The Detroit Lions are looking to build on their success from the 2023 season as they enter a pivotal offseason.
A youthful, core group of players gained their first taste of postseason victory and is projected to make another jump forward in 2024.
During his season-ending media availability, Detroit general manager Brad Holmes stated that the front office will work to improve all elements of the team.
While he did not directly mention the defense, upgrades are expected, particularly in the secondary.
“I mean, we want to improve every year. I don’t think it’s just one place. I think that’s when you get into trouble, when you believe you’re good at something and don’t need to work on it anymore,” Holmes added. “We’ll always be honing our skills in all areas, and I don’t believe there is such a thing as perfection.
“So, we’ll just aim to continue to improve in all areas, which we will, and we’ve already begun. It’s hardly surprising that we ended up where we did. It will be expected early this year. “We didn’t make it to the Super Bowl, which was disappointing,” Holmes continued. “Again, it wasn’t, ‘Man, we got lucky.'” No, it was what we expected, and while it fell short, we still accomplished a lot. We will improve in all areas.”
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Following the Super Bowl, all eyes will focus to Detroit for the 2024 NFL Draft.
Detroit (FOX 2) – The festivities for Super Bowl LVIII are in full swing, but after another season comes to a close, the focus shifts to Detroit and the 2024 NFL Draft, which is less than 80 days away.
“My heart’s racing right now. Dave Beachnau remarked, “April 25th is in our sights.” “Planning will amplify here very quickly, but we’ve got a good plan in place.”
Beachnau is part of a Detroit committee meeting in Las Vegas this week to prepare one of the NFL’s largest shows of the year. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Detroit Sports Commission.
In recent months, we’ve seen his organization collaborate with the mayor’s office, Downtown Detroit Partnership, Detroit police, and the Lions to organize what Beachnau called “a mini Super Bowl.”
Later this week, the planning committee will see images of the draft layout, which will extend from Campus Martius Park to Hart Plaza.
“When you think about the draft main stage theater, that’s going to be built around Campus Martius Park, there’s so many moving pieces to it from street closures to impact on the businesses,” he went on to say.
Fox 2 asked, “When you tell people you’re from Detroit, what has been the conversation about the Lions, and about the city?”
“It seems that everyone that we’ve interacted with, were rooting for the Lions,” he went on to say.”I’ve stated it several times to others: the Dallas Cowboys are no longer America’s team. The Detroit Lions are America’s team.
“I think the Lions’ run, over the course of three playoff games — with a national broadcast of Detroit at the forefront, I think that only amplifies the opportunity and it brings more significance to the draft in Detroit.”
The planning committee will remain in Las Vegas until Monday. But before the draft, the Detroit Sports Commission will host the NCAA Men’s Regional Basketball Tournament games.
It offers another opportunity to highlight the city.
