Monday Morning Rundown: 02/23/26
- DB Keener

- 13 hours ago
- 3 min read
After two weeks of using News and Nuggets, we have decided to rebrand our weekly item to be called the "Monday Morning Rundown". Going forward, expect this to be posted each Monday and contain the news and notes form the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye.

Lions Players, Coaches and Team
Rod Wood is retiring as Lions Team President prior to the start of the 2026 season
Lions Team Reporter Dannie Rogers is moving on from the role after five years
The Lions posted a video get to know new OC Drew Petzing
The Detroit Lions Official X account is continuing to post highlights from last season. The latest posts include Jahmyr Gibbs, Aiden Hutchinson, Amon-ra St Brown and Jared Goff,
The Lions Posted an almost 40-minute video of ALL the Lions TDs in 2025
Kerby Joseph is doing everything possible to get his knee back to full strength, including alternate medicine
NFL.com Editor Gennaro Filice ranked the 2025 Draft Classes, handing the Lions a 'B' and 16th on the list.
97.1 (WXYT-The Ticket) announced a new multi-year broadcast partnership with the Lions for the team's radio home, continuing to broadcast pre-, regular and post season games.
Happy Birthday (last Friday) to Isaac TeSlaa!
Former Detroit Lions OC Jon Morton is going back to the Broncos to his old role
Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation
NFL Network is kicking off over 40 hours of its Combine Coverage TODAY
Fox Sports Top 100 Free Agents with Potential Fits. Three Lions on the list, all projected to sign elsewhere with Lions projected to land a Guard and CB.
Many teams are lighting their cap dollars on fire due to poor contracts or taking big swings at a Super Bowl.
ESPN Top 50 Free Agents has two Lions connections, Anzalone to Bucs and Bosa to Lions.
Former Browns OG Joel Bitonio, speculated to the Lions in Free Agency, has retired, or not
The Franchise/Transition tag opened Feb 17th and runs through Mar 3rd. Lions likely won't tag anyone this year
Fox Sports lists Taylor Decker at No 19 on their Top 25 potential Cap Cuts
The 2026 draft is not strong for OG, with only six players clearing the NFL Avg benchmark
PFF has the Lions as their Top Team to go from Last to first in 2026
Don't expect a lot of rule change proposals this offseason, including against the Tush Push
Mock Draft Season
The NFL Mock Draft Database site is a fantastic tool to see consensus rankings based on aggregated Mock Drafts of individual players.
PFF's Three-round Mock Draft 1st Auburn EDGE Keldric Faulk; 2nd: Indiana CB D'Angelo Ponds
CBS Sports Josh Edwards Mock Draft - Clemson CB Aveion Terrell
Move the Sticks 2nd Mock Draft form Daniel Jeremiah - Clemson EDGE T.J. Parker
The Athletic NFL Beat Writers Mock Draft 2.0 ($$$) - Georgia OT Monroe Freeling
NFL.com's Charles Davis Mock 1.0 - Miami EDGE Akheem Mesidore
NFC North News
The Bears added four new coaches to fill out Ben Johnson's second Offensive Staff
Packers have lost NINE coaches now that ST Coordinator Rich Bisaccia has stepped down
Things I think are Noteworthy
Something different from the "Florida Man" files....
Tigers' Alt unis are fire
The Bears stadium ordeal is a tug of war between Wolf Lake site in Indiana and Arlington Heights in Chicago with Indiana pulling out all the stops
Stever Perry will NOT be rejoining Journey




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