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Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell are under contract through the 2027 season. Both have been instrumental in turning around a Lions team that won 14 games from 2018 through 2020, going 21-26-1 during their three-year run. They also made an appearance in last year’s NFC Championship game. Holmes has strung together several top draft classes since joining the team, adding Aidan Hutchinson with the No. 2 overall pick in 2022 and Jahmyr Gibbs, Jack Campbell, and Sam LaPorta last season. LaPorta was named to a Pro Bowl and earned Second-team All-Pro honors as a rookie, and he looks like a multi-year All-Pro in the making. Now under contract through 2027, Holmes and Campbell will look to continue building toward a championship that once felt out of reach just two years ago.

Detroit had also interviewed Colts assistant GM Ed Dodds before moving forward with the first (and primary) candidate on its list. The Rams will also become the first team to receive two third-round compensatory draft picks for Bradley as part of the NFL’s new hiring initiatives. The two sides are reportedly finalizing a five-year deal after Holmes had been in his former position in Los Angeles for eight seasons. Holmes was also a finalist for Atlanta’s GM role, setting the stage for Saints assistant GM Terry Fontenot to land there once New Orleans’ postseason run comes to an end.

ESPN’s Lindsey Thiry reports Holmes has emerged as one of the “top candidates for general manager vacancies across the NFL.” Holmes, who turned 41 in July, has been in his current position for eight seasons going back to the Rams’ time in St. Louis. Everyone wants a piece of the Sean McVay sheen. Holmes has helped an organization low on first-round picks find a few mid-round gems in recent years, though every team turns up mid-round gems in the lottery that is the NFL draft.