Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes did not like the feeling of sitting at home when the NFL playoffs were taking place. The team had been an upward trajectory, but failed to qualify for the 2025 NFL playoffs after qualifying the previous two years. Appearing on "Good Morning Football" this week, Detroit's sixth-year general manager shared what he felt, when asked about the state of the team . "Yeah we feel, we knew we had a lot of work to do. You know, both from a roster standpoint, just as some internal things that you know. We were determined. That's a bad taste in your mouth. When you feel like you're trending in, you're heading in the right direction , although we never got to where we really wanted to get to. But, we got close, but to not be in it, that was a bad taste," said Holmes.…