Monday Morning Rundown: 08/10/26

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 RB Jahmyr Gibbs - Nicole Scharff Detroit Lions

Lions Players, Coaches and Team

• The Lions hired a new President and CEO...Richard Haddad of the Detroit Pistons

• Brian Branch (108) and Jameson Williams (106) came up just short of the NFLs Top 100

• Penei Sewell was #37 in the NFLs Top 100 players, which feels about 20 spots too low.

• Jared Goff came in at #33 in the Top 100, likely 5-10 spots lower than he should have been.

• Jared Goff was ranked T8th and the leader of the NFC North QBs in The Athletic's survey of Execs and Coaches of Top 35 Veteran QBs in the NFL

• Former Detroit Lions reporter Dannie Rogers is joining Woodward Sports for Lions coverage

• Happy Birthday Aiden Hutchinson

• The Lions continue to churn the bottom of the roster, releasing WR Tarik Black and signing TE Nick Muse

• Lions sign Former UFL RB Raheem Blackshear and waived/injured WR Lawrence Keys

• Miles Kitselman was placed on Reserve/Injured and the Lions re-signed WR Tarik Black

• Lions waived injured De'Shawn Rucker and signed DL Ben Stille

• Brad Holmes brought in eight different players on tryouts Sunday signing LB Ogbongbemiga, but also a CB that wasn't on the tryout list

• The Lions also placed Teddy Bridgewater on the retired/reserve list and signed QB Josh Dobbs to be the new veteran backup

• Jahmy Gibbs has become the highest paid RB in the NFL, inking a new three-year extension with the Lions on Thursday

Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation

• Bears lose their key free agent signing for 8-10 weeks

• Bijan Robinson reset the RB market, leading to the inevitability of Jahmyr Gibbs meeting or exceeding that number (spoiler...he did)

• Fox announced their Week 1 broadcast pairings and the Lions predictably end up with Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma

• Carrie Underwood is back for year 14 signing the iconic Sunday Night Football anthem.

• Former Lions CB Terrion Arnold continues to search for a new home while his case is ongoing