Not hard to cheer for him after reading that. Great stuff!

Absolutely love the Denzel Mims trade - Holmes is a clear top GM 5 to me.

Do I think he makes the team? Probably not, maybe he has a 10-20% chance to make the final roster but what gambler doesn't love a freeroll? Mims makes the team they lose a 6th and gain a 7th - those picks could still be very close in value depending on 2024 finishes. Mims doesn't make the 53 man roster they dump him, no questions asked, and owe nothing but that decision isn't due until late August.

Dude put up pretty good numbers at Baylor and has been terrible as a pro - some highlight splash catches but mostly maddening inconsistency and a couple coaching staffs that had zero trust in him. The list of successful reclamation project Wide Receivers cant be that long but if a player has raw skills and zero cost.....just do it!

Would be a sweet sweet bonus if Rodgers insistence on bringing his own WRs to NY leads to the Lions getting a usable WR3/4 to play/share the Chark role

him or Antonie Green have a decent chance to make the initial 53 if either can prove they can just run a lot of 9's somewhat successfully on the outside while Jamo is out. on offense that's honestly the only hole they have.

from what I'm seeing the knock on Mims is he's an absolute kitten of a competitor. 6'3"
207lb athletic freak, but has no dog.

It's pretty much a priority waiver wire pickup. If I read it right if we end up cutting him we don't have to give up anything. It's nice to finally have a front office that realizes speed is an important trait to have in this game though. Holmes is also never fully satisfied and always looking for a roster improvement where he can find one, although our previous GMs did this as well, they were just mostly incompetent at it.

The bad news today though is CJGJ went down with what looks like a bad knee injury. Hopefully it's not as bad as it sounds. That was a massive pickup for us and a huge bummer, but at the same time I was pretty stoked we just got two new outside corners, drafted Brian Branch, and Tracy Walker is coming in at 100%. So next man up.

Other injury news has been good though. Levi Onwuzurike is back practicing. Most had written him off as probably done, so if he can play and be a solid contributor that's huge. Also while Emmanuel Mosely has been placed on PUP and sporting a knee brace, it sounds like he's expected to participate in camp at some point.

Update:

https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/sta...0XvoPLbIA&s=19

I'm not sure how well twitter links work these days. But there's at least one supposedly sourced report that it's not serious.

I'm in HI for vacation, woke up to 10+ CGGJ-is-out-for-season notifications at the top of my scroll, followed by 10+ nm-he's-fine's. At least the "why can we never have nice things" only lasted for about 8 seconds lol

Inside the Den drops today for those that have the time to watch it, as the rumor is it's even longer than last years 52 minutes. This will be a good replacement for Hard Knocks.

Teddy Bridgewater is our backup QB. But honestly backup QB doesn't really move the needle for me. We don't know his contract yet, hopefully not much. I always view spending on a backup as like buying the premium replacement plan for your PS5. It can be great if you need it but at the end of the day it's usually a waste of money and you'd rather have spent that on a couple cool games instead. Still, I can't complain about the state of the roster and Teddy should be an upgrade over Nate, and a bridge to Hendon as the backup. Although Dan did say he'd have to earn the job, he's not guaranteed it.

It's tempting to change the thread title to "Teddy Time" to troll the vikings, but I think this is fine for now.

I genuinely have no idea if this is true.

Teddy has the clear edge in experience, NFL starts, that sort of thing.

Nate has been around the system and would be in a much better position to get in there and run things if Goff went down early, though given the timing of the signing the difference may be significantly reduced by the season.

Dunno who has better tools.

Regardless, Goff remains critical to the team's success.

Without looking at all backup QBs I imagine Teddy's value rises if Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Hebert, Rodgers, Lawrence or Tua suffers a season ending injury. Actually, Holmes has shown he isn't afraid to trade in conference if he thinks it benefits the Lions. So there is that.

I can't think of a better backup in the league than Bridgewater. I mean he's arguably a better QB than Goff. Where this pickup moves the needle is for anyone who bet the Lions Over 9.5 wins. Getting Bridgewater means the Lions are effectively injury-proof which is HUGE.

Teddy B is there to work with the young pup WR's and mentor Hooker. They get to work with a borderline starting QB and he has a ton of similarities to Hooker. He's a perfect fit for that roll. By all accounts Nate has played pretty well so far in camp and if either had to start week 1 I have no doubt it would be him, so likely to see 3 QB's on the active 53 until they feel Teddy is fully up to speed.

The NFL brought back the 3rd QB rule this year so there's a chance they keep 3 for most or all of the year. Then it's just a battle between who is the actual backup and who is the reserve QB3. Although they do have some precedent for not caring if their backup was on the roster or all of camp. So if they think Nate's not the guy, he could be cut after the preseason.

I'm probably repeating myself from elsewhere itt, but it's ****ing weird to feel this optimistic about the Lions. Camp reports have been straight blue kool aid, ARSB and Sewell seem like they're ready for all pro seasons, Hutchinson is bigger/faster/stronger/smarter, La Porta and Gibbs are both uncoverable and catch everything, Martin went from wtf trade-up 3rd round pick to pushing for starting.... The only negative news has ofc been the Jamo suspension + mixed performance, but while it's mixed there are plenty of flashes of game breaking talent. Even the fact that your first round LB hasn't immediately grabbed control of a starting role is less disappointing because apparently it's because the switch flipped for Barnes.

I'm sure it will all come crashing down but I'm having to stop myself from putting a big 'ol bet on that over 9.5.

Slow down with this crazy talk

This is so true - I am ALWAYS overly optimistic for the Lions every April/July/August but this year feels so much different. If they suck this year it likely will break me.

That was a lousy half of football by Jameson. Clearly tried to feed him, he was not up to the challenge.

I'm not quite ready to push the panic button on Jamo quite yet, or ever maybe. We know he's got enough speed to be a problem. Sure you want a true WR1 for that level of draft capital, but having a burner that can threaten the top of the defense in ways most can't has a lot of value, opening up stuff underneath for ARSB and LaPorta. It's clear he's struggling to get in sync with his QBs, and it doesn't help that Jared Goff has below average arm strength. But even if he ends up topping out at around 50 catches/year, I think that adds enough of a deep threat to this offense that it should make everyone else around him better. Once we get out of the preseason, pair him with Goff, and Ben Johnson takes the training wheels off the offense, I think we'll see some good stuff.

I wonder how much time they give him, doesn’t seem like Jameson has that dog in him and you know how important that is to Campbell.

Sure you take the shot, if he pans out he’s Tyreek Hill. But it’s getting late early.

I dunno man, that tape of him flying down the field and slamming into people as a gunner on special teams in college despite being WR #1 sure looked like a Campbell kinda guy to me.

There's a ton of complaining about Jamo, complaining about people complaining about Jamo, and complaining about people complaining about people complaining about Jamo on the Lions subreddit. I'm firmly in the "not close to hitting the panic button" camp. I don't think using an app from a team hotel to bet on college football should warrant a one-game suspension; six is outright ludicrous hypocrisy from the NFL compared to how they've punished other players in the past decade for non-gambling offenses. Take that away, and there's just not enough game experience to make a "possible bust" judgement yet IMO.

One of about 4 jamo highlights we got last year was him absolutely destroying a guy in the run game. He's a football player for sure. The drops and miscommunications are what I'm most worried about. If I had to bet at this point if he's "that guy" I think I'd lean no but he certainly could be. And I'd say him being an all around good WR is still the most likely outcome even if he's not the guy you hoped he be when drafted.

Well if anyone can find the dawg in Jameson it just might be Teddy.

I am higher on the Lions this year than any other season in my lifetime so surely Lucy wont pull the football out this time. No, seriously, I need somebody to tell me its gonna be OK.

Williams at Alabama was a complete football player that showed he would do ANYTHING to lay a block or deliver a hit so I am not worried at all about his willingness but sadly as of RIGHT NOW he is closer to being John Ross than Tyreek Hill. So electric when he gets the ball in space but as of today I'm thinking he is maybe 50/50 to be a star in this league and I am definitely boycotting any pet names. 'Jamo' LMFAO dude has one career catch and currently serving a 6 game suspension - lets save the cute names for guys that are actually contributing on the field.

If you need something to bring down the optimism this is a funny read. https://defector.com/why-your-team-s...-detroit-lions