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the lions might get some games because the league thinks they'll be successful. i doubt jamaal williams makes anyone watch monday night football. the lions had barry sanders and barely got any monday night football games. people watch their favorite teams and major market teams. the most games on monday night: dallas, pittsburgh, miami, san francisco, chicago, washington, denver, giants, raiders, packers. a mix of big markets and successful franchises. lions arent there yet. but they are possibly an up and coming team and they have some attractive matchups against good (kansas city, dallas), national (denver, green bay, raiders) and big market (chicago, chargers) teams.

hopefully it heals and its not a problem next year and moving forward.

one would think that the lions would be more marketable this year and could garner some national games other than turkey day.

hopefully its not a division game on thanksgiving, but it probably will be. might be more fun to see a team like vegas or denver come in for that. as to the international game, i doubt many people know or care about the lions internationally. i know if there are teams from europe that come over here for games, the big draws are the big name teams and the big name players. freiburg are a good young up and coming team in germany, sociedad in spain, but if they played here no one would care. they want munich and barca. same with football over there, they want the chiefs and another big name team, not a perennial loser no one has heard about. its a little different in england because they are there every year multiple times a year, but this is a one off (that theyre trying to make a thing) in germany. theyre going to want big name teams to showcase. lions arent there yet.

yes probably not yes and no. not likely 3

i dont think the ordinary fans in the rest of the country see the lions like we do. we have turkey day and maybe we get a monday night game this year. they have some marquee national teams on the schedule (bears, packers, chiefs, broncos, cowboys). i can see them getting a monday night game against dallas or kc maybe.

an average athletic safety and a linebacker. i doubt they'd do that.

oh ffs! come on!

the injury concerns for zion were because his own personal chef is burger king.

long term health. he's very tall and the wear and tear on those guys for a long nba season can be very high.

if it get thems victor, its all been worth it. if not, the misery will continue.

red wings have become the pistons. hoping for the 8th seed, winning meaningless games late in the season to kill draft position.

if manning loses his job to a 31 year old journeyman starter, there are real problems with this franchise.

hooker might be as old as kirk cousins by the time that 5th year kicks in...

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raises the question again of whether last off season was the time to spend on glue guy free agents.

and he traded multiple assets to get those picks. including a future first round pick. at best, wiseman ends up being a long term starter so you get something for bey and all the assets you traded to get him, killian ends up a decent backup point guard, and stewart is a solid role player off the bench. unless wiseman can capture some of his hype and become a good player, that draft was a real bust. conversely, last year's draft of ivey and duren looks like a hit. i dont see much from livers, honestly. and cade looked like a superstar some games and a miss in others. i think he'll come good but im worried about his health. and again, i get the rebuild and they are doing what they have to do to get the best odds for the #1 pick, but this is THE worst or second worst season in franchise history. lets not lose sight of just how bad this team is. if theyre at least moderately healthy and not in the play in next year, weaver might be in trouble.

i get it, but then why sign bagley to a fairly big contract? the only upside for bagley is if his money is used as a throw in to get a better player. otoh, who is going to want marvin bagley on a deal more than one year long? well, other than troy weaver.

were not complaining that they entered a rebuild, we are complaining about how he is managing the rebuild. at least that's what im complaining about.

both had the same top 5: stroud, young, richardson/anderson, carter.

jordan reid's mock: wilson banks keanu benton hendon hooker braeden daniels much more likely than mcshay's, imo. addresses dline, corner, iol, and qb. takes the bpa at #6 in wilson and then takes players at positions the lions have depth needs after this season.

mcshay's latest mock: wilson bijan jack campbell sam laporta i dont think they'll go the first two rounds without taking a either a corner or a defensive tackle.

"you deserve to relive the best piston tradition of having too many centers in a league that has moved to small, postionless basketball. that's why i, troy weaver, traded for james wiseman, marvin bagley III, and isaiah stewart. i promise that i will bring back the time honored tradition of the late joe dumars era. in wiseman, i believe we finally found our josh smith."

lombardi looks like he could be a player. just like mazur.

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