The Detroit Lions received mixed reviews after their 2023 NFL Draft after taking players many people believed either too early or the positional value argument. General manager Brad Holmes did not care what you had in your mock drafts or what ranking you had. He was going to take football players that fit with Detroit’s culture, and that was the end of it.
With the release of “Inside the Den,” we saw the interworkings of the Lions war room throughout the 2023 NFL Draft. It was fun to watch how Holmes and Head Coach Dan Campbell constantly communicated on which direction or player they may be targeting. One of them was Iowa tight end Sam LaPorta, who the Lions highly touted throughout the draft process.
