{"id":56946,"date":"2025-05-17T08:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/56946\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T08:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:31:18","slug":"poll-what-was-your-least-favorite-detroit-lions-2025-draft-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/56946\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: What was your least favorite Detroit Lions 2025 draft pick?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No general manager is perfect, but Detroit Lions\u2019 Brad Holmes has been close.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s impossible to deny the amazing job Holmes has done the minute he took over the personnel department in 2021. He had a plan and he stuck to it. In a manner of three years, the Lions became one of the most competitive teams in football, and they stand to enter their third straight season with serious championship hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Most of his best work is done on draft weekend. He\u2019s managed to hit home runs in the first round (Penei Sewell, Aidan Hutchinson, Jahmyr Gibbs), on Day 2 (Alim McNeill, Kerby Joseph, Sam LaPorta, Brian Branch), and on Day 3 (Amon-Ra St. Brown, Malcolm Rodriguez).<\/p>\n<p>Holmes has learned a level of trust that is unheard of within the Lions organization. So, honestly, it feels petty to complain about anything. But that doesn\u2019t mean you, at home, have to agree with everything he does.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, we talked about our favorite pick of Holmes from the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nfl-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL Draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NFL Draft<\/a>. Now let\u2019s talk about the other side of the coin.<\/p>\n<p>What was your least favorite pick from the Lions\u2019 2025 class? <\/p>\n<p>My answer: I\u2019m not going to dig into it much, because I\u2019ve already talked about it plenty. But I just wasn\u2019t the biggest fans of the third-round pick of Isaac TeSlaa. He\u2019s a bit of a project (by Holmes\u2019 own admission) that was taken significantly ahead of projections. I know media big boards aren\u2019t reality, and I would never suggest that TeSlaa would\u2019ve been available later, because I simply do not know that. However, Holmes\u2019 track record of taking on projects earlier than expected seems to be his one weakness. It hasn\u2019t worked out with Brodric Martin or Colby Sorsdal\u2014although, admittedly, those players have only been in the league a couple years. Projects do take time.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s part of my point. Even if TeSlaa works out, it\u2019s going to take some time, and Holmes just spent a heck of a lot of resources to go get him. It\u2019s a big swing, and if it works out, great! But if it doesn\u2019t, Holmes spent two future picks\u2014where he very likely could\u2019ve gotten some long-term contributors next year\u2014on a player he knew was going to need some development.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? Which pick was your least favorite?<\/p>\n<p>More from prideofdetroit.com:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No general manager is perfect, but Detroit Lions\u2019 Brad Holmes has been close. 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