Lessons from the Detroit Lions draft of 2022

Lessons from the Detroit Lions draft of 2022 and how GM Brad Holmes and his crew value the draft

The second draft cycle for the Detroit Lions regime helmed by GM Brad Holmes closed last week. An impressive draft class that featured two top-12 overall picks highlights the Lions haul from the 2022 NFL draft weekend.

What did the second draft class of the Holmes/Dan Campbell era tell us about the Lions and the men making the decisions?

Consider this an extrapolation of the historical drafting profiles of the men in the front office from before last year’s draft. Through the first two drafts, the early reads on GM Brad Holmes, Assistant GM Ray Agnew, senior advisor John Dorsey and the Lions front office have proven pretty darn prescient.