The final injury report looks like both the Lions and Vikings will be almost fully healthy with the players not a reserve list. The Lions are not anticipating anyone but Kerby Jorspeh being out, although a starting CB popped up with a foot thing, while the Vikings may be down a backup S. Week 8 Final Injury Report Vikings Friday: The Vikings saw everyone that previously was on the list fully practice on Friday, but backup S Jay Ward (Questionable) popped up as Limited with an

Welcome to Up Next in the North – your weekly briefing on the ever-shifting blueprint of the Black-and-Blue Division. Today we log the latest waiver wire wrinkles, run the diagnostic on the week’s injury reports and map out exactly how the next slate of games will be won or lost. The Cheeseheads (4-3) Up Next: Home against the 3-3 Panthers. When: Thursday 8:15 on Amazon Prime Spread: Packers (-3.5) Green Bay is facing a quick turnaround with a Thursday night game after losing

The second practice report of the week brought most of the guys back onto the field fully for both teams, as game prep is now in full swing. Lions only had two that were limited, while the Packers had 1 still limited and a backup that missed. Week 8 Thursday Injury Report Vikings Thursday: Both Aaron Jones (LP) and Jon Huber (LP) returned to the field, and they were joined by starting RT Brian O'Neil (FP). However, backup TE Gavin Batholomew missed practice with an ankle inj

Week 8 has arrived and it's a week without an international game, with the Lions and Patriots picking that back up next week in Germany. The week kicks off Thursday with CAR@GB on Amazon Prime Video (and on local channels in these markets) with the usual duo of Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstret will be on the call. The Sunday games will be CBS Regional Early and Late and FOX Single Games in the afternoon. The Sunday Night Football game on NBC is PHI@WAS with Mike Titico and Chri

As we arrive at Week 8, the matchup with the Vikings looms large as the Lions take on the NFC North division leaders and that crazy defense run by Brian Flores. After beating the Packers, the Lions held a bunch of guys out for Rest today, but a few starters didn't practice due to injury. are still fairly healthy, with just a couple of minor tweaks to ankles. The Vikings have a rash of knee injuries, but per HC O'Connell, none appear serious enough to miss the game at this ti

Name: Craig Wrolstad Age: 61 Promoted To Referee: 2014 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: 10/25/26 DEN@ARZ The Denver Broncos committed 11 penalties for 114 yards. They were flagged a total of 14 times. The Arizona Cardinals committed 9 penalties for 59 yards. They were flagged a total of 9 times. Together there were 20 penalties for 173 yards. There were 23 total flags in this game. Last Lions Game: 11/23/25 – NYG 27 @ DET 34 The New York Giants committed 7 pena

Welcome to Mickey's Musings, my weekly notebook where we skip the linear narrative and dive straight into three completely unrelated, but entirely fascinating storylines that are bouncing around in my head. Topic # 1 – Bart’s Fruit Market I grew up in Houghton Lake where Bart’s Fruit Market is a staple of the community. The original “Bart” was Don Bartholomew, father of one of my best friends from way back – Mark. Mark was the youngest of 8 kids in the family. When I say we w

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes from the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Amon-Ra St Brown on the cover of German Sports Illustrated Lions Players, Coaches and Team Sam LaPorta upped the ante on his lack of a contract extension on First Take last week Aidan Hutchinson is now the Lions career leader in QB hits since the stats started being tracked in 2006 Lions bringing in a veteran to c

Final practice reports are in, and the Lions will be fully healthy with all hands not on a reserve list available for the game. The Packers lost starting defender for the game in a mid-week practice injury but will also have everyone that isn't on a Reserve list available other than him. Week 7 Final Injury Report Packers Friday: It was revealed mid-monring that starting LB, 2nd leading tackler and green dot wearing Zaire Franklin will miss the game due to an injury suffered

The Lions had a bye in Week 6, but there is still some revelry going on for the absolutely dominating win in the dessert against the Cardinals in Week 5. The offense looked great, and the defense started to look...dare I say...competent? With the return of Brian Branch this week and better CB play due to getting back to more man-t-man sets, the defense will need another strong game against a Packers team that lives to draw flags and throw it deep and may get its running game

the second practice report of the week brought no changes to the Lions other than the report was not an estimate and they remain extremely healthy. The Packers saw most of the list stay the same but had had a couple of surprising defensive starters added to the list, but it's unlikely they will be long-term issues. Week 7 Thursday Practice Report Packers Thursday: Most everyone from the estimate stayed the same, but QB Jordan Love elevated to a Full Practice. What did change

Name: Alex Moore Age: 43 Promoted To Referee: 2025 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: 10/08/26 TB @ DAL The Tampa Bay Buccaneers committed 14 penalties for 92 yards. They were flagged a total of 14 times. The Dallas Cowboys committed 7 penalties for 57 yards. They were flagged a total of 7 times. Together there were 21 penalties for 149 yards. There were 21 total flags in this game. Last Lions Game: 01/21/24 – TB 23 @ DET 31 (Divisional Playoffs) Alex Moore last

The Lions had a walkthrough and estimated report today coming off their bye in Week 7 and are about as healthy as they could hope to be at this point in the season. Three starters appeared, although two are coming off PUP and IR, and will be active this week. The Packers also had a walkthrough and quite a few players that would have been limited, but only one that wouldn't have practiced. Week 7 Wednesday Practice Report Packers Wednesday: Packers report appears to be mainly

With bye weeks and international games ongoing, we see more games spread out over the US areas than ever before. The Bills, Jaguars, Chargers and Commanders will be off this week on their byes. The week kicks off Thursday with NE@CHI on Amazon Prime Video (and on local channels in these markets) with the usual duo of Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstret will be on the call. The Sunday games kick off in the morning with PIT@NO in Paris on the NFLN (and local affiliates in those mar

Welcome to Mickey's Musings, my weekly notebook where we skip the linear narrative and dive straight into three completely unrelated, but entirely fascinating storylines that are bouncing around in my head. How do we handle a bye week? Especially one coming off probably the best all around Lions’ game of the season. Whatever happened to “strike while the iron is hot”? Well, each of us had to find our own way to survive a week without a Lions game. Let’s get into our three top

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes from the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Lions Fan Fest Lineup in Germany Lions Players, Coaches and Team The Lions Fan Fest in Munich will feature Big Sean and Kevin Saunderson Keith Abney is the second youngest Lions player to record an interception Lions Rookie Skyler Gill-Howard turned 24 last week Jared Gof turned 32 last week as well. Brock Wright

Detroit Lions Center Cade Mays Not too deep into the 2025 season, both the Detroit Lions and the Lions fanbase realized there was a significant problem at Center for the team after the sudden retirement of Frank Ragnow. The handpicked stopgap, Graham Glasgow, wasn't playing well and ultimately ended up getting hurt. This led to 2025 essentially being a rotation of players at the position that led to communication issues, guys in Goff's face constantly and poor overall play on

The NFL season has officially hit the 1/3 mark in Week 16, and that means bye weeks are in full swing, international games are ongoing and injuries are starting to impact teams that had Super Bowl Aspirations. The Bengals, Lions, Dolphins and Vikings will be off this week on their byes. The week kicks off Thursday with SEA@DEN on Amazon Prime Video (and on local channels in these markets) with the usual duo of Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstret will be on the call. The Sunday gam

Welcome to Mickey's Musings, my weekly notebook where we skip the linear narrative and dive straight into three completely unrelated, but entirely fascinating storylines that are bouncing around in my head. This is Week 5 of the season and I’ve yet to make any running references in this column. I’m sure people that know me would think that is shocking. Running is my “drug of choice” and in addition to the physical benefits, I utilize it for sanity and my mental well being. Of

Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes from the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye. Peneri Sewell celebrated his 26th Birthday on Oct 9th Lions Players, Coaches and Team Happy 26th Birthday to the best OL in the NFL! Amon-Ra St Brown passed Johnie Morton for third all-time in Lions Receiving Yards at Carolina Jake Bates passed Jim Martin for 5th most FGs in team history, and his 9 FGs of 54+ yard