Jason_R

They should stop calling Sports Illustrated “SI” and start calling it “AI.”

I had typed something longer but then clicked a pop up ad instead of submit. 🤦🏻‍♂️ The gist of it was that last year’s team had the sixth-worst injury luck on the defensive side of the ball of any team on record (past 25 years). This figure was calculated on games lost, so did not account for the magnitude of the players lost; on that score Detroit in 2024 may have had the worst defensive injury luck in NFL history. We are all still stung by the way the last two seasons ended, getting picked apart in the secondary. But we are forgetting how dominant the defense looked the first month of last season. The defense is going to win games this season that the offense had to pull out of its hat last year.

What’s more likely, they go 10-7 or 17-0? Probably 10-7, but that’s only slightly more likely.

I suspect Ratledge will end up an improvement over Glasgow who was not great at RG. Mahogany was very good in his cameo last year and I suspect will end up as a capable replacement for Zeitler. But yes, Ragnow is a big loss. And yes, probably the biggest question mark is Decker’s health. He has missed some games and it is a big drop off after him.

Not afraid of the Packers or Bears. Maybe a split with the Vikings. 5-1 in division. 3-1 against AFC North. 3-1 against NFC East. 2-1 against grab bag of Chiefs, Bucs, Rams (who may be starting Stetson Bennett by the time they play Detroit). 13-4, tied with Eagles, who take NFC #1 seed due to win at home against Detroit. But I still think this is Detroit’s year.

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/08/23/dan-campbell-hendon-hooker-postgame-texans-preseason-change-of-scenery/ He gone.

Last year’s Lions finished with the 12th highest PPG in NFL history (tied with the 2019 Ravens) at 33.2 points per game. They seem to be significantly better at the skill positions with TeSlaa. Clearly Ragnow is a big loss, as is Zeitler, but Mahogany and Ratledge should be capable. The missing piece is on defense, where the 2025 Lions should be substantially improved. More takeaways and shorter opponent drives could make this team more potent than it was last year.

Allen has secured the QB2 role and… the game isn’t over yet. MCDC said they might not carry three.

But there's still time for them to trade for Trey Hendrickson and give him a massive deal before they pay Hutch.

Gary Thorne and Bill Clement. I loved watching them. And yes, I loved Stevie, Sergei and the Russian Five, Shanny, McCarty, Drapes... but what about Martin Lapointe? A team could always use a guy like him.

I’ll never forget that when fans were holding vigil for Vladdie at the site of the accident, Sergei showed up to be with them.

Imagine the locker room if Trey Hendrickson got paid by the Lions before Aidan Hutchinson. It would ruin the culture they are always talking about building. Hendrickson is not coming. For grins I asked AI how the 2024 Lions ranked for injury luck. It told me they had the sixth-worst figure for adjusted games lost on the defensive side of the ball in NFL history (32nd worst in 2024). Of the top twelve teams it listed all time, only Detroit had a winning record, going 15-2 with the #1 seed. This is one of the most astonishing statistics I recall seeing. 2024 was a historically great season with historically bad injury luck. We do not need Hendrickson. We need a full season from Hutchinson.

Appeal the ruling, win the appeal, have Harbaugh come back and guest-coach the games Sherrone was supposed to miss, and buy $20 million worth of hamburgers for the 2026 recruiting class. Checkmate, NCAA.

This makes more sense than “mental arror.”

Hooker may have sealed his fate with that last pass. Yes, great play by the linebacker, but you cannot throw that ball.

I must have misheard this, but I thought Lomas Brown just said “that was an MA, what I call a mental error.”

In addition to questionable depth this year, they only have Seider, Johansson, and Edvinsson under contract on the blue line next year. Anyone they pull up from GR, now or later, will leave a spot that needs to be filled there. Also next year they won’t fill all of the four open roles from GR. It would be good to have a few options to re-sign for one or more of those roles already within the system.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6537280/2025/08/11/red-wings-prospects-nhl-danielson-cossa/ New from Bultman. Projects Danielson to be a mid-season call up and to stick. He also has a more favorable view on Wallinder than I recall seeing.

I knew Seider was playing a lot of hard minutes. Didn’t realize Larkin and Raymond were so far up there too. Really says a lot about Raymond’s growth as a player.

Awosika at the bottom. Not a terrible surprise based on last season. Manu was fourth from bottom. 😬

🙏🏻

By 26-27 they will probably be in the top five. And they probably won’t have to overpay to attract average talent.

Poor kid.