MichiganCardinal

If you’re not already watching The Pitt, I can’t recommend it enough. it might overtake Breaking Bad as #2 on my all time list.

Faulk is a unique prospect. It's rare to have a defensive end who is so good at setting the edge and overpowering linemen at the point of attack, while not having the flashy stats to show for it in the pass game. If Bain fell, they could take him. He's got a lot of qualities they like. High motor, physical, good character. He's good against the run, but not like Faulk. He would probably take longer to adapt to the Lions system than Faulk. Howell would surprise me. He's an athletic freak, but a natural edge whose weakness is in the run game. Not really their MO at all and I don't see them trying to force him to be something he's not in the Lions system.

I think those are legitimate concerns about Faulk. To the extent you want a sure-fire pass rusher across from Hutch, he's probably not your guy. Though, to be fair, Faulk's utilization at Auburn makes for a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem. They played a 3-4 defensive front, and Faulk was lined up in a 2-gap, asked to effectively act as a space-eating DT, rather than a more traditional edge. It's understandable why they did it, because it's a role he excelled in. If you line him up outside the tackle, does he generate better stats? Probably. But how much better? Is he a Calais Campbell/Arik Armstead type or just a more flashy Josh Paschal? More to the point though, I think he's exactly what the Lions love out of that DE/EDGE position, for better or worse. They aspire to have the best run defense in the league, and I do think a front of Hutchinson-Williams-McNeill-Faulk gives them that by 2027, if not sooner. They are okay with having a just-okay pass rush if it means teams are forced to pass because they just can't get anywhere on the ground. Whether that's a sound strategy is probably a discussion for another day, but it's how the team was built and it's where we are today.

First Round Shortlist 1. Francis Mauigoa, OT, Miami 2. Keldric Faulk, EDGE, Auburn 3. Reuben Bain Jr., EDGE, Miami 4. Monroe Freeling, OT, Georgia 5. Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU 6. Spencer Fano, OT, Utah Second Round Shortlist 1. Max Iheanschor, OT, Arizona State 2. Jalon Kilgore, DB, South Carolina 3. CJ Allen, LB, Georgia 4. Akheem Mesidore, EDGE, Miami 5. Dani Dennis-Sutton, EDGE, Penn State 6. Deonte Lawson, LB, Alabama

The real fun could have come had a zealous MSP or DPD supervisor decided it was enough to arrest Metcalf on site.

Can we call this the Metcalf rule? Wouldn't be a complete offseason without a new rule being created to fix something that screwed the Lions the prior year.

They haven't won a single game since that crushing loss to Seattle. It's been more than five months. I don't know how Harris and Hinch still have jobs. At some point enough is enough.

Monarrez is neither dumb nor lazy. He’s just scum, and the worst of what sports writing has become. His content generates clicks, clicks generate revenue, he keeps his job and probably gets a nice yearly raise. Given a truth serum he would admit that he doesn’t even believe half the nonsense he spews. But “”it’s provocative. It gets the people going.” -Chazz Michael Michaels” - Kanye West

Maybe this is why Rod Wood is stepping down. Focusing on his next career.

But imagine finding one in your coat pocket on the first day of winter!

Unfortunately, $15,000 Indian Crores is about $1.6 billion USD. Might have to recheck the couch cushions.

The beginning of the end. Sheila will begin building her cricket empire and the Lions will be as forgotten as the 1990s Tigers. /s

I don’t think JR was doing any analysis or reporting with that Tweet. He was just introducing his article.

Valenti is a New York shock jock without Detroit friends or sources. If it were Birkett or Rogers, they probably would have reported something themselves. Twentyman probably wouldn’t because the team signs his paycheck. But I take anything Valenti says with a big grain of salt.