Hop in your time machine and go back to the NFL draft. The Detroit Lions went RB, LB, and TE with their first three picks, positions that most consider low value, especially for where the Lions selected them. Lions GM Brad Holmes was widely criticized for selecting players who did not meet the “positional value” criteria, but he did not care what anyone thought and stuck to his guns. Well, with the first game in the books, he is having the last laugh.
