The second practice report of Week 2 brings some potentially bad news for both the Lions and Bills, as each had at least one starter downgraded from Monday's estimated practice. Lions at Bills Week 2 Practice 2 Injury Report Bills Tuesday: The Bills saw not one, but two starters downgraded after actually practicing on Tuesday. S Cole Bishop went from full practice estimate to limited today, and starting DL TJ Sanders went from an estimated Limited to not practicing today. Th

After week 1, and with a short turnaround, it's to be expected that both the Lions and Bill will come in with some nicks and bruises, but it appears that the Bill may be a bit better off than the Lions, who likely will be without a starting OL. Both the Bills and Lions had four starters show up in various participation buckets, but the Lions OL took a bit of a beating, which is never good to have so many at one position hurting. Monday 9/14/26 Practice Report for the Lions a

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Dan Campbell was the guest on Ep 155 of the St Brown Podcast Lions Players, Coaches and Team Check out our recap of the Lions drama-filled win in OT over the New Orleans Saints Derrick Barnes started the day dressed like a superhero (Spiderman) and closed it having possibly been the best Lions defender on the fiel

The scoreboard and W-L record reads differently than after Week 1 in 2025, but it sure feels like the Detroit Lions lost their initial game of the 2026 season. After playing fantastic on defense for a half, and the offense seemingly two to three mistakes away from cruising to a blowout win, the wheels absolutely came off the defense in the second half. The offense played well for most of the game, keeping Goff mostly clean (8 QB Hits, but only 1 sack) and letting the running

The 2026 season kicks off with the New Orleans Saints visiting the Detroit Lions in Ford Field. Like last year, we will be doing a season-long predictions, with Dan looking to defend his title from last year. Unlike last season, we have a new Grey Mane contributor joining the team in staff writer Mickey Bauchan! While 2025 final stats aren't a good indicator of where the team will be this year, the Lions offense and defense did improve in the offseason, while an analysis of t

Friday Practice report brought some clarity to who is in and who is out for Sundays Game. The Saints ruled out three guys that have been NP all week and the NT that was out for rest will play. The Lions are almost completely healthy, with only Izien Questionable. Final Week 1 Practice Report for the Saints and Lions Saints Friday: The Saints ruled out the three guys that missed practice all week, although Cam Jordan did return in a limited fashion today. Alvin Kamar was liste

Friday Practice report brought some clarity to who is in and who is out for Sundays Game. The Saints ruled out three guys that have been NP all week and the NT that was out for rest will play. The Lions are almost completely healthy, with only Izien Questionable. Week 1 Saints and Lions Final Practice Report Saints Friday: The Saints ruled out the three guys that missed practice all week, although Cam Jordan did return in a limited fashion today. Alvin Kamar was listed as Qu

Thursdays Practice Report brought no changes for the Lions, as everyone kept their same designation from the estimate for Wednesday. The Saints had no changes to the prior list either, except that they did add staring NT Davon Godcauz as No Practice, but it was only for rest. Week 1 Saints and Lions Practice Report #2 Saints Thursday: No changes from the estimates for the four players that appears on Wednesday, but starting NT Davon Godcauz sat out practice today for Rest an

Name: Alan Eck Age: 57 Promoted To Referee: 2023 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: Wildcard Wekend 2026 (01/11/26) SF @ PHI Last Lions Game: 12/14/25 – DET 31 @ LAR 41 The Detroit Lions committed 4 penalties for 25 yards. They were flagged a total of 5 times. The Los Angeles Rams committed 2 penalties for 8 yards. They were flagged a total of 3 times. Together there were 6 penalties for 33 yards. There were 8 total flags in this game. Notable Alan Eck and crew re

Week 1 has already started with the Defending Champ Seattle Seahawks beating New England Patriots last night on NBC/Peacock 13-10. Tonight's game will be in Melbourne Australia and will feature the Rams and 49ers in an NFC West showdown that will be exclusively* on Netflix with Noah Eagle and Luke Keuchly on the call. Both CBS and Fox will be running regional games in the early slot, with CBS early featuring BUF@HOU, BAL@IND, NYJ@TEN and CLE @JAX. FOC early features ATL@PIT,

Both the Saints and Lions conducted estimated injury reports after not practicing on Wednesday. Week 1 Saints and Lions Practice Report #1 Saints Wednesday: Saints had three players that not practice, including starting Edge Cam Jordan. The ither three are depth palyers, but Alvin Kamara, the backup RB was limited. So overall the Saints are pretty healthy coming in as of now. Lions Wednesday: The Lions listed eight players on the injjury report, and although none are starters

Dan Campbell 09/08/26 Press Event Injury Summary New/Updates: Thomas Harper - Back at Practice Mekhi Wingo/Ben Bartch - Back at Practice Isiah Pacheco - Back at Practice Sam LaPorta - Back at Practice Jimmy Rolder - Back at Practice No Changes/Updates: Brain Branch - Potentially Early September Kerby Joseph - Back with the team doing rehab in the facility. Last true update on knee is that it will linger into the season on same timeline as Branch. Giovani Manu - Added to NFI/I

As Week 1 officially started on Labor Day, the Detroit Lins made several moves to their roster and with players changing numbers to get the ball rolling. Detroit Lions make several roster adjustments prior to Week 1 First up are the transactions, where the previously waived OC Seth McLaughlin and RB Jabari Small were added back to the Lion Practice Squad. This was due to the Lions Promoting LB Jo Bachie to the main 53-man roster from the PS and the placement of OL Mason Mill

Dan Campbell 09/07/26 Press Event Dan Campbell kicked off his Day 17 by going strright to questions. Injury Summary New/Updates: Thomas Harper - Will be running around at practice today after dealing with an Ankle injury. No Changes/Updates: Brain Branch - Potentially Early September Kerby Joseph - Back with the team doing rehab in the facility. Last true update on knee is that it will linger into the season on same timeline as Branch. Giovani Manu - Added to NFI/Injury List

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Amon-Ra St. Brown Limited Edition red Bull Can Lions Players, Coaches and Team Brad Holmes and Ray Agnew had their Season Opening Press Conference last week, dropping a few nuggets, but largely not saying a whole lot Amon-ra St. Brown is getting a limited-edition red Bull can available only in Michigan The lions a

Brad Holmes and ray Agnew Season Opening Press Conference Brad Holmes and Ray Agnew held their season opening press conference this morning and provides some insight on roster construction, decisions on players in the offseason and what some of the future my hold. Quick Hitters Holmes multiple times pointed out his appreciate for his staff in identifying players using metrics and other scouting techniques to uncovers guys in the UFL, or in lower rounds Holmes stated that with

After making the necessary roster moves, waivers and releases yesterday to get down to the initial 53-man roster, the Detroit Lions announced today the initial members of their 2026 practice squad with the roster type added. Of note, the Lions did not claim anyone nor were they awarded anyone they may have claimed. With the 14 players signe below, the Lions can add any type of PS player they need with the last two TE Thomas Gordon Rookie OT Devin Cochran Veteran <=9 Gms CB Ni

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Lions Players, Coaches and Team The Initial Detroit Lions 2025 53-man roster was announced, but it's likely that Brad Holmes is not done yet Part of the roster cuts included moving five players to Reserve lists, including Mays, Branch and Joseph. The NFL Detroit Lions Rivalry jersey is here, and it has major Carol

After a few hours past the 6PM deadline, the Detroit Lions finally released their initial 53-man roster for the 2026 season, and it had several surprises on it in both the cuts and the keeps. Now, before we get too far down the rabbit hole, there is likely some roster management going on with some of the cuts, and it is likely that Holmes is not done, as he may look to pick up some players that were waived or released by other teams. Brent and Chris did a live reaction show

Day 16 of training camp was a padded practice that saw lots of situational ad 11 on 11 work. There are three training camp practices left after today. Detroit Lions QB Jared Goff chased by DE Aidan Hutchinson - Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions Injury Updates Updates from those in attendance along with Dan Campbell presser from the morning. Below is the list of existing and new situations since last practice of players not participating. The list of those not practicing, limited or e