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. Tate Ratledge on Day 5 of OTAs - Photo by Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions Lions Players, Coaches and Team Lions posted photos from Week 2 OTAs: Day 4, Day 5 and Day 6. We get our first look at rookies Derrick Moore and Keith Abney this week. Check out the PACKED OTA Week 2 recap from Saturday Lions lose 5th Round WR Ken

The second week of OTAs for the 2026 Detroit Lions has concluded and as the Lions get deeper into the off-season workouts, we start to see some trends emerge along with players that start to separate themselves from the pack early in the process. Let's recap the most important bits of news that came out of the three-day camp from the press events, photos, interviews and boots on the ground from the Lions beat reporters. Photo - Jeff Nguyen Detroit Lions Injury Updates During

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. Detroit Lions Rookie OT Blake Miller Madden MUT Card Lions Players, Coaches and Team Ray Agnew will be back as Detroit Lions Assistant GM for at least one more year with Vikings hiring Seattle's assistant GM for their GM role Madden Ultimate Team released a GIF showing 1st round picks MUT scores including Lions OT

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 LB Jack Campbell gets a four-year contract extension. Lions Players, Coaches and Team Jack Campbell gets rewarded with a massive 4-year $81M extension with $51.5M guaranteed. His APY of $20.25 makes him the second highest paid off the ball LB. Lions signed veteran WR Cedric Wilson, assigning him #86 and fil

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. Link to get Detroit Lions tickets for the Munich game in Germany Lions Players, Coaches and Team Everything to know about the Lions Game in Germany Click the graphic above to inquire about game tickets The Lions opponent was revealed to be the New England Patriots, who also have marketing rights to Germany Game wi

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 Post draft news nuggets, Lions tried to trade up with both the LA Rams (13) and possibly with the Ravens (14) The Lions brought in a pair of veteran Receivers for a visit, both Scottie Miller and James Proche appear to be more toward Special teams and returner Jameson Williams is su

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 Lions 2026 NFL Draft is in the books and they drafted Round 1: OT Clemson Blake Miller Round 2: EDGE Michigan Derrick Moore Round 4: LB Michigan Jimmy Rolder Round 5: CB Arizona State Keith Abney II Round 5: WR Kentucky Kendrick Law Round 6: DT Texas tech Skyler Gill-Howar

The final pick in the 2026 draft for the Detroit Lions was the addition of another undersized and athletically challenged DT in Tennessee Tyre West. This pick feels like Holmes wanting to guarantee having him on the roster vs fighting to sign him as a UDFA, as West was getting a lot of attention in the ore-draft process despite having UDFA projection. West had steady production in college, but his RAS wont wow anyone due to size and athleticism constraints. But much like Gi

The Detroit FINALLY got their DT that everyone has been clamoring for in Round 6 with the selection undersized DT Skyler Gill-Howard of Texas tech. The kid has some definite athletic shortcomings, but his motor is one of the best at the position and looks to be a complete Dan Campbell and Detroit Lions type of player. Gill-Howard spent two years in the MAC with Northern Illinois before finishing his career at Texas Tech. Law Key Career Stats 31 career games 88 Total Tackles,

Brad Holmes made his first unexpected pick of the draft with the second 5th round pick by trading up with the Bills by giving up picks 181 and 213 in exchange for pick 168. The pick ended up being Kentucky (and former three-year Alabama WR) Kendrick Law. This looks to be a pick for Special teams and a way to get the roster younger, faster and cheaper. Law Key Career Stats 46 career games 86 Receptions, 883 Yards 10.3 Avg, 4 TDs 31 KRs for 710 yards (22.9 Avg) The Grey Manes

The Lions are getting into the back half of their draft picks and with their first of two 5th rounders, they took Arizona State CB Keith Abney II. Consensus seems to be that the Detroit Lions got a steal at 157 with the 61st overall rated player in the draft. Local and national analysts alike are throwing around the word "love" the pick for the Lions. Abney Key Stats 98 career total tackles 21 PDs, 6 INTs and 1 sack in his career 46.1 passer rating against and 44.4% complet

Day 3 of the NFL Draft kicked off, and the Detroit Lions had fille their two primary needs with Blake Miller and Derrick Moore, but they still had some holes at LB, DT, S, CB and depth positions. First pick of the day came at #118, and the Lions stuck at the spot and picked up Michigan LB Jimmy Rolder. The Lions are getting a hard-nosed run stuffer, great special teamer who has an opportunity to develop into a starting Middle Backer long term. One key stat that jumped out at

The Detroit Lions came into Day 2 of the NFL draft having just a single pick in Rd 2 at #50, having traded away both 3rd rounders last year in the move up to grab WR Isaac TeSlaa. After selecting (and filling a substantial need) in Rd 1 with OT Blake Miller of Clemson, the Lions had several needs at EDGE, LB, DT and DB Depth that they could have targeted. As the round started to unfold, it was going well for the Lions, with the first seven players picked not aligning with th

After what can only be called a disappointing season, the Detroit Lions made a move today to shore up the Offensive Line to make another run at the Super Bowl in the upcoming 2026-2027 season. Sticking with the 17th overall pick, the Lions selected Clemson OT Blake Miller to likely be the starting RT of the future. Take a look at his RAS score and PFF grades form last year, and he is about the most balance OL pick of the draft, and a great addition for Hank Fraley. His RAS is

As we enter Day 1 of the NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions are sitting in a decent, but not enviable position to add to the core players on the roster starting with tonight's Round 1 of the 2026 Draft. Millions of mock drafts have been put together by people all across the world, and the Lions have been trending as taking an OT at Pick #17, specifically with Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor as the favorite. While I am not so sure that is the way Brad Holmes will go, he is one of the few

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 Kerby Jospeh is putting out content that suggests he is fine and will be back in the Fall DJ reader has recently visited the Ravens and Giants and plans to make a decision after the draft SideLion report has a nice article up about Mike Kafka getting a huge endorsement from Andy

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 In an interview with Justin Rogers of DetroitFootball.net , Taylor Decker admitted he would feel dirty playing for the Packers or Bears ($$) Isiah Pacheco looks ready to go with speed and quickness to burn in these offseason clips The NFL officially announced 16 attendees for the

T-Minus 13 Days and counting down fast until the 2026 NFL Draft is upon us, and here at the Grey Manes, we have switched out focus almost exclusively to Draft Day. Last week, I ran a solo Mock Draft 1.0 through the PFFN Mock Draft Simulator and wrote about the journey on where I ended up. On the Pod last Tuesday , (7pm EST Tuesday Nights), Brent, Chris and I sat down and did a Live 1st Round Mock draft for all teams under some basic rules to see who the Detroit Lions woul

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. The Riddell Retro Collection Lions Players, Coaches and Team Lions added another new face to the strength staff in Grant Steen Detroit with an off-white helmet? Yes, per the Ridell retro Collection and as seen at Pro Sport Zone in Livonia Lions sign OL Ben Bartch formerly of the 49ers A slew of new Lions have

As the first wave of the 2026 Free Agency period winds down, and teams continue to bargain hunt while preparing for the draft, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the Lions roster as it sits now vs where it was at the end of the 2025 season. This piece focuses on player movement but also takes into account some ancillary changes (coaches, certain players, unit changes, etc.) that have also occurred since the 2025 season ended. Each position group below is bro