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Can’t get the Tweet to embed but Justin Rogers reporting the Glasgow injury is nothing serious.

Looking at Cincinnati and Dallas, I’m so glad the days of gross organizational mismanagement appear to be behind us.

What I’m seeing is that it wasn’t serious. Left on his own, inference that he may have returned if it had occurred earlier in the practice.

I get that frustration, I may not be 60 but I want them to win the Super Bowl this season as much as anybody else. But I’d also like to compete next season, and the following season, and the one after that, and so on. If you have ten years with a roster that looks like the Lions have had the last three years, you’re bound to win one eventually, and you may just happen to win more than one. Putting the eggs in a single basket opens you up to one Divisional Round exit after the entire defense gets hurt and your outgoing OC calls a WR pass in the most important game of the season. And then what?

The NFL is a week-to-week business. The team that wins a playoff game often isn’t the best team playing (e.g., Commanders over Lions). The Super Bowl Champion often isn’t the best team in the league (e.g., the 2023 Chiefs). It’s not baseball where you have to win four of seven on multiple occasions. The better team will often find a way to do that, which incentivizes making your team as good as possible for “the run.” It’s single game, put up or shut up. In such a situation you’re far better off setting yourself up for a decade of continued success, than a single push at four consecutive January to February wins. If Holmes can figure out a way to bring in Hendrickson and still establish continued success like the current trajectory, I’m all for it. From a lay perspective though I don’t see it.

I think they may try to get something for him before they outright cut him. I doubt he clears waivers. If you can pick up a conditional 6th or 7th it’s probably worth it at this point. But I don’t see the relative benefit in rostering three QBs, when ideally both are just holding clipboards.

He very well may get cut, unless he’s much better behind closed doors.

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Not a lot of NFL talent to be seen on the defense right now.

If the line to gain is the 43, and the ball is sitting on top of the 43, it’s a first down. We don’t need Hawkeye.

Midway through the 1st quarter, the Lions have 18 offensive yards and the Dolphins have 7.

I'm not surprised to see them appeal. The suspension is stupid, it's the NCAA trying to make the punishment seem harsher than Michigan offered. The entire charade of suspending him for CMU and Nebraska instead of New Mexico and Oklahoma they are okay with, but make sure you add in a game next year against Western Michigan or UTEP too? Come on now. The real thing is the money. $20MM means nothing to the football program. They don't rely on that money and they don't need it. They are self-sustaining 100-times over, and the NIL donors are the ones making that program run. OTOH, the $20MM may very well be felt by the wrestling, softball, swim/dive, and all other non-revenue programs. Those programs run at a (sometimes steep) deficit and rely on downstream revenues of the football and basketball programs to stay afloat. That money will need to be made up somewhere or cuts will need to be made.

They were never going to "bring the hammer" down on a blue blood in 2025 like they historically did to USC, SMU, or even Ohio State. You could throw Penn State in there too, but that was a pretty different set of circumstances. The NCAA's very existence is on its heels after recent court rulings. The last thing they wanted to do was give Warde Manual a reason to be the inaugural Chairman of the new B1G-SEC football league. It's not about denial, if anything that made it worse. It's about what the NCAA thinks they can actually get away with right now. They probably issued a huge sigh of relief when Harbaugh left town. They could "bring the hammer" down on him without totally frustrating the remaining infrastructure of the university. They're a joke of an organization struggling to retain a shred of dignity.

If you told me in 2015 that the Harbaugh saga at Michigan would end in ten years with one National Championship and a total of 14 years in show-cause penalties, I would be thoroughly impressed in Michigan's embrace of modern day college football.

MSU and OSU slappies since 2023: "The hammer is going to drop any day now!" The Hammer that dropped:

The "Last Meeting" research was fun with this one. I remember the 10/30/2022 game against the Dolphins pretty well. I attended it and left at halftime to make it to a baby shower (and may have been murdered that day if I left any later, the powers that be were pissed I went to the game in the first place). Lions were up 21-7 in that game - 27-17 at the half - before collapsing and failing to score a point in the second half. After that loss to the Dolphins, we dropped to 1-6 on the season. Some highlights (or lowlights) from that GDT (not quoting because the sources are irrelevant): "It doesn’t matter who they hire or fire. It’s a hopeless joke of a franchise and nothing will change in our lifetime." "Look at that. The Eagles went from Super Bowl Champ, to collapse, to rebuild to Super Bowl favorite and in the same amount of time we have continued to suck." "They might not win 3 games this year. Marty Morningwheg all over again. Lots of tough guy quotes, but a clown show." Along with a lot of people pissed at DeAndre Swift -- at least we weren't all wrong. Although the sources are irrelevant (because it was a universal feeling), credit where it is due to @Motown Bombers who was a clear voice of reason and called for patience, comparing Campbell to Jim Schwartz, who was given plenty of leash. Since that game, the Lions have gone 35-9 in the regular season. History still in the making??

Miami Dolphins (0-0-1) @ Detroit Lions (1-1) vs. Setting: 08/16/2025 1:00pm EST on Lions TV Network Site: Ford Field in Detroit, MI Weather: Climate Controlled Opening Spread: Dolphins -2.5 All-Time Series Record: Dolphins lead, 8-5 Last Meeting: 10/30/2022, Dolphins won 31-27

Jamo knows it’s put up or shut up time for that contract and all eyes are on him. Tens of millions of dollars are riding on his staying out of trouble off the field for the next 6-10 months. I think he’ll stay away from the law. Now, after some team gives him a massive contract? I’m not so sure. I think someone might pay him to be their WR1.

Good on those players. They took a stand and it still took NFL leadership eight minutes to make the call. Bet you they now send a memo to NFL referees that tells them not to allow players to decide to do that in a regular season game. Will tell them to stop the clock after 20 seconds and go to official review for an NFL decision.

Reports out of camp have seemed to indicate that TeSlaa is outperforming Patrick. I don’t think they are married to keeping Patrick if TeSlaa is ready on day one.

I’m curious to see the snap counts at the WR position tomorrow. I think Lovett and Tim Patrick are battling for the 5th seat in that room, and I might give Lovett the edge based on his special teams ability.

Just the Falcons in that category. The Browns (16-5), Jaguars (6-3), Falcons (26-14), Cardinals (38-28-6), Giants (24-21-1), Jets (8-7), and Buccaneers (32-29) are the only active teams the Lions have an all-time winning record against. They’re also tied all-time with the Saints (13-13-1) and Raiders (7-7)

Detroit Lions (0-1) @ Atlanta Falcons (0-0) vs. Setting: 08/08/2025 7:00pm EST on FOX Site: Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA Weather: Climate Controlled Opening Spread: Lions -3.5 All-Time Series Record: Lions lead, 26-14 Last Meeting: 09/24/2023, Lions won 20-6

Based on camp reports he was a long shot to make the team anyway. Was drafted as a special teams contributor and was struggling to adapt.

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