look, splash, get guys, spend money.
0:43.6	Like, let's go.
0:45.0	But I want to make sure that the fans understand we're being disciplined on our approach
0:48.3	because we're trying to win now and also sustain what we want to do.
0:52.5	He said, I don't know if I was as clear as I could have been at the
0:54.5	combine, but I tried to kind of let our fans know we're not going to be big spenders coming up
0:59.1	because of all the things we have coming in the future. He said part of that discipline is
1:03.7	required with where we are as a football team. Yes, the balance of winning now, but also
1:07.5	wanting to sustain winning as well. That's the gist of it, John. My takeaway is
1:12.9	they feel like they would have won the Super Bowl last year if they were healthy. Do you agree with
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