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Lions GM Brad Holmes’ excitement woke up family after C.J. Gardner-Johnson signing

If you’ve followed the Detroit Lions closely in the past two years, you know that general manager Brad Holmes can get pretty excited when he lands the player he wants. We saw him jump and dance around when Detroit drafted Penei Sewell with Holmes’ first ever draft pick. The next year, we saw him get so excited trading up for Jameson Williams that he knocked things off his desk.

Well, it turns out that energy level is not only reserved for draft night.

This week during the owners meeting, Holmes told a small group of reporters about the night that the Lions landed defensive back C.