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 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

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

The final Week five practice report and game designations are out, and the Cardinals got relatively healthy (despite injuries at OL and S) at the end of the week, although the two guys that popped up yesterday are questionable. The Lions trended as expected, but Tyleik Williams is Questionable, which would be a big blow for the run defense if he can't go. Week 5 Final Practice report Cardinals Friday: Looks like the Cardinals got healthy real quick, with only Wingardand Adam

Week 4 was supposed to be the Lions coming out party, taking advantage of a badly beat up Panthers team that was hurting across the board. What it ended up being was a game exposing more flaws in the Defense and where the Offense wasn't able to come to the rescue, despite having the ball with two minutes lefty and a chance to win. This week the Lions get a similarly beat-up Cardinals team down several OL and Safety room, but the difference is that they are not a good team in

The second practice of the week brought stability to the Lions injury picture, but also a bit of encouragement as one starter moved from NP to LP. The Cardinals saw all their rest guy back, but also saw a starting DL and backup LB pop up with leg injuries as LP today. If the trends continue to hold, the LP guys will all likely be in and NP guys will all likely be out. Week 5 Thursday Practice report Cardinals Thursday: The Cardinals saw all three rest guys return to practice

As Week 5 commences, many teams are absolutely beat up, and the Lions do have a few guys that are sitting out, but they also have some reinforcements coming back this week. So, three starters were out today, while two more opened their 21-day window to practice with hopes of coming back after te Bye week. For the Cardinals, it looked like a lot of injuries at first glance, but they held out three starters and a backup for Rest, so they likely will all be available come Sunday

We are officially in Week 5, and in addition to a regular schedule including a morning international game, we have started Bye weeks. The Carolina Panthers and Kansas City Chiefs will be at home this week, while the rest of league will get their byes through Week 14. The week kicks off Thursday with TB@DAL 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 mo

Name: Carl Cheffers Age: 66 Promoted To Referee: 2008 Graphic Courtesy of Football Zebras Last Game: 10/04/26 NYJ @ CHI The New York Jets committed 12 penalties for 76 yards. They were flagged a total of 13 times. The Chicago Bears committed 4 penalties for 29 yards. They were flagged a total of 5 times. Together there were 16 penalties for 105 yards. There were 18 total flags in this game. Last Lions Game: 12/21/25 – PIT 29 @ DET 24 The Pittsburgh Steelers committed 8 penal

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. Taylor Swift Patient Zero Video “I’ve gotta be honest, I’ve been expecting your call. No, it’s not a bad time at all I heard somebody saying there’s trouble in paradise And my lips are sealed tight now” That’s the first verse of Taylor Swift’s song Patient Zero. There’s t

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 Players, Coaches and Team The Lions and Ford Field are planning on hosting Ford Field on the Road to bring the Lions and Ford Field experience to select away games. The first game will be against the Cardinals in Glendale Jahmyr Gibbs is the only NFL player in the 1st three games of a season to hit specific

Final practice info is in, and the Panthers had a surprise backup to a starter already on the injured list make an appearance, have a bunch of guys that are game-time decisions and two starters that are out. The Lions meanwhile will only be without Ben Bartch for the second week in a row, setting up some drama around PS call ups and healthy scratches on the inactive list. Lions at Panthers Final Practice Report Panthers Friday: As was expected, a bunch of Panthers are essenti