Monday Morning Rundown: 03/23/26
- DB Keener
- Mar 23
- 2 min read
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
New Lions RB Isiah Pacheco will wear No 10 for the team this fall
Detroit re-signs DT Myles Adams, who was buried on the Practice Squad last year due to the IDL depth
Lions sign WR Greg Dortch formerly of Arizona as the heir apparent to Kalif Raymond
Lions sign LB Damone Clark to bolster the depth chart
The Lions have signed EDGE Payton Turner
Warren Sharp posted a chart showing draft capital used on OL since 2022, highlighting the Lions ability to have Decker, Ragnow and Sewell already on board for long stints
The Lions Draft Interactions are up to over 135 players now with Pro Days and Top 30 visits ongoing
Lions 2026 Season Tickets have already sold out and the waitlist is at ~20K people
Famed Lions Athletic Trainer Kent Falb earned the Pro Football Hall of Fame Award of Excellence for his 32 years of service to the Lions
Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation
Former Detroit Lion CB Darius Slay is calling it a career
Former Lions WR DJ Chark also retires from the NFL
The NFLPA elected JC Tretter to be their new executive Director
Utah OL Spencer Fano left the combine with questions about his arm length, his Pro Day dispelled them
Pittsburgh City Schools will be remote learning during the Draft April 22-24
Brad Galli, Sports Director at Channel 7 WXYZ, is moving on after 15 years covering Detroit Sports
Mock Draft Season
SI.com Justin Melo post Free Agency Mock Draft -1st Utah OT Spencer Fano
Mike Payton of AtoZ Sports has a What Would Holmes Do 7-Round Mock - 1st Penn St IOL Vega Ioane; 2nd Iowa OT Gennings Dunker
Arye Pulli of SleeperHQ dropped and instant Mock post Waddle Trade - 1st Utah OT Spencer Fano
Daniel Jeremiah at NFL.com has released Mock draft 3.0 - 1st Georgia OT Monroe Freeling
Jeff Risdon forRealGM has a post-free agency Mock - 1st Clemson OT Blake Miller
Ben Standing released a new Mock - 1st Georgia OT Monroe Freeling
Sam Block has a Rd 1 Mock out - 1st OT Urah Spencer Fano
Nick Harris of the Ft Worth Star Telegram First Mock is Live - 1st Alabama OT Kayden Proctor
Eric Edholm of NFL.com has his Mock Draft 2.0 Up - 1st Georgia OT Monroe Freeling
Things I think are Noteworthy
Detroit Sports fans just can't have nice things...
NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
An American Icon Passed away. RIP Chick Norris
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