Dan Campbell, Brad Holmes earn four-year contract extensions from Detroit Lions.
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00:00 The Detroit Lions have made contract extensions to general manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell.
00:06 Here today to break down that news is SIL Lions' John Macrin.
00:10 John, give me your thoughts and analysis on these extensions for Holmes and Campbell.
00:14 Yeah, Cameron. All you can say is well-deserved.
00:18 When you look at Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell and what they've accomplished,
00:21 getting the Detroit Lions in three years to within one game of the Super Bowl,
00:26 that's really a tall feat. And both earned four-year contract extensions.
00:30 Financial terms were not disclosed.
00:32 They both will be available and around until the 2027 season.
00:36 And you expect if the level of success continues, this pair could be around for a long time.
00:43 You recognize, too, that this kind of pairing was not something that has been tried a lot,
00:48 in which, you know, Dan Campbell is a head coach that played for the Detroit Lions
00:54 but had not previously worked with Brad Holmes.
00:57 But when you look at what the Lions organization set out to accomplish back in 2021,
01:03 when they were adding a new front office and a new coaching staff,
01:07 they wanted individuals who could collaborate, who could sit together
01:11 and make decisions for the best interests of the organization.
01:15 And you have to credit Sheila Hemp for being able to pair these two together
01:20 and have them put together a coaching staff and bring in players that fit the mold.
01:25 There was a clear plan. They went out and executed.
01:28 And when you take an organization that has been dormant, that has not had playoff success,
01:35 and you win two playoff games in the same season, it's a well-deserved extension.
01:40 And you just hope now that the next step is around the corner for the Detroit Lions.
01:45 It's just not good enough anymore to just get to the NFC Championship game.
01:50 The purpose now for this franchise is to become a perennial winner,
01:54 compete at a high level, and you got to go for it.
01:57 This is an organization now that's being built to win Super Bowls.
02:01 And when you see what Brad Holmes discusses in terms of his free agency and draft plans,
02:06 he discusses sustained success.
02:08 So they're not looking for this to be a one-and-done situation.
02:11 They want to be around for quite a bit of time.
02:14 And you hope that potentially this pair could potentially bring home the Lombardi Trophy.
02:19 Boy, would that be something special.
02:21 But they'll have the opportunity four more years of this great dynamic pairing that we get to see in Motown.
02:28 John, just like you and I, Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell are sticking together.
02:32 Thanks for all the insight.