RedRamage

I mostly agree with this... but I think there are a few things your glossing over too much. 1. "It's only 6 games." Yes, but... if this just a glimpse in how JaMo is as a person? I don't claim to have a lot of insight into him as a person/player anymore than anyone else here does. But of course the Lions have a lot more insight than we do. Do they view him as boarding on bust? Do they know about other issues/things that we don't that make them less confident about him long term? If so, they may look to draft a WR higher. On the other hand if this is just a "he's a dumb kid who did a dumb think. No big deal" then I agree that it's only 6 games, don't massively rework the play for this issue. 2. "JaMo wasn’t even part of the offense last year." Yes, but... last season we have Chark. Now Chark also wasn't a huge part of the offense, but he did account for 30 receptions and 502 yards. Yes the offense did okay (great even at times) without Chark or JaMo, but think anyone of us would prefer to have a ARSB and insert backup player here instead of a legit NFL starting caliber WR.

Reggie Corbin with a nice game rushing for over 100 yards... DL dominate... Panthers off to a nice 2-0 start headed to their Ford Field debut next week!

Maybe this was part of his no-sweat-first-bet and he'll get it all back?

Michigan Panthers 1-0 AND (so far) no players suspended for gambling. Looks like there's a new favorite home town team!

To the best of my knowledge, there was no major gambling culture in the Lions before they showed up, so... I'd say they changed the culture.

Good point... it's really splitting hairs there. I'm not sure I can even conjure up some imaginary scenario where a player might be enticed to throw a game while on team grounds vs. when he's not on team grounds. And you can't exactly say that the team/league is just distancing themselves from gambling when clearly they're not. I mean, rules are still rules and you can't disobey them just because you disagree with them. But yeah, taking in his light it does feel like a very stupid rule.

Obviously I'm massively speculating, but it would surprise me if someone who was let go from the Lions (FO, player, coach, etc) snitched. I mean, that's kinda how the whole Astro's think shook out, wasn't it? It might have been someone who help a grudge or maybe it was just someone who felt annoyed that s/he was following the rules but others seemed to get away with it without repercussions. Again: PURE SPECULATION on my part here. Just thinking out loud.

I tend to agree, though I do think it makes WR/TE a more attractive pickup. I don't think they're massively reworking their board, but if it comes down to two names that they like/want equally and one is a position with more depth and one is a pass catcher... I think the pass catcher might get the nod.

If true, then I'm more than a bit PO'd and a bit worried. This feels like it bordering on a "lack of institutional control" and may explain why the Lions seemed to be hit so hard. Makes you wonder if someone who got fired (*cough* AP *cough*) leaked to the NFL that maybe they should check out the Lions and the rampant gambling problems there. Also makes me wonder if gambling is pretty common in the NFL and others just hide it better?

Eh... good point. That means there was enough "other stuff" to make Holmes semi-call out Jamo earlier AND then this too. Not good. To be clear, I do think this is a horrible moral sin on Jamo's part... just kinda stupid that he isn't aware of the rules or is aware and thought he could get away with it.

Different jobs have different rules. For example, I carry a swiss army knife with me virtually all the time and definitely at by job. It's 100% legal and my job has zero issues with it. My wife, on the other hand, is a school teacher and it's banned for anyone to carry a knife on school grounds. It seems a bit high for me too, but gambling is like the biggest sin in sports. Any appearance of fixing games can seriously hurt the image of a sports league. I'm honestly a little surprised that gambling on non-NFL games is allowed outside of team situations.

This might explain the "accountability" comments from Holmes earlier this off season... I mean, assuming that this is something that happened a while ago and the NFL is just finishing up the inquiry into it now.

There's a gigantic difference between suggesting that drafting a QB rather than resigning a veteran could save on cap space (which is an objective fact, btw) and saying: "you can only win with a QB on a rookie contract"

Absolutely no one has said that.

Are they still doing that stupid 7-inning crap for double headers?

So apparently this is the Texas Rangers City Connect Unis. Reactions to them have been less than favorable. Personally, I think they're kinda cool. That said they are SO different from the standard I could see why some people don't like 'em.

Okay... I do seem to remember something about when they moved HQ. Being a westsider I'm wasn't familiar at all with them being a Detroit thing.

Yeah, you're probably right... I'm particular to the 1935 season so that's why my mind went there, but Kaline certainly was connected to the Tigers for a longer time. My dream: Cochrane Stadium Clark Field Adams Arena Yeah... that'd work for me. 🙂

I seem to remember there by some effort to get people to NOT call it CoPa as they (ie, Comerica and the Tigers) wanted people to use the full name. I agree that Comerica doesn't sound corporate now because it's been 20+ years of us using it. I thought it sounded very corporate originally and I kinda hated that it didn't feel like it had anything to do with Detroit. I mean Ford Field is very corporate as well but even if you don't consider that it's also the owner, at least Ford is a Detroit thing. That said, I also agree with those who say it could be much worse (in no particular order): Citizens Bank Park Globe Life Field Guaranteed Rate Field LoanDepot Park PNC Park T-Mobile Park

Cochrane Stadium?

Dang it... I knew that. I even fixed my formulas in excel after typing 3-8 cause I knew it was wrong. The problem is that Baseball Reference list the results as W, L, W-wo, or L-wo. I typed it... saw it was wrong, checked what was going on, fixed my formulas in excel, verified that it was doing the calculations right... and then posted without fixing my post...idiot.

Through 14 games: 2003: 1-13, R = 26, RA = 76, pW/L = 2-12 2023: 5-9, R = 50, RA = 87, pW/L = 4-10 A projected winning percentage of .268 would give us 43 wins. Interesting side note in 2003 our projected wpct was .306, which should have given us ~50 wins.

Hmm... to take a serious stab at this. If we say that a corporate name is strictly forbidden: Previous fields that were not corporate named for the Tigers have been named after owners (Bennet Park, Navin Field, Briggs Stadium) so there's a chance it might become Ilitch Field or something like that. I think fans wouldn't be terribly thrilled with Chris Ilitch doing that. Maybe if he said it was named after Mike Ilitch rather than himself he could get away with it. Beyond that I'm not sure what other options work. Maybe Motown Field or Automotive Park to try to tie into Detroit. I could do Motown Field but Automotive Park sounds awful and would probably be nicknamed "Car Park" in no time. Maybe Motor City Stadium? You could try something like Tiger Den, but that feels more like a nickname vs. a formal name (and tigers don't actually live in dens). Same with something like Jungle Stadium or Stripes Park. Those just feel too cutesy. I think Tiger Stadium is the logical choice, but if we were to also exclude that as an option I'd probably go with Motown Field or Motor City Stadium myself.

I get the feeling that if RIchardson was there in the 6th round and the Lions took him you'd be upset because if he wasn't good enough at 6, 18, 48, 55, 81, 152, and 159, why are we taking him at 183 to be the future of your franchise?

Good question... I managed to find a roster from CBS Sports from just before the 2022 and 2023 season. Imported them into excel and did a quick lookup. Of the current 53 man roster there are 14 players returning from last year. Given how poorly the Panthers did last year that probably makes sense.