Mr.TaterSalad

Yeah, I see that now on Spotrac. I thought we had given him a $10 million deal for some reason but I was wrong.

I would have made that deal and thought Bosa was a player Brad would target. He has the injury history that Brad likes and did end up coming at a better value than several other defensive lineman in this free agent class. Didn't we pay Davenport $10 million last offseason?

So the White House lawn is now a Tesla showroom?

https://x.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1899225746213617770?s=19 Cutting or trying to cut Social Security and Medicare is going to be their downfall alongside tanking the economy. Cutting or attempting to cut or privatize Social Security never ends well politically for Republicans.

I know we aren't going after the big dogs in free agency, but I'd still like to add one of the 2nd/B tier edge rushers out there. Azeez Ojulari is a name that interests me. He is still only 24 years old and has upside to still potentially get a little better. He has been somewhat productive as a pass rusher off the edge, when healthy, having had 6 and 8 sack seasons before. He also has the injury history Brad likes and so he should come a bit cheaper given that he's missed multiple games across multiple seasons.

I would assume that's the reason. He'll get a chance to start here and we are stacked at Safety and he would only get to do so here if there was an injury.

Anyone of Kramer's friends would be hilarious. Jay Reimanschneider, Lomez, Franklin Delano Romanowski, Spector.

I'm surprised Brad didn't resign Iffy for that deal. He seems to like his own guys and $4 million is a drop in the bucket.

UDS sounds like being diagnosed with a bladder infection.

Apparently the top two Corners for PI calls were Terrion Arnold and the guy we just signed DJ Reed. So we're now putting out two starting corners that led the league in PI calls. I do worry at least a little bit if being overly handsy and/or not turning to play the ball as Arnold was caught doing catches up with us at all?

Has Levi or Iffy signed anywhere or been linked to any organizations? I haven't seen anything yet on either.

I would have signed Davis to that deal I think. We can't go out there with Arnold and Rakestraw as our starting CBs. They have to make a commitment to a veteran guy now, be it another trade or signing. Even though Davis had a better year than Kendall Fuller, I'm still a bit puzzled that we traded a 3rd round pick for Davis for a one year rental, as opposed to signing Fuller for the cost of no pick.

Brad Holmes isn't even at the dealership. He's on Craigslist looking through the rebuilt wrecks with a new title.

And what if Yzerman, as Kenny frequently did, decides he wants to bring Lyon back next season? Then Cossa has zero shot at playing.

The crowd was largely white, I'd estimate 80% white. Lots and lots of young people though and adults under 40-45. There was also a large turnout of women there, particularly young and middle aged suburban white women. I felt like I saw more women then men there today.

An estimated 9,000 people showed up for the Bernie Sanders and Shawn Fain rally today in Warren. They had an overflow room and then people waiting outside that Bernie went and spoke to because they couldn't get in. I was there collecting volunteer signups for FundMiFuture for their 2026 Graduated Income Tax ballot drive. We got a lot of volunteer signups for FundMiFuture and lots of enthusiastic people committed to doing something in the midterms.

At some point he needs NHL ice time and to see big league minutes. With Mrazek back in town this garauntees he won't get anymore ice time his year and not much next season, unless an injury happens or we move on from one of the three we have now.

Also, why does Mrazek get a to roster spot over Cossa?

He's on thin ice with me now, after today. To see Walman get traded for a 1st round pick makes me irate. As Echoes said, it was a **** trade when he made the move over the summer, while having guys like Petry and Holl on the roster. It looks even worse now. The way Yzerman has built out his blueline has been straight up not good, outside of his two high draft picks. His Pro Scouting staff, especially scouting defenseman, leaves a lot to be desired. Their pro scouts have missed the mark on several guys on defense and my patience is running really thin.

Are we shipping another goalie out? Are we rolling with all three of Lyon, Mrazek, and Talbot?

I think when free agency is all said and done we'll look back on it and see that the theme was the Lions having brought back a lot of their own players. I think the other theme will be how healthy they are salary cap wise. How they maintained cap flexibility and are setup to be healthy when it comes to their cap. They really value their own players that they've drafted and developed and really value cap flexibility. As well, they like the free agents they've already brought in. I think we'll see that as the main focal point of what they did versus going out and breaking the bank in free agency or making a splashy trade that involves giving up high round picks. I think we'll have a new contract for Hutch this offseason. As well, I think Levi, Paschal, Kerby, Rodrigo, and Iffy might all get new deals. Iffy is the only one I'm the least certain on given that he's a starter who might not get the chance to do so here and so he'll leave to get that chance elsewhere. I think the other big priority is to bring back Davis and get him locked up for the next 2-4 years. I don't think this means we won't get any free agent signings of significance, I'm sure we will. I could see a Joey Bosa or Khalil Mack coming in to take over the Marcus Davenport role on the defensive line up front. Bosa offers them the value on a really talented player that they like. I could also see a starting Gaurd get signed up replace one of Glasgow or Zeitler's spots with Mahogany taking over another starting spot. I could see them signing someone like James Daniels from Pittsburgh or Mekhi Becton from the Eagles at Gaurd. All in all though, I think their splashy moves will be very much limited or nonexistent. They'll focus on bringing back their core of guys they've drafted plus a few other key free agents like Davis. They'll focus on retaining cap and financial flexibility over the long term. I'd love to be wrong here. I'd love to look back and see that Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell swung for the fences and brought in a game wrecker like Trey Hendrickson to pair up with Hutch. I don't see that happening though as that just isn't Brad's MO and has yet to be his approach to any offseason.

Yes, he did. I've been on the Hendrickson express for a year now and would love to get him. But I'm not building up my hopes that we're going to get him or make any major acquisition for a pass rusher.

Bosa is the type of player Holmes likes to sign. A very talented player who might come a bit cheaper due to past injury concerns. As much as I've wanted Trey Hendrickson, I've never really thought we'd be in on any of the top tier pass rushers, even if they were rushers, even if they were available for trades. I could possibly see a guy from the next tier, like Bosa, being looked at by Brad Holmes.

I'd drink heavily too if I worked for Christian Conservative and MAGA Mike Johnson. So much for that holier than thou bull**** though.

Who exactly are we winning over with that type of praise on Reagan? That's the same kind of failed strategy we just tried last election by trotting out Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger on the campaign trail and hoping there was some moderate base of Republicans sitting around, ready to vote for Democrats. The Republican Party of Reagan is dead and gone. It's a MAGA Party now and fully controlled by Donald Trump. There aren't a magical group of old school, 1980s-style Republicans that Democrats can win over. Those people either don't really exist or have already decided to cross over and become Democrats. Democrats need to win back over non-college educated, white working class people in the middle who may have voted Biden in 2020 and then Trump again in 2024. Voters who's brains aren't fully rotted out by MAGA. They need to win back over more young men under the age of 35 of all racial makeups. They need to hold down the fort on black men under 50 and stop the erosion of Latino men under 50. Pandering to some yesteryear of Ronald Reagan isn't going to do that with any of those demographic IMO. Furthermore, if we're concerned about the assault on the federal workforce, let us not forget that started under Reagan. Reagan spent years trashing the federal government and federal employees. He fired air traffic controllers and made millions of Americans believe that nothing good can come out of the federal government. Reagan's rhetoric against federal bureaucrats and bureaucracy is part of the reason we ended up in this mess.