Monday Morning Rundown: 04/20/26

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.

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 Reid

• Brad Holmes held a Pre-Draft Media Session with a handful fo interesting items were discussed

• Inside the Den season is fast approaching

• Calvin Johnson will announce the Lions picks in the draft this week when former players are brought in for rounds 2 and 3.

• Another Lion ties the knot this offseason, Congrats to the Saylors!

Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation

• The NFL released their annual Helmet Lab Testing Report, position specific results and two helmets joined the prohibited list

• ESPN announced their lineup for draft coverage this week

• NFL is tempting fate (and their anti-trust exemption) by looking to extend their YouTube relationship to five games ($$$)

Mock Draft Season

• You have to love EMU DB Freddie McGee spirit trying to get the Lions attention to give him a shot

• Steve Palazollo Mock Draft for Check the Mic - 1st Clemson OT Blake Miller 

• Brendan Donahue at Sharp Football (2nd most accurate Mocker last 5 years) Mock Draft - 1st Alabama OT Kayden Proctor

• Christian Booher of Detroit lions on SI released his latest three-round mock - 1st UTAH OT Caleb Lomu; 2nd Texas Tech LB Jacob Rodriguez; 3rd (Trade 118, 128 and 2027 5th for 90 and 2027 7th) Michigan EDGE Derrick Moore

• NFL.com's Gennaro Filice Mock Draft 2.0 with trades - 1st Clemson OT Blake Miller 

• Sirius XM Airing it Out Mock Draft 2.0 - 1st Georgia OT Monroe Freeling

• Todd McShay Mock Draft 4.0 Rd 1 - 1st Clemson OT Blake Miller 

• Mel Kiper final two-round Mock - 1st Georgia OT Monroe Freeling; 2nd Michigan EDGE Derrick Moore

• Chad Reuter of NFL.com final seven-round Mock draft  - 1st (13th trade 17th, '26 5th and '27 3rd) UTAH OT Spencer Fano; 2nd Michigan EDGE Derrick Moore; 4th Duke OC Brian Parker Jr; 4th Penn State QB Drew Allar

Things I think are Noteworthy

• Prayers up for Dick Vitale in his battle against Cancer

• The Tigers Kevin McGonigle is getting his first bobblehead for his 1st career Homerun

• The first teaser trailer for Spaceballs: The New One indicates it hits theaters 4/23/27

• The first Trailer for "Focker-In-Law" is also out

• Love whiskey? Have $12,500 to burn? Buffalo Trace has something for you

• Detroit Sports fans and foodies keep getting cool new stuff to tempt their appetites and whet their whistle