Monday Morning Rundown: 10/26/26
Welcome to The Grey Manes Monday Morning Rundown, a collection of news and notes from the prior week that impact the Lions, the NFL or whatever else catches my eye.
Lions Players, Coaches and Team
Sam LaPorta upped the ante on his lack of a contract extension on First Take last week
Aidan Hutchinson is now the Lions career leader in QB hits since the stats started being tracked in 2006
Lions bringing in a veteran to compete for returner and WR spot opened up by Tom Kennedy injury
Liosn brought back UDFA FL Aidan Keanaaina and released veteran DL Chris Smith form the Practice Squad.
Amon-Ra St Brownn is gracing the cover of G
erman Sports Illustrated ahead of the Lions and Patriots in Munich
Brian Branch celebrated his 25th birthday this week with a return to the field
The Packers-Lions game at Ford Field saw the launch of Mom's Spaghetti in the stadium with exclusive merch
Lots of Lions accolades after the 20-17 win over the Packers
Jared Goff
Passed Derek Carr (41,245) for third-most passing yards through 11-career seasons in NFL History
Goff is the only QB in NFL history to have 14-TDs and no turnovers through 1st six games of any season and only one of four to have 14+TDs and 0 INts in first six games of season
Has thrown a TD pass in 29-straight games, tied for 15th long stream in NFL history
The Lion's win was Goff's 18th game-winning drive as a Lion and 26th overall
Aidan Hutchinson
Tied Ezekiel Ansah for 4th most sack in Lions history at 48.0
Was his sixth carer 5+ QB hit game, tying for 4th most in NFL history since the stat was tracked in 2006
DJ Wonnum
First Lion player to block a FG since Jeremiah Ledbetter vs MIN in 2017
Jake Bates
bates is now 7 for 7 (100%) on go-ahead/game-tying FGs in final two minutes or OT in his career
Brian Branch
Picked off his 8th career interception in his 2026 debut
Jahmyr Gibbs
passed Artie Taylor (5,820) for 4th most scrimmage yards by a Lion RB in franchise history
Amon-Ra St Brown
26th career 100 yard receiving game and fourth 100+ yard game by halftime in his career
It was his 67th career five-catch game and second most five-catch games in NFL history for a player through six-career seasons
Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts was shut down for the season after discovery of blood clot sin his lungs after initially finding them in his calf
The yearly reminder that trading away multiple 1st rd. picks for someone else's "superstar" rarely works and leads to the unemployment line and mortgaging a team's futute.
Disney will bring Star Wars Funday Football to Super Bowl LXI on Feb 14th, whatever that means.
Looks like Jay-Z chose himself as the 2027 Super Bowl halftime performer, likely with Roc Nation artists joining him on the stage
CBS makes it official with JJ Watt, signing him to be lead analyst on NFL games (permanent replacement for Romo)
Did you know there was a rule that allows for a 1-point safety?
Things I think are Noteworthy
We lost a couple of good ones, including one that had People Skills! and the man known as Viper...
High dollar sports collectibles are being stolen in transit at an alarming rate, including ~$1M in PSA graded cards off a FedEx truck
52oz Reese's Pies are back at BJ Wholesale Club
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