Monday Morning Rundown: 03/09/26

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.

Jahmyr Gibbs and Jack Campbell with Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes

Lions Players, Coaches and Team

• Taylor Decker committed to one more year, but Lions made him a Cap Casualty 

• David Montgomery got his wish and the Houston Texans gave the Lions quite a haul in the Trade.

• Graham Glasgow also was told he will be released in a cost-cutting move

• The Lions now expected to get a 5th Rd comp pick in the 2026 Draft

• The Lions finally used the ERFA tender on K Jake Bates, meaning he is under team control in 2026

• Lions hosted Free Agent OT Jedrick Willis, last with the Browns, who was out of football last year recovering from an injury

• Tate Ratledge got married over te weekend

  
  

Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation

• The Legal Tampering Window Opens at Noon EST Today

• The New League Year Starts at 4pm EST on Wednesday 3/11/26

  • All teams must be under the Cap at this point

  • Teams can officially sign Free Agents deals they agreed to during the Legal Tampering Window

  • The Fifth Year Option Window also opens at 4pm Wednesday 3/11

• The Atlanta Falcons will host the Madrid International Game, could the Lions be the next NFC North team to do a Two-fer in Europe?

Mock Draft Season

• Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com post combine Mock - 1st Georgia OT Monroe Freeling

• Woodward Sports Three-Round Mock - 1st Houston OT Spencer Fano; 2nd Notre Dame RB Jadarian Price

• ESPN's Jordan reed two-round Mock - 1st Miami EDGE Ahkeem Mesidor; 2nd Notre Dame RB Jadarian Price

• The Athletics Post Combine Lions 7 Round Mock - 1st Clemson OT Blake Miller; 2nd UCF EDGE Malachi Lawrence

• Booner's Lions Mock Draft 4.0 - 1st Utah OT Spencer Fano; 2nd Oklahoma EDGE R Mason Thomas

• Brandon thorn of B/R Post Combine Mock - 1st Auburn EDGE Keldric Faulk; Ohio State CB Davison Igbinosun

• Philly Inquirer's Devion Jackson Post Combine Mock - 1st Clemson DB Aveion Terrell

• The Athletic's Post-Combine 1st Rd Mock - 1st Alabama OT Kaden Proctor

• Mike Payton at AtoZ Sports has a full seven-round mock draft with some trades in it - 1st Miami EDGE Ahkeem Mesidor; 2nd: Arizona St OT Max Iheanachor; 2nd Indiana CB D'Angelo Ponds

• Lance Zierlein of NFL.com Mock 2.1 - 1st Alabama OT Kaden Proctor

  
  

NFC North News

• The Vikings have begun cleaning up the Mess Kwesi left behind with their salary cap

• Vikings open to trading pro Bowl EDGE Jonathan Greenard due to their cap issues

• Appears that Bears Pro Bowl Center Drew Dalman is calling it quits at age 27

• Green Bay LB Quay Walker hitting Free Agency with a new kind of petty

• The Bears are Trading WR DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills

• The Bears are planning to release LB Tremaine Edmunds

• Green Bay Edge Rashan Gary may be hitting Free Agency

• Vikings Center Ryan Kelly also announced his retirement

• Packers trading 26-year old DL starter for 30-year old MLB

  
  

Things I think are Noteworthy

• The Tigers and Redwings have a new broadcast home in Detroit Sports Net

• If true, this is some little league conspiracy level stuff...

• The restaurant mashup I didn't know I didn't need...