Motown Bombers

I believe Sheila had worked out of Ann Arbor.

Dan Gilbert was supposed to be developing the old Brewster Douglas site. Not sure that land is available.

The Silverdome would have been a good spot but I think they developed that into an Amazon facility.

So it does appear players playing in Detroit pay city taxes. Not only that, Detroit also has a jock tax and collects taxes from opposing players. The thought of Aaron Rodgers coming to Detroit and throwing three picks and having a huge tax bill makes me happy. https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/16977/detroit_finds_a_way_to_collect_more_income_tax_from_pro_athletes_playing_in_the_city

Well Detroit already charges a 1.2% tax for non-residents. I would assume since the Lions play in Detroit they are charged a non-resident tax. If not, on a $200 million + payroll, that would be over $2 million annually on just players and not even a coaching staff.

I mean, DeSantis could just counter with Fat D or Heavy D.

Since the Lions are headquartered in Allen Park but play in Detroit, do the players pay city income tax? The case with the Pistons, the city of Detroit is getting a lot of money since you now have wealthy players on the tax rolls.

From what I can tell, the Pistons got some public subsidies to move their practice facility to Detroit. I assume the Lions will get something. If I remember correctly, their current location was property owned by Ford Motor Company? Where does Ford have unused property?

I don't think downtown is a good place for a 50 acre + practice facility. If they choose Detroit, I could see somewhere in New Center around Henry Ford hospital and they can partner with Wayne State on a sports medicine program. I believe the Steelers do this with the University of Pittsburgh. There's a lot of land around Henry Ford. I could see them moving to Dearborn around the Ford headquarters. Ultimately, I think the best and most likely area is Oakland County. Whats going on at the Palace site?

Bans only work on things like books, abortion and drag queens, not guns.

There had been questions whether the Lions were linked to him or not. He's still productive and I would be fine with him on a one year deal.

I would have still gave him a 1 year $5 million contract.

I would choose the horse sized duck. I could see the 1,000 ducks banding together transformer style to create a mega duck.

Are you allowed to weigh players on pre draft visits?

I still don't even know what Quinn said that made the 3rd pick completely untradeable.

Why didn't the Chargers trade with the Giants at 4? If the Lions drafted Herbert then the Chargers could trade for Stafford. Call the Lions bluff and make an offer for Stafford. No one is going to trade with Arizona this year because they're worried the Cardinals are going to draft a QB. Being able to trade back is dependent on who is drafting behind you and the value of the player in the draft.