On Saturday, the Detroit Lions traded running back D’Andre Swift for a 2025 fourth-round pick and a swap of seventh-round picks with the Philadelphia Eagles. It wasn’t an unexpected trade after the Lions spent the 12th overall pick in the draft on Jahmyr Gibbs, an obvious replacement for Swift.
Saturday night, Lions general manager Brad Holmes explained why the move was made.
“We don’t draft scared. We don’t kind of play scared. The thing with Jahmyr Gibbs is that’s the guy that we loved,” Holmes said. “But again, having to keep that laser focus for the future is obviously kind of a part of it.