Mr.TaterSalad

But yet every time the Lions do get a third down pass rushing role player they seem to move on from them quickly. Houston, Muhammad as examples of that. So it is a role in the league that at least some teams value and will pay for. It doesn't seem we are one of those. Once this organization figures out how one dimensional a player is, they seem to move on quickly.

As you said though Nate, it goes back to their organizational philosophy. They don't seem to want or value a 1 dimensional, pure pass rusher who can't play 3 downs. They also don't seem to like pure edge guys and want players that can slide along the line. They like the Josh Paschal types of the Al-Quadin Muhammad types.

But you could argue that a pass rusher will have a bigger impact when they do make a play. They could force a turnover, cause an incompletion with no gain, cause a significant loss of yardage, etc. So while a run stopper may get more plays overall, do they always make the bigger impact?

Why isn't the opposite valid though? Why does it only matter how someone is against the run? Among Edge defenders, where did Wonnum rank over the past two seasons against the pass? Where did he rank in-terms of total sacks, total hurries, pressure rate, time to get to the QB off the line once the ball is snapped? How did he compare in all these metrics as a pass rusher to Muhammad?

YES, you should. I didn't intend to visit Denmark when I last went to Europe. We had intended to travel to Austria (Vienna) and Germany (Berlin, Munich, and the Munich countryside) and we ended up in Copenhagen Denmark instead of Austria. Still went to Germany though. We LOVED Copenhagen and Denmark! Copenhagen has an amazing food scene, wonderful history, the kindest people you'll ever meet, and the cleanest, most reliable metro system you could ever ride on. Do yourself two favors if you go to Denmark and Copenhagen. One, go to a place call Beast Pizza and get their 7 course meal with the homemade burrata cheese (It's the yellow-ish butter-like looking lump in the last photo below) and then go to the Torvehallerne food market and get yourself a duck confit sandwich from the French sandwich maker there (assuming he's still got his shop). You won't be disappointed eating those either of things.

My ****ing word. If this is really true this is significant. Iran offered to give away all of its enriched uranium and the Trump Administration bombed them anyways.

This is the core argument I have been making for the past two years. We are in a position to push our chips in and win a Super Bowl now. I'd rather take a big swing now then try to be good for the next 7-10 years but never get to that elusive Super Bowl. It's why I and other fans harped to much on bringing in Trey Hendrickson or some kind of real, difference making player. Someone who can really set or change the tone of a game and make the unit they play on truly elite. That could be Hendrickson, Crosby, an elite offensive lineman. Were it an offensive lineman, they could help bring that unit back into being one of the elite lines in the league as it was when we were a dominate team for the past few years. Even if we didn't get an elite, high dollar player like Hendrickson, the money was there to make a significant upgrade somewhere on this roster. Be it at offensive tackle with a Braden Smith, DE with a Cam Jordan, somewhere, with someone on a 2-3 year deal, making $10-$12-$15 million per year. With the restructure of Goff, the money was clearly there to do that. But Brad when and shopped the bargain DVD bin to round out this roster instead I'm not saying we need to turn our cap situation into the New Orleans Saints or try to build an entire roster off of only marquee free agents like Jacksonville has tried to do. I'm also not saying to be the Cleveland Browns and swing a big trade that will bankrupt you for years to come. Being aggressive but reckless almost never works and gets you into cap trouble. But you can be aggressive, make a big move, but be smart financially about it and maintain some level of cap-flexibility.

Dortch has returned punts and kicks in the past with Arizona. I wonder if he's the new Kalif as a return specialist.

I've been to Malek Al-Kabob many times. My favorite is the original LaShish next to the gentleman's club in East Dearnborn.

As a backup this signing is whatever. It's a depth signing and nothing more. So I can't get mad about it and I can't pump my fist with exuberance about it. If he is taking more special teams minutes than maybe that means Rodrigo is sliding into more of a starting role at LB and he's taking those minutes.

Those are Brad's type of players because they offer both financial value towards the cap and the ability that they COULD return to form one day.

What dip****s actually believed this guy would cut energy prices would be cut in half?

Hell yeah, good for Venezuela. Congratulations on winning the World Baseball Classic.

Muhammad could have beg their guy if the didn't want to pay a Cam Jordan or Nick Bosav type player. For $12 million they could have brought back Muhammad and signed DJ Wonnum. They'd have their 3 down guy and a pass rusher opposite Aiden for obvious passing situations. Maybe the thought $12 million for DE was too rich for the DE position. If the one Wonnum and the unproven Hassanein are their answers at DE, I'm with you. I will be unimpressed and won't feel they're meeting the moment of where they are at.

I'm not wanting to rely on a guy why was an injured rookie and didn't play a single snap last season. But let's suppose Hassanein is the situational pass rusher and isn't as strong against the run. What's to believe they would keep him beyond this year? If he can't play against the run, be a 3 down guy, or slide along the line, why wouldn't they just get rid of him like every other situational pass rusher they've had?

But Muhammad was on the field. He had 11 sacks, 26 pressures, and 457 snaps. So he did them a decent amount of good last year and had availability in numerous situations. I'm going to die on this hill, but given the production and injury history, I would have paid Muhammad. This guy seems more like a Josh Paschal replacement than a Muhammad replacement.

I want a situational pass rusher because we had one of the worst pressure rates and allowed QBs for some of the longest time in the pocket and to throw. This defense needed to get more pressure on the QB.

They gave that spot to Bob Muhammad last year, but like the other situational pass rusher they get, they don't keep them. Thy injury visit with Wonnum worries me a bit. But we know these guys provide the value and potential upside Brad loves.

I don't why they wouldn't pay Muhammad $6 million after the season he just had for them, which admittedly wasn't spectacular, but solid enough for what his skill set was. But they'll pay an injury prone guy, who had fewer sacks and pressures, the same amount of money. I would have preferred Muhammad.

Does everyone on the line have to be 3 tech who can play against the run too? Can't we just have one, pure, situational pass rusher? Muhammad seemed to be that and then they dumped him. James Houston was the guy before Muhammad and they ditched him.

I had dinner with a friend the other day down in Dearborn at Sheeba Yemini restaurant. We went to the newer restaurant in West Dearborn, not the original one in East Dearborn. I know that Middle Eastern food and all the variants that come with it from Egyptian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, Yemini, etc. aren't uniquely Detroit. I know by now lots of other metro areas in the country have restaurants that serve Middle Eastern food of some variety, from one of the aforementioned countries. But no other region has it as good as we do. We have such a plethora of amazing Middle Eastern restaurants from so many different countries and regions in that part of the world. Throw a rock across the street in Metro Detroit and chances are you'll hit a building or strip mall that has a restaurant serving faatoosh, falafal, ghallaba, shwarma, tabooli, and so much more. We really are spoiled around here with some amazing ethnic cuisines from around the world. In the case of Middle Eastern food, I barely even think of it as that anymore. I think of all of those foods as just American and Detroit staples. I want a chicken or lamb shawarma for lunch as much and as often as I'd want a burger or a coney dog.

Hardly knew the guy is one of my favorite Trump bits. After the person gets in trouble or does something to go against him, in this case resign in protest, he suddenly, hardly knows the person.

All I'm saying is that I agree with point that the UofM Board of Regents has largely been feckless. Paul Brown has been the best of the bunch IMO. Almost none of them, on either side of the aisle, have adequately shepherded the university through it's sports scandals or leadership searches. Re-electing the same people, Democrat or Republican as a Regent, isn't going to work. The University needs a leadership change top to bottom to clean itself up institutionally. A new regent like Amir is presenting the best change out there to make significant changes from the status quo.

This has been a theme of both Trump Administration's. They start a fire, act as the arsonist, and then boast about what a great job their doing for having put out their own fire. They created this work crisis with their deportations and immigration policies. There was already a worker shortage in farming, agriculture, and food processes. Their policies just exacerbated the issue.

Ok don't. Vote for the same people for Regent then and get the same results. The university needs new leadership and needs to be cleaned up as an institution. If you want Jordan Acker and the same Board of Regents that got the university into this mess then keep voting for them. Amir is a civil rights attorney, running on specific reforms he's looking to make within the university. Jordan Acker is running on the status quo and has proposed little that I can see to change university culture.