One of Adam Peters’ first moves as Washington’s General manager was to begin populating his front office with talent from elsewhere in the league, and one of his first additions was Detroit’s former senior director of player personnel, Lance Newmark.
Historically, the Lions would have been an unlikely organization to be poaching personnel talent from - they’ve been one of the worst franchise in the NFL over the past half century. But, over the past several years, they’ve ushered one of the most impressive turnarounds in the league, making it to the NFC championship game last year.
Detroit’s improvement correlates nicely with Newmark’s elevation to senior director of player personnel in 2022, though obviously the team’s general manager, Brad Holmes, hired in 2021, deserves the lion’s share of the credit.