Monday Morning Rundown: 11/02/26
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
The Lions announced Wu-Tang Clan as the 2026 Thanksgiving Day halftime act and Antonio Cipriano as the Anthem singer
Jared Goff and his Wife always do what Mama says for Halloween
DJ Wonnum was named NFC Special teams' player of the week for his tipped FG
Former Lions position coach and one of the Run and Shoot architects June Jones passed away
Several Lions accolades after the 19-15 win over the Vikings
Jake Bates
Bates is now fifth highest scoring player in Lions history passing Wayne Walker (331)
Alim McNeil
First IDL players since Suh back in 2010 (6.5) to reach 4.5 sacks in first seven games of the season
Jahmyr Gibbs
Joined Barry Sanders as the only players in Detroit Lions history to have 10+ TDs in four straight seasons
Passed Dutch Clark (9) with the second most 25+ yard rushing TDs (10) in Lions history
Set a career high for missed tackles in a single game at 10, and is on pace (61 currently) to shatter his career best of 65
Amon-Ra St Brown
Became fastest player to reach 600 career catches in NFL History in only 90 games
Dan Campbell
Dan Campbell moved into a tie for 2nd place in all-time wins as Detroit lions coach with Potsy Clark/George Wilson (53)
DJ Reed
Rumors, Nuggets and Speculation
The Packers, their fans and media members pointing out their penalty problem this year is the most hilarious thing I have ever seen.
The Bears gave up a LOT for a 30-year old DT that is still playing at a high level
The Ninth-Circuit court of appeals has reinstated the Jury's antitrust liability against the NFL for Sunday Ticket from 2011-2022.
Things I think are Noteworthy
Flavortown came to Buffalo to tailgate with first responders
We have a new world record pumpkin...
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