The NFL will descend on Indianapolis for the 2025 NFL Combine next week. This year's draft prospects, divided by position group, will start arriving on Sunday, Feb. 23, and the last position group will leave town on Monday, March 3.
The combine is also something of an NFL convention, with agents, coaches, general managers, etc. in the same spot at the same time in a way they really never are this side of Super Bowl week.
Every year at the combine, head coaches and general managers get time at the podium to take questions from reporters. Ryan Fowler of The Draft Network has revealed the full schedule of general manager and head coach press conferences for Indianapolis next week.
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2025 NFL Combine: When will Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes speak?
Lions general manager Brad Holmes will take the podium at 1p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 25, followed by head coach Dan Campbell at 3:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
The Lions' media team will likely live broadcast Holmes and Campbell’s press conferences via the various channels (YouTube, Twitter, etc.). NFL Network also typically airs several press conferences, and it's fair to say the Lions will garner some interest after losing all the assistant coaches they have this offseason. While Campbell fields questions about the formation of his new staff, Holmes will surely get a question or two about Myles Garrett--or the idea of trading for an edge rusher of Garrett's ilk.
It doesn't happen often, but at times interesting things beyond the typical canned answers are said at the NFL Combine. Two years ago, for those who cared to read between the lines a little, Campbell conveyed some frustration about running back D'Andre Swift's ongoing inability to stay healthy despite a plan he thought would work during the previous season.
Less than two months later, during the draft and after the selection of first-round selection of Jahmyr Gibbs that took away all their leverage, Swift was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles.
If something interesting is said by one of the Lions' top decision-makers at this year's combine, bet on it being Campbell, who generally can't hide how he really feels about a topic.
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