In year three of the general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell’s regime, the Detroit Lions proved they had built themselves into a true Super Bowl contender. Entering year four, confidence remains high, as the team continues to add depth to the roster and address team weaknesses.

Their rapid ascension is largely credited with Holmes and Campbell’s aggressiveness, both on the playing field and in the draft. Holmes has attacked each draft with his own unique flair and it’s resulted in tremendous success. Not only has Holmes retained 28 of his 29 draft picks—including the 2024 class—but he has also drafted five Pro Bowlers and three All Pros.

In 2024, the consensus boards and analysts determined the Lions to have selected the most valuable draft class, writers placed them amongst their top 10 grades lists, and draft guru Dane Brugler of The Athletic tabbed the Lions as his third favorite draft class.

So when it came time to ask Lions fans if Detroit were considered “winners” or “losers’ of the 2024 NFL Draft (something every SB Nation site asked their fan base), the results were unsurprising:

You can’t please everybody, but when 96% of the fan base thinks you belong amongst the draft “winners,” the Lions should be happy with their results.

Let’s take a look at a few explanations from some of Pride of Detroit’s readers from the comment section of the original article. Note: some responses are lightly edited for ease of reading.

• LionsFaninCarolina: “Winners before, during, and after the draft. LFG.”
• UlyssesNorris80: “If someone were to tell me before the draft that the Lions would come away with both Terrion Arnold AND Ennis Rakestraw Jr. I certainly would not have believed it. So yeah, I would say definite winners.”
• Singledigit: “At this point? It’s hard to see how anyone could predict Mr. Holmes did not have a good draft. Even if one disagreed with his picks. Mr. Holmes has continually shown expertise in finding good-to-star NFL talent.”

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4Warn Weather – Slow-moving showers will dissipate on Friday night and leave the area with partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, but the rain will make more appearances over the weekend. Friday night’s lows will fall to the mid-50s. Northeasterly winds will be 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Saturday will begin dry with sunshine, but the dry conditions will be short-lived in Metro Detroit. Showers will begin to develop in the evening and nighttime hours. We will have a mix of sunshine and clouds with highs in the mid-70s. Winds will be out of the northeast early and mainly out of the east later at 5 to 10 mph.

It will be mostly cloudy, with a chance of rain showers increasing Saturday evening. Scattered showers will also be possible overnight. Lows will be in the upper 50s to 60s.

Sunday

Do you plan to head to early services on Sunday? A couple of showers will linger into the early morning hours. Are you going to the afternoon or evening Cinco de Mayo celebrations? Skies will range from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy in the afternoon. An isolated pop-up shower is possible. Highs will be in the mid-70s. Lows will fall to around 50 degrees.

Next week

Monday, it will be partly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s to 70 degrees. Lows will fall to the lower 50s.

Warmer air and more moisture will move into Southeast Michigan, causing a few showers throughout the week. Temperatures will gradually warm to around 80 degrees on Wednesday, but a cold front will bring cooler air on Thursday.

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