If you do that, you can compete every year. They weren’t out to be a flash in the pan, or have a few good years and fade back into obscurity. No, Holmes and Campbell’s idea of the Lions back then was more in line with how the Baltimore Ravens operate over in the AFC.

There have been five All-Pros to come out of the 2021 NFL Draft. The Lions picked two of them as part of a class that's become their "core."

Alim McNeill is the third member of the Lions' 2021 draft to sign an extension since April, joining Penei Sewell and Amon-Ra St. Brown.

St. Brown were first-team All-Pros last season. McNeill was making a case for his first Pro Bowl nod before a knee injury in December.