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I don't know who Charles McDonald is and whether his opinion should matter, but he sure didn't like the Lions' draft. https://sports.yahoo.com/2023-nfl-draft-grades-for-nfc-eagles-get-top-marks-so-do-rebuilding-cardinals-and-one-team-received-an-f-185301750.html Detroit Lions Favorite pick: Brian Branch, DB, Alabama (45th overall) This was by far the best pick that the Lions made over the weekend. Brian Branch was a projected first rounder for most of the draft season, but slipped to the second round for whatever reason. He’s not the most athletic defensive back out there, but he’s a smart player that played a variety of roles in Alabama’s defense. He’ll play a lot of snaps as the Lions’ overhang defender this year and he’ll make a whole lot of plays. Least favorite pick: Jack Campbell, LB, Iowa (18th overall) The positional value is one thing, but the bigger issue is taking Jack Campbell in the first round. He just wasn’t projected to go anywhere near this spot and likely could have been had a full round later than where he was selected. Campbell is a quality linebacker when he’s coming downhill in the box, but his ability to be an impact player in coverage and in space down the field is a major question mark moving forward. That’s not the profile of a first-round linebacker — those types of players have to be weapons in the passing game to be selected and Campbell isn’t that guy. Really odd selection at the 18th pick, even stranger than the Jahmyr Gibbs pick at 12th overall. Overall grade: F Yeah, an F. Perhaps this take will get Old Takes Exposed in two or three years as a laughably bad take, but as things stand right now the Lions’ draft class was just baffling. Taking Gibbs with the 12th pick in a year that they signed David Montgomery felt extremely rich. Even taking Sam LaPorta with the 34th overall pick over Michael Mayer was a head-scratcher. Gibbs and Campbell made up the most shocking first round picks in quite some time, and not in a positive way. Hopefully for Lions fans, this take ends up wrong. To put it nicely, they had an unorthodox strategy in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Also, Cheryl Hines used to be so, so kissably cute, which Melania, IMHO, never was.

I wonder what the good people of the Thumb would think if they were told they live in Detroit. 💀

Is it? Something always felt off about the company's product to me.

Cheryl Hines is looking rather Melania-like here.

This is from a couple years ago and there's been realignment since, so it may not be completely accurate today, but it's pretty close and it's really cool.

I have a feeling Florida's is going to change sooner than later.

The NFL might have an uphill battle spreading their sport around the world.

If any of you wanna come on over and murder me or buddha, this is probably the best place to do it. Although if y'all just wanna murder each other, you can probably get away with it over there, too.

Surprised by the amount of snowfall in the Appalachians, although I guess I probably shouldn't be.

The one that strikes me here is Salsette Island, in India: There are almost 24 million people who live on this island, an area roughly the size of a patch of suburbs that runs from 8 mile and I-94 in Grosse Pointe to 8 Mile and Telegraph in Southfield, up to downtown Pontiac, across to Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights, and back down to Grosse Pointe. That's more than twice the number of people who live in the whole state of Michigan on a patch of land that makes up less than half of suburban Detroit.

I didn't know that at the time I posted this.

In addition to our having lived it as adults, I also believe the current past of 20/30 or so years ago seems a lot closer than WWII did in 1960 because we have video of that era made available to us on demand, some of it in HD, while 1945 was not nearly so accessible to the people of 1960. In fact, I kind of wonder whether WWII feels closer to me now than it felt to me 30 years ago because so much of the account of that time (video, newspaper, etc.) is available to us now in a way the couldn't have been back then.

You might be pleased to know that she field for divorce a couple years ago.

Why is this patriot on the run? Did he not merely exercise his god-given second amendment rights to own guns and use them in any way he sees fit? Should he not be able to go to the town square and wave his guns around and shoot them into the air and shout, “yes, I am guilty, mother****ers, I am death”? What is this country coming to?

Englert was definitely shaky. If Lange was shaky it wasn't because of the hits, which were fluky soft contact shots.

Justin, Willie, and I wanna say, Hal Newhouser? EDIT: Crap. EDIT AGAIN: Oh wait now ...

Wow, what a guts performance by Lange to fight through two tough base hits given up to get the save. That's what a good closer does.

Aw, ****, man, two flared singles and now here comes to tying run ...

"HAVE A DAY!" - Dan Dickerson, about Zack Short

We can package him with Eduardo for a sweeter return in July.

Zack. SHORT! ****. SZYMBORSKI!

Great hustle by Baddoo! Bert's got his six runs! And **** Dan Szymborski!

Wow, I had a bad feeling abut this, but Mason totally pulled that out of his ear.