Monday Morning Rundown: 05/04/26

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

• Post draft news nuggets, Lions tried to trade up with both the LA Rams (13) and possibly with the Ravens (14)

• The Lions brought in a pair of veteran Receivers for a visit, both Scottie Miller and James Proche appear to be more toward Special teams and returner

• Jameson Williams is suing The Ohio State University, Alabama and the NCAA overt NIL monies he should have been paid.

• New podcasting duo out there, Scott Mitchell and Herman Moore

• The Lions continue to fill out the last five spots on the roster and build depth

  • Workouts with veteran WRs Scottie Miller and James Proche

  • Signed LB Joe Bachie and DL Jay Tufele

• Brad Galli signed off from WXYZ last Friday but will be covering Detroit Sports teams again very soon

• Thanks to our followers on X, we now know that DJ Wonnum was wearing the #98 formerly worn by DJ reader at the Lions Draft party at Ford Field.

Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation

• Diego Pavia unsurprisingly went undrafted last week (signing with the Ravens), but the Winnipeg Blue Bombers snatched up his rights for the CFL

• Jeremy Fowler lists two Lions picks in his Top 100 steals and best fits

• YouTube TV has launched a fully customizable Multiview, and yes, Sunday Ticket can be added into the view

Things I think are Noteworthy

• The World's Largest 4DX Cinema is a Regal in Times Square

• Ted Lasso Season 4 Trailer Dropped....

• College Football '27 AI Fan Created Open World Concepts that should be in the game

• The latest in novelty refreshment at sporting events...beer skate!