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RFK! RFK! HE's your man (to all Trump's White Trash Bigoted followers...): VOTE RFK!!!

So he's good in low leverage situations and that's it...

Isaiah Williams is looking good today...

Nice catch by DPJ.

Agreed. Let him start the next preseason game...

He's been in the game today: 3 targets, no catches (the couple passes I noticed his way from Sudfeld were WAY off & he had no chance...)

Speaking of which... Who's going to grab the #3 WR spot for the Lions this year? Hard to tell anything today with the (mostly) spotty QB passing so far...

And... He'll get better.

On Torrence... Lions want heavy movement from their Guards... Torrence may not have fit there. I don't know TBH... But... Rankings mean squat... it's fit that's key. DJ Turner? Meh... Now, Rashee Rice... would have looked really good as our current #3 WR... But I can live with Hooker. No doubt in my mind.

Hooker looks fine enough IMO... He'll get better... Although that was a pretty crappy overthrow...

QUESTION: Is Lakeland an interesting team to follow right now? Yes or No? To Whit (Currently on the Roster): Jose De La Cruz (Big $$$ International signing in 2018 for $1.85 mill) - 22 y.o. OF'er in Low-A (3rd straight year) w/ a .234 BA and a .704 OPS in the minors. Not very interesting. Unless he turns into a late-bloomer but, so far, nothing yet to be excited about... Cristian Santana (Big $$$ International signing in 2021 for $2.95 mill) - 20 y.o. SS/3B in Low-A (3rd straight year) w/ a .195 BA and a .750 OPS in the minors. TURRIBLE!!! Unless he turns into a late-bloomer, so far though, not enough (hit tool) yet to be encouraged about (draws a huge amount of walks so .380 OBP (drew 3 BB's in 4 PA's today) and has shown power with 37 HR's and 40 doubles in 1175 PA's...? But... where's the hit tool? Can't make it at higher levels with this low of a hit tool...). Franyerber Montilla (Big $$$ International signing in 2022 for $500K) - 19 y.o. SS in Low-A (just started) w/ a .273 BA and a .857 OPS in the FCL. Too early to be on anyone's radar IMO, but... an interesting guy to keep an eye on? Nomar Fana (International signing in 2019 for (bargain price...?)) - 19 y.o. in Low-A (just started) w/ a .291 BA and a .943 OPS in the FCL. Too early to be on anyone's radar IMO, but... an interesting guy to keep an eye on? Clayton Campbell - He's from New Zealand so that's interesting... but otherwise, 20 y.o. 1B'man in Low-A w/ a .205 BA and a .667 OPS in the minors. Not enough to be interested in unless ya wanna follow a Kiwi to see how he fares... CJ Weins is interesting in that he's the big arm guy from the Red Sox we got for Kelly. Big arm, but not a lot of control... but with our pitching developmental staff maybe they can turn him into something... that would be interesting...! So far in the Detroit Org: 23 y.o. 6'3" 225 # RH'er, 9 1/3 Inn's, 5 Hits, 6 BB's (4 in one outing & 2 in another, o/w 4 "clean" outings with no BB's at all...), 1 run and 18 K's. Hmmm... THAT's interesting!!! (At least a little...) Zack Lee was an undrafted FA in 2023 (basically like a 21st draft pick since the draft now ends at 20 rounds): 23 y.o 6'4" 200# RH'er this year in Low-A: 3.08 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 9.7 K's/9, 1.9 BB's/9... At least interesting enough to keep an eye on...?

Brodric Martin has 3 tackles a QB hit and 1/2 sack already... but somehow I haven't picked him up yet on-screen (watching a New York channel and they are saying NADA about any of the Lions so I can barely pick up who is doing what...). Oh, they did mention it was Brandon Joseph with that INT for some reason (don't know what they were thinking... Joseph ain't a Giant...).

Hooker better pick things up FAST...! 'Cause Sudfeld belongs nowhere on the field except standing next to Goff on the sidelines with a clipboard...

November 1st Headline: "TRUMP SPEAKS!!!" "I know no one has seen me in the past 6 weeks. Well, I'm tired, I quit. I'm getting too old for this crap anyways. I hate this democracy bull**** anyways. I'm going to spend more time with my beloved wife Ivana and beloved son Duke and just eat cheeseburgers and fries from now on."

And if all he turns out to be, is... a backup QB... Well, then isn't that why we drafted him? (Not directed at you MC but to the general audience...) He's a rookie trying to adjust from college ball to the NFL... He's EXACTLY where I would expect him to be on the developmental curve...

As a middle reliever... sure. He actually did OK the first 5 innings yesterday with 6 base runners and 2 ER's... Then gave up 6 base runners in the 6th... So is he really good the 1st time through an order and then falls apart the 2nd time through...? That would put him in the Faedo/ Brieske range... which still has its MLB usefulness....

They're stooooopid and have no idea which direction to take. Everything that they've tried so far just makes them look MORE STOOOOOPID. "The Fascist Moron and Couch Weirdo" ticket...

Too much funds diverted to legal bills. HAH!!!

For the first 5 innings he scattered 4 baserunners with no runs and I think 3 K's. 4 (total) singles and walks in the 6th inning did him in.

Freep article I read this morning said Meadows lost the ball which is why he stopped. I would love if he could pick back up 2B so he could be OF/2B like Vierling is OF/3B. But I keep reading that he had the throwing YIPS at 2B so he's not going back there. Has anyone ever gotten over a case of the "yips" and gone back to their position after the recovery...?

"Coach Walz versus Couch Weirdo". Has a beautiful ring to it...

Well... That's not really rope-a-dope either... Short on weapons = slowly losing ground... Have weapons = Turn the tables. It's a simple problem of adequate supplies, I would think...

Well they made an incursion into Russia-proper (see above) so it seems a little more explicit than rope-a-dope... I'm just expecting more details...

Anticipay-yay-shun...

If Israeli Intelligence forecasted Sinwar taking over for an eliminated Haniyah, major sharp prediction. Israel will literally be able to do what they want in Gaza. Sinwar is unacceptable to most of the rest of the world. I'm not saying Netanyahu is... just that Israel made a major move that worked perfectly in their favor. WTF is Hamas thinking?