WATCH: Aaron Glenn’s inspirational speech to draft prospect on future of Lions

We’re lower than 24 hours away from the Detroit Lions making their first decide within the 2022 NFL Draft (assuming they don’t commerce out). It is going to be the fruits of months and months of exhausting work in scouting and assessing how one can construct a profitable group. Most of that work is finished behind the scenes, by no means to be made public.

However the Lions gave us an inside have a look at their course of within the third installment of this yr’s Contained in the Den documentary sequence. In it, the Lions take the viewers to their native professional day, the place NFL Draft prospects from close by faculties or these native to the Detroit Metro space get a non-public exercise with the Lions. It’s a cool a part of the method that hardly ever will get seen.

Nevertheless, the spotlight of the 15-minute video comes on the 12-minute mark. Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is talking to an unknown draft prospect who’s on a top-30 go to within the facility. The digicam holds on Glenn for almost two straight minutes, as the longer term head coach does his greatest job to promote the Detroit Lions to this prospect.

You’re about to get chills.

(skip to the 12:12 mark)

In case you can’t watch it now, right here’s a transcription of all the factor:

“Right here’s what I wish to offer you. I wish to offer you consolation. Simply saying if we draft you. Me and the pinnacle coach, one factor that I really feel very sturdy about was that man there, as a result of I’ve been round him for a very long time, and I belief him (with) every part I’ve. And I’m not simply saying that as a result of he’s a former participant. I’m saying that as a result of he’s individual, he’s a hell of a coach.

“The opposite factor that intrigued me about Detroit was, man, this group, I can let you know we began one thing totally different, and that intrigues me, man. As a result of I would like the problem of coming right here and the way can we get this group to be a championship group?

“We mentioned, ‘They only discuss, man. How are we going to do it?’ Right here’s the one factor that we at all times mentioned we are going to find yourself doing—and I’m telling you this as a result of, once more, this can get you snug about being right here—every part that we do, man, goes to be about serving the gamers. Every little thing we do from restoration to apply to educating. Each coach that we now have on this constructing, man, is all about educating the gamers and what can we do to place the gamers in the perfect place to make performs.

“Man, I wish to create a profitable atmosphere for each participant that I are available in contact with on this group. That’s the change that individuals don’t find out about right here in Detroit. They could really feel dangerous or suppose dangerous about Detroit as a result of we haven’t gained shortly. Now, in case you watched us play final yr—3-13-1—I’m not comfortable about it. However I’ll let you know this, we competed our ass off, performed exhausting, however that comes from the belief the gamers have with us. Since you don’t get that with out trusting gamers. So now going to this yr, my motto for the gamers is, ‘Now’s time to take one other step.’”

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Cherish Aaron Glenn, y’all. As a result of I’m undecided the Lions can cover him from the remainder of the league for much longer.