Sports_Freak

I saw many, many people never care about or follow the Lions for years because they were so bad all of their life. The fans who remember the Cup years will still always love the Wings. But with SO many options for entertainment, as well as a much easier ability to follow any sports team, it only makes sense if some of the younger generation...just doesn't care. I'll always be a diehard Wings fan, just like I've been with the Lions, Tigers and Pistons. But thats because for the first 50 years of my life it was the only way to follow pro sports teams, my local teams. And to be honest, people who followed other teams always.....ticked me off. 😅

There's an entire generation of fans they may not get back. If a kid started watching hockey when he/she was 9 years old, they're 18 years old now and never saw the Wings in the playoffs. But, if they ever compete for a Stanley Cup again, they'll get a whole bunch of bandwagon fans. It's the nature of the beast...

But it's still Joe Biden's fault. It always was and always will be Joe Biden's fault. Forget the guy who mishandled a virus and allowed it to turn into a pandemic, the entire start of worldwide inflation. It couldn't be his fault because he only appoints the best people. Ask anyone, it's what everybody is saying. /s

Another guy built up his country's military......back in the 1930's. That didn't end too well for him.

Are those guns? Isn't there some kind of law about convicted felons not being allowed around firearms? Especially felons convicted of sex crimes?

50 years of doing games. I remember listening to him on the radio when I was a teenager. And I'm a senior citizen...

Good analysis. Brad will be working the next couple of weeks to fill the roster. Getting young is a good idea...young guys heal faster. /s

What's his cap hit. The money may be better used elsewhere.

Sasser has a nice smooth shot but he appears kinda undersized?

9 years will cause the Wings to lose a lot of fans. An entire generation of kids never even saw them in the playoffs, let alone challenge for The Cup.

Sasser showing some quickness

On a fanduel feed?

Major power outage. I'll be watching the game on my phone tonight. Thank goodness for cellular!! And my car charger!! 😆😆

Because our defense was bad and cost us games. You want to bring back a bad defense? Muhammad may have had a nice number of sacks but was way too inconsistent. We need upgrades, not the same old same old.

IDK....Meadows has never been a real consistent hitter but his defense and speed is really hard to match. Is his spring slow start just a slump that most every hitter goes thru at times? I say start him in Detroit and wait out his slump. If it continues thru April, make a change. But the Tigers are a better team with Meadows on it. He just needs to hit .225 to .250.

I remember the Wings never seeming to make those playoffs when 16 teams made it. The Darkness with Harkness years. But I think our current drought of 9 years is even longer...

Further; the Lions were ranked 22nd in points allowed last year; https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/detroit-lions-team-summary-stats?category=defense&season=2025&sort=def_pts_a&sortOrder=asc And we were the 5th highest scoring offense; https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/2025-nfl-offensive-ranking-rankings So yes, we need to overhaul our defense. And I'm sure the Lions brass knows all of this. Discard the old players as well as the ineffective players. Pass rush needs consistent pressure, players who show up every game. Strong consistent pressure makes the secondary stronger.

Restructure all the big contracts and bring in Maxx for one season. Put all the chips in the middle of the table. So what if we have to release or trade Gibbs, Goff and St. Brown in 2027? Go for a Super Bowl in 2026 and don't worry about the future. Or...don't. 😆

People keep saying we had a bad offense but we were a top offensive team in points scored. I say it was mostly our defense that let us down. Yes, the OL wasn't as strong as in previous years but scoring wasn't the problem.

On March 12th, we're scheduled to pick 17th. Would it surprise any of us if Brad moved up and snagged a monster edge rusher? Or if he made a deal with one, or even a trade? Holmes knows our needs and I'm sure he has a gameplan. I refuse to panic, yet. Sometimes patience is hard but free agency just started and the draft is over a month away.

I'm confident Brad knows exactly what this team needs. For all we know, he has deals set up to move up in the draft and have 2 of those positions covered. Don't fall asleep on what he can get done, if he lets players walk at what appears to be a small contract, he probably has an ace up his sleeve. Like I said, the season is several months away. If training camp started next week, I would be pretty concerned. But let Brad cook...

LeVert being out may help the Pistons.

What is it, 5 months until the season starts? A lot can happen by then, this week has been a good start building up our needs...

How about...DonOld? 😅😅

16-1...😆