Analysis of Brad Holmes' comments on new Lions EDGE Derrick Moore

Brad Holmes was visibly pleased in his press conference after the selection of Derrick Moore.

Here is my analysis of Brad Holmes' comments on new Lions EDGE Derrick Moore:

"He did a nice job proving at the Senior Bowl versus top competition that he’s a real pass rusher." - Brad Holmes

Holmes acknowledges that pass rush is something that needs to improve with this team. Hopefully, this improvement involves not just better players, but better blitz packages as well.

"I didn’t feel like it was any kind of reaching for positions or anything like that." - Brad Holmes

While it might be true that he didn’t reach for a position, he traded up so that he didn’t have to reach.

"Hutch takes a lot of snaps, man. you know, so just to have another body that literally can spell Hutch in that, you know, in that in that rush rotation." - Brad Holmes

It’s great to see Holmes acknowledge the high snap count for Hutchinson, and that there are desires to lower his snap count. I’ve been advocating for lowering Hutchinson’s snap counts for years, and will post a snap count analysis article on Hutchinson later this offseason.

"I would say he was part of that cluster. He was part of that cluster of guys that we were targeting today. It felt like just right in that area there was multiple edge rushers that were flying off." - Brad Holmes

This suggests that some of the ’ EDGE targets were taken before their pick. When looking at the board, three EDGE players with relatively low medical concerns were taken before the Lions' No. 44 pick in the second round.