It’s 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’s 2025 NFL Draft. Unfortunately, those poll results were lost to time (and a migration to a new content management system at SB Nation).
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The Detroit Tigers’ 2025 season will have one of the earliest starts in franchise history — and probably a late start, as well.
According to the schedule released by MLB on Thursday, the Tigers are set to open 2025 with a road interleague series against Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers in Los Angeles on March 27. That’s a day earlier than the franchise’s previous earliest start, March 28 (this season and 2019). No times have been released for Opening Day.
The Tigers’ early West Coast trip will continue with a three-game set against the Seattle Mariners on March 31-April 2 before the team arrives in Detroit for the home opener against the Chicago White Sox on April 4. MLB is banking on good weather for the Tigers’ home opener, with April 4 a Friday and the series against the White Sox having no off days built in for inclement weather.
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The early start to 2025 will result in an early finish, as well, at the Tigers will wrap up the season on the road in Boston on Sept. 28. The Tigers’ home finale is set for Sept 21 against the Atlanta Braves.
Other schedule notes:
∎ The Tigers will end the first half of the season at home with a visit from the Mariners on July 11-13, with the All-Star Game set for July 15 in Atlanta.
∎ There are just nine games against American League Central foes set for the season’s final month, with the Tigers hosting the White Sox on Sept. 5-7 and the Cleveland Guardians on Sept. 16-18 and then visiting the Guardians on Sept. 23-25.
∎ The Tigers will break in a new West Coast city in August as they visit the Athletics, who will play the 2025 season in Sacramento, California, ahead of their planned move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season. The Tigers and A’s will face off at Sutter Health Park, which seats approximately 14,000, from Aug. 25-27.
∎ As part of MLB’s balanced schedule, the Tigers play every team, AL and NL, for at least one series. The National League teams coming to Comerica Park: San Diego (April 21-23), San Francisco (May 26-28), Cincinnati (Jun 13-15), Pittsburgh (June 17-19), Arizona (July 28-30), N.Y. Mets (Sept. 1-3) and Atlanta (Sept. 19-21).
This story will be updated.
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4Warn Weather – SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. A few storms could be strong with gusty winds and hail. High: 71.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies, becoming partly cloudy skies late. Low: 45.
SUNDAY (MOTHER’S DAY): Mix of sunshine and clouds, cooler temperatures. High: 61.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy skies. Another chilly night. Low: 41.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny skies, remaining chilly. High: 58.
After a beautiful end to the week on Friday with sunshine and a little cloud cover, with warmer temperatures moving into the region as well, some of us are waking up to some patchy dense fog on Saturday morning. Some places south of M-59 are seeing reduced visibilities down to around a mile. If you do run into some patchy dense fog, be sure to use your low beams.
That warming trend continues into the start of the weekend on Saturday, but it also brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Another cold front will work through the region by Saturday afternoon and early Saturday evening and that will bring our thunderstorm chance. High temperature is warming into low 70s by Saturday afternoon.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed most of the region under a Marginal Risk (1 out of 5) on our severe weather scale for the start of the weekend. Gusty winds and hail are the primary threats as we work through the start of the weekend, but this will not be a widespread threat for severe thunderstorms.
Behind that cold front for the end of the weekend on Sunday, we will keep a mixture of sunshine and clouds into the forecast. High temperatures running about 10 to 15° cooler to end the weekend. Expect high to warm into the upper 50s to lower 60s by Sunday afternoon.
Drier weather sticks around for the start of next week, before another chance of rain moves into the region by the time we get to Tuesday. The cooler-than-average temperatures will continue into the start of next week as well. Expect high temperatures to remain in the 50s for Monday and Tuesday.
Temperature start to warm up by the middle of next week, and Drier weather moves back in by Wednesday behind another cold front moving into the region. Expect high temperatures into the lower 60s on Wednesday to warm into the upper 60s by the time we get to Thursday. Above average temperatures move back into the region as we look ahead into the end of the week, expect high temperatures back into the lower 70s by the time we get to Friday.
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But as you can see below, Holmes has been an extremely popular figure among Detroit sports fans for pretty much his entire career.
Although, if there was a time when Holmes’ 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.
Since last year’s 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 resumé 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, and last year’s roster just wasn’t good enough to withstand the injuries.
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 “back to business as usual,” which could have some fans he lost back on his side.
However, that is all up to you. Vote on your thoughts about Holmes’ time in Detroit below, and share your extended thoughts in the comment section at the bottom of the page.
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