"I get the narratives of the outsider well ‘you can’t do that you can do this.' These are guys that fit us," he said. Holmes called him a "legit anchor" that cold "propel and elevate" the defense. I totally get the narrative of position value, but you talk about Jahmyr Gibbs, we didn't draft a running back in the first round, we drafted an elite weapon to keep our offensive explosive in the first round."Īlso taken in the first round was Jack Campbell, who was the team's second first round draft pick at No. "Always comes down to Dan and I get the players we love. It didn't follow the conventional thinking of filling a hole on the offense, he said. He likened trading away Swift to the team trading away Jamaal Williams during the off-season.
Swift was traded to the Eagles in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in2025 and a swap of a seventh-round draft pick this year. MORE: Lions add to offense with RB Gibbs, and defense with LB Campbell in 1st Round of NFL Draft "We had made the decision to go with Gibbs, but we went with Gibbs because that's just the guy we liked and that was our guy, but we wanted to do the best thing for D'Andre, so we worked out a deal to send him to Philadelphia, his hometown," Holmes said. It wasn't soon after that the Lions traded their starting back D'Andre Swift. It wasn't on anyone's minds at the start, but a running back was the first player drafted by the Lions. Me and Dan are always aligned in that vision and he understands that's my job," Holmes said in an interview after the draft had completed. "It's my job to stay laser focused, not only on present but on the future as well.
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