{"id":885686,"date":"2026-05-08T11:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/885686\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:42:29","slug":"approval-poll-do-you-approve-of-lions-gm-brad-holmes-post-2026-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/885686\/","title":{"rendered":"Approval poll: Do you approve of Lions GM Brad Holmes? (post-2026 draft)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been quite some time since we checked in with Detroit Lions fans regarding their opinion of general manager Brad Holmes. The last time we polled our audience was almost exactly a year ago, following the team\u2019s 2025 NFL Draft<\/a>. Unfortunately, those poll results were lost to time (and a migration to a new content management system at SB Nation).<\/p>\n

But as you can see below, Holmes has been an extremely popular figure among Detroit sports fans for pretty much his entire career.<\/p>\n

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March 2021 (pre-free agency):<\/a>\u00a097 percent approval
May 2021 (post-draft):<\/a>\u00a098 percent
September 2021 (post-cuts)<\/a>:\u00a090 percent
October 2021:<\/a>\u00a087 percent
November 2021:<\/a>\u00a079 percent
December 2021:<\/a>\u00a097 percent
January 2022:<\/a>\u00a097 percent
March 2022 (pre-free agency):<\/a>\u00a096 percent
May 2022 (post-draft)<\/a>:\u00a099 percent
September 2022<\/a>:\u00a095 percent
October 2022:<\/a>\u00a082 percent
November 2022<\/a>:\u00a097 percent
January 2023:<\/a>\u00a099 percent
April 2023 (pre-draft):<\/a>\u00a098 percent
October 2023<\/a>:\u00a099 percent
February 2024:<\/a>\u00a099 percent
May 2024<\/a>:\u00a099 percent
October 2024<\/a>: 99 percent
May 2025:<\/a> Data lost<\/p>\n

Although if there was a time when Holmes\u2019 popularity took a hit, it was likely during the 2025 NFL season, when the Lions took their first clear step back since he and Dan Campbell came to town.<\/p>\n

Since last year\u2019s data was lost to time, this is a good opportunity to check back in with Lions fans. While Holmes certainly deserves a ton of credit for getting the Lions back to relevancy and helping them produce four consecutive seasons with winning records, there are some serious blemishes on his resum\u00e9 now. The 2024 NFL Draft class has not lived up to his high standards through two seasons, some of his riskiest picks over the last few years have all failed to pay off<\/a>, and last year\u2019s roster just wasn\u2019t good enough to withstand some injuries.<\/p>\n

But Holmes is also coming off a very crowd-pleasing draft. Detroit addressed their two biggest needs with their first two selections, and there were no crazy head-scratching picks or expensive trade ups. Many have categorized his latest draft as \u201cback to business as usual,\u201d which could have some fans he lost back on his side.<\/p>\n

However, that is all up to you. Vote on your thoughts about Holmes\u2019 time in Detroit below, and share your extended thoughts in the comment section at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been quite some time since we checked in with Detroit Lions fans regarding their opinion of general…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[119460,3337,113,7,8578,20237,6,15,1967],"class_list":["post-885686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-99-percent","tag-brad-holmes","tag-detroit-lions","tag-football","tag-icon-sportswire","tag-indiana-convention-center","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-nfl-scouting-combine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116538778784117166","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}