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LIONS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER BRAD HOLMES DRAFT DAY 1 QUOTE SHEET

Opening Statement: “So obviously – I don’t want to say speechless, but overly thrilled with how tonight went. All these Drafts, you never know how it’s going to go. You know, you kind of got winds – we knew it was an offensive-heavy Draft, that’s what we did know. But we didn’t quite know was that those defenders would get pushed to that point, especially a guy like (Lions CB) Terrion (Arnold). But we couldn’t be more ecstatic or thrilled how it went.”

On what point they started to make calls about trading up when they saw Lions first-round draft selection CB Terrion Arnold was still available: “Yeah, I mean I was calling late teens. I was calling just trying to see. I didn’t think he was going to be there. Really, didn’t think he was going to be there calling late teens, but really trying and thinking we were going to have to settle for a different player at a different position but still trade up. But yeah, it wasn’t a whole lot of trade backs that early just because it kind of fell I think well for a lot of people. So, I’m still a little kind of – never thought he would be there, but we couldn’t be more thrilled.”

On if selecting Lions CB Terrion Arnold is a perfect combination of choosing the best available player while filling a need: “One hundred percent. It doesn’t always match up that way. I know you guys have heard me say a million times we don’t care what the position is, we just want to get the best football player, but it happened to match up with it’s the best football player and it was an area where we wanted to add one at some point. We didn’t know if we were going to be able to add one in the first round, and to be honest we weren’t really anticipating being able to add one in the first round. So, we just kind of thought we would be out of the mix for a lot of those guys, especially him. Especially him because he was our best – he was our highest-rated corner.”

On Lions CB Terrion Arnold’s ball production and if it could translate to the NFL: “Yeah, he’s sticky. He can play man coverage. The thing about Terrion, what’s great about him – some of these guys, they are what they are or you might say, ‘Well, the ceiling might not be as high.’ The thing about him is you go back to his ’22 film, you go back to earlier this season, and you saw an incremental improvement just every single game. So I think the first time I watched one of his games was I think it was the LSU game, that’s when I first kind of saw him and I was like, ‘OK, I see skillset.’ But then you start getting down – you start getting to those late games in the college football playoffs and you see him against Georgia and you’re like, ‘OK, it’s on the come.’ And that as well with the skillset. We feel really good about his floor, but we feel even better about his ceiling. We feel really good about the kid. We brought him in, we interviewed him. We brought him in, he’s got a big personality. He’s got a high ceiling. He’s a sticky corner. He’ll tackle. He’s got good size and length. He had a great workout when I went down to see him at his pro day. That was a game that I kind of wanted – I wanted to catch an Alabama game, but never was able to get there. We made a concerted effort to get to his pro day, and he had a great workout. Again, we’re just really thrilled with how it fell this way.”

On Lions CB Terrion Arnold’s physicality playing man-to-man: “Yeah, that’s not an issue. That’s not an issue. He’ll get in your face. He’s got a challenge mentality. He will tackle. He’s got the right mindset that we’re looking for. He fits us like a glove. He fits us to a tee exactly how we want to play. We couldn’t be (more) thrilled. Like you guys know, it’s kind of a – when guys don’t play hard, when guys aren’t physical, it’s hard to play here when those guys aren’t wired that way, but he’s one of those guys that are wired that way.”

On what he has learned about the Alabama program after selecting a player from the school three first-rounds in a row: “Yeah I mean look, I have so much respect for (former Alabama Head Coach) Nick (Saban) and everything that he’s done with that program. That’s one of those places where when I was a young southeast scout, you just go to Alabama and you just want to camp out there for a week because not only do they have really good players, but you knew the level of player you were getting and you saw the type of practices you were having and the information access. But ultimately, the coaching that they were already receiving, those guys practice hard. They practice intense. And so, you just kind of – I think I said it last year about not only about Alabama, but we got the two kids from Iowa last year. There are a lot of other schools I can say that about, like you know we’ve got Michigan right down the road. But when you pull kids out of those programs, you pretty much have a good feel. Not all of them are the same as a person, but you kind of know what they’ve already been through and you definitely know what kind of coaching they’ve had and you’ve seen them versus the highest level, and there’s really not a whole lot more to see. Again, I never thought it would have worked out like that with the continuous Bama to Bama to Bama, but I’m not surprised either because we knew how we wanted to build our football team, and those guys have been a stalwart powerhouse in the top college football conference for a very long time. Again, Saban, you see him in practice. He spends a lot of time with his DBs every time I’ve been to practice, an Alabama practice. Again, it gives you a little higher-level comfort.”

On what he learned about how Lions CB Terrion Arnold is wired through the pre-Draft process: “Yeah, he’s got a lot of energy. A lot of energy. Again, he’s got a challenge mindset. He’s got a challenge mentality. He’s got the physicality. I mean, he’s gritty. And he’s still developing, that’s the thing about him. He’s still growing and he’s still getting better. That’s what you kind of love about him. He is a corner. I don’t want to say he’s a flashy guy, he’s a big personality, but in a good way. I think you guys will enjoy him. He’s got a great smile. He’s got a lot of energy. He’s got different interests. I know me and (Lions Head Coach) Dan (Campbell) enjoyed our time spent with him as well as all of our coaches. The mindset checked. That box was checked and obviously the player and the skillset checked. And as you guys know, it’s more than just the skillset for us. That’s the easy part. That’s the easy part to see if someone is athletic, if someone can run fast, can change directions. You can do that day one. It’s like how’s a guy wired, and we felt good about that.”

On how close the group of top cornerbacks was in his mind and what set Lions CB Terrion Arnold apart: “Yeah, just – again, this is the great thing about the Draft. It’s 31 other rankings and boards. We had a pretty let’s call it ‘significant’ line underneath him to the next guy in our opinion. It wasn’t – we didn’t really have a lot of guys that were up there even in that first round bucket at that position, but he was one of the small few that was even up there in consideration for us. But it was a line.”

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On his confidence and what he can bring to the Lions defense:

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LIONS HEAD COACH DAN CAMPBELL QUOTE SHEET

October 13, 2023

On what happened with Lions TE Sam LaPorta’s injury and if he is expected to play on Sunday: “Yeah, he just had a little bit of a strain. Don’t know, we’ll know more today. He was out in walkthrough, so we’ll see what he looks like out here.”

On if Lions TE Anthony Firkser who was added to the practice squad this week is equipped to fill in for Lions TE Sam LaPorta if needed: “Yeah, well I mean he’s a guy that has played in this League, has done a number of different jobs. I remember when he was at Tennessee for a while, so he’s got receiving ability, he can do a little bit of the dirty work, fullback. So yeah, I think he’s somebody that can get up to speed pretty quick, if needed.”

On if there is anything particular causing the string of mid-week injuries sustained at practice: “Nope, no. It’s just nature, the way it is. I mean we backed off this week, so if anything, maybe we need to go harder. So, maybe that’s part of it.”

On the balance between pushing players to be physically ready for Sunday while maintaining their health: “Yeah, I mean, there’s always a balance, there’s always a balance. And you do the best you can with it and inevitably, it’s still – it’s a tough game and things pop up and you manage them the best that you can and then there again, man your next guy’s got to be ready to go.”

On who will fill in for Lions G Jonah Jackson if he is unable to play on Sunday due to injury: “Well, there again, I mean we’ve got guys in this building we trust. (Lions G Halapoulivaati) Vaitai’s had a pretty good week of practice. Certainly, we know what (Lions OL) Graham (Glasgow) brings to the table for us. (Lions G Kayode Awosika) Yode’s gotten better. So, I mean we’ve got options. (Lions T Dan Skipper) Skip’s back, ready to go. So, we’ve got a couple different scenarios, situations that we can go through here and we’ve kind of rolled through them so, we feel good though.”

On the importance of Lions CB Cam Sutton’s reliability as more injuries have occurred in the secondary: “He’s been great. I mean, I think that’s just what it is. He’s just been – he’s been a steady, reliable piece for us, and I mean that on the backend with the way everybody’s growing on the frontend and having (Lions S) Tracy (Walker) and (Lions S) Kerby (Joseph). (Lions CB) Jerry (Jacobs)’s been doing a good job. He just – he’s somebody that you don’t have to worry about him handling his business. You don’t have to worry about if he’s going to be in the right position or – mental errors aren’t going to show up with this guy. It’s just – he’s just dependable and he’s no different than any other player. It doesn’t mean it’s going to be perfect, but he’s always going to strive to be perfect and we know exactly what he is. I know exactly what he is and that gives me comfort.”

On what the defense needs to do to stop the smart and consistent Tampa Bay offense: “Well, I think it’s continue – just like they’re being patient, we have to be patient, continue to give him the check down. Everything’s top-down. He wants the checkdown? Good. And then we’ve got to rally, we’ve got to vice tackle, we’ve got to get a ball out and so the longer these drives go, I think it really, in some degree, can fall into the favor of the defense. You start getting in some long ones, that’s where you have the ability to get one out. So, you can’t get frustrated. You can’t worry about they get a first down, they get a five-yarder, they get a six-yarder. Just keep playing every play, man. And it could be play 14 on the 10-yard line going in that we get one out, or we get an interception. I think that’s the most important thing with an opponent like this and the way (Buccaneers QB) Baker (Mayfield)’s playing, the way that they’re playing the game right now when they win.”

On what Buccaneers NT Vita Vea brings to Tampa Bay’s defense to make it effective: “Yeah, he – that’s a total different one-two punch. So, with Vita in there, man the ability to push the pocket is – I mean, he’s got that and then some. So, he can get an edge, he can push it and he’s a hard guy to slow down and this (Buccaneers DL Calijah) Kancey, when he was coming out, had really this dynamic rush ability, really quick first step, explosive athlete, certainly doesn’t have the length or size as somebody like Vita, not that everybody does. So, it’s a total different – it’s a changeup and a guy like that on your guards, we’ve got to be really good man. We’ve got to be good with our sets and so it does. It brings – they’re already a pretty good rush team and it brings another element inside that we’ve got to deal with.”

On how they have prepared for the 80-degree weather in Tampa Bay this weekend: “No, I think we’ll – we talked about it and certainly hydration has been big, just because it will be warmer and I don’t feel like it’s going to be hot, but it certainly will be warmer. And I think we’ll be good. I’m not real concerned about it.”

On why he thinks Tampa Bay’s third-down passing has been successful and how they can stop it: “Yeah, I would say this, because they are staying in third-and-manageable and the one game that they weren’t really able to get in those less than third-and-6s was really Philly. And that made it a little bit harder, and it would on any offense. I mean, that’s the same thing we talk about, being efficient on first, second down so that the third downs are very manageable. And that’s – I feel like they’ve had a lot of those third-and-manageables and I mean between (Buccaneers WR Mike) Evans and (Buccaneers WR Chris) Godwin, they’re finding creative ways to get those guys open and (Buccaneers QB) Baker (Mayfield)’s making those throws and moving the chains. And then they’ll run it too, they run it some on those downs. So, that’s where they’ve been good.”

On if they have an idea of what the blueprint is to stop Tampa Bay: “Yeah, look, I think there’s definitely a blueprint, but that means you’ve got to get them in long situations and that’s where – I mean I think honestly, we’ve got to be really good on. We really have to be good on first down. That’s a lot of those. The first down leads to the second-and-long and then you get into the third-and-long, so I think the base down efficiency is where we’ve got to get some TFLs, we’ve got to get some incompletions, we’ve got to stop the run and that’ll go a long way for us because we do that, then now you feel like you can open up your rush plan a little bit and we can go to work. But if you don’t, it’s going to be tough. It’s tough to get them off the field.”

On where Lions QB Hendon Hooker is in his recovery and when he is expected to come back: “He’s doing well, he’s doing well. He’s progressing very well. I would say he’s – certainly, there’s no setback. He’s doing well. I can’t really give you a true timetable right now, but he is doing good, he’s doing good.”

On if they are still hopeful that Lions QB Hendon Hooker can play this season: “Yeah, still hopeful, but there again, there’s a lot that can happen between now and, ‘OK, is it time to pull him up? Is it not?’ I mean, you never know what can happen with this roster between now and then so, but he’s doing good.”

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