Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
I wanted Rick Smith too. Smith is well respected and had experience.I was expecting and hoping for Smith from Houston or Dimitrioff from ATL. I really wanted that experience. Not sure why those guys appear to be getting almost no love this go around. Holmes is a nice story and he sounds like the Rams organization has found him to be really valuable as he’s survived a lot of changes their. I’m not sure their drafts have been anything special but they also haven’t had a 1st round pick the last 4 drafts.
What concerns me about Holmes is that I just heard Dave Birkett say he has never worked in the building level in LA..he lives in Atlanta and does his scouting from there. No experience in salary cap, contracts or trades. Holmes background is in college scouting.
So right away Lions need to hire an assistant GM who has handled everything else.