SUPER BOWL DRIVE: Detroit Lions, Brad Holmes REJECT “Just Good” and Target Ultimate SUCCESS

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4.1 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Detroit Lions face Super Bowl skepticism despite Brad Holmes’ aggressive approach. Are fans overlooking the franchise’s commitment to winning it all? Matt Dery confronts the narrative that the Detroit Lions’ front office isn’t serious about a championship run, emphasizing Brad Holmes’ philosophy of drafting, developing, and re-signing top talent like Penei Sewell and Jameson Williams. Hot topics include missed blockbuster trades—most notably Miles Garrett—and whether the Lions should ever embrace an “F them picks” strategy. Recent roster upgrades on the offensive line, overlooked by national rankings, take center stage as Dery questions the team’s absence from ESPN’s top position upgrades. Listener Josh sparks a debate about potential splash trades involving names like Kayvon Thibodeaux and Josh Sweat. Could a bold move be the missing piece for Detroit’s Super Bowl quest? Tune in for sharp analysis, passionate fan perspectives, and insight into the Lions’ strategy as the season approaches.

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0:00.0	Let me make this perfectly clear for all Detroit Lions fans.
0:04.8	The Detroit Lions and their general manager, Brad Holmes, are trying to win a Super Bowl.
0:15.1	You are Locked-on Lions, your daily Detroit Lions podcast.
0:20.4	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:28.0	I welcome everybody, Matt Derry with you.
0:29.9	It is a Tuesday edition of Lockdown Lions, Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports
0:34.4	podcast network, and indeed your team every day.
0:37.4	Coming up on the show today, we will have a call of the day if you want to and indeed your team every day coming up on the show today
0:38.6	we will have a call of the day if you want to be our call of the day leave us the voicemail at
0:42.8	speakpipe.com slash dairy podcast page we'll hear from one of our everydayers today list on
0:49.9	ESPN.com of the biggest position upgrades. Top 10 position upgrades in the league.
0:55.9	We'll talk about the Lions and one of their upgrades coming up.
0:59.5	A forgotten name in trades, which I did not mention yesterday when we discussed a possibility
1:05.2	of what if the Lions would have called the Browns about Miles Garrett like the Rams did.
1:10.4	But we start with this today here on
1:13.2	Lockdown Lions. We appreciate you listening and being with us wherever you get you
1:16.3	podcast. I was driving home today. All right. I work at financial architects. I run our
1:23.4	marketing and business development. I was driving home today from the beautiful compound there
1:27.8	at the 12 mile and Drake in Farmington Hills. And as I normally do on Tuesdays, when I'm driving home,
1:34.9	a lengthy drive home to the east side. I was tuned into one Michael Gennaro, Valenti, and Rico
1:41.7	Beard, the Valenti show with Rico on 971, the ticket, or the cricket,
1:47.4	whichever one you want to call. And I was listening to Mike, and they're talking about the
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