Detroit Lions Mailbag: Could the Lions work to bring Aaron Donald out of retirement ahead of the playoffs?
What a couple of days it has been right Detroit Lions fans? Players are getting hurt, everyone wants to be sad and then Campbell goes full Griswold on the radio and now everyone is back in. It's the perfect time for a mailbag. Let's jump into it. Extremely low. I'm sure there might be interest […]
What a couple of days it has been right Detroit Lions fans? Players are getting hurt, everyone wants to be sad and then Campbell goes full Griswold on the radio and now everyone is back in. It's the perfect time for a mailbag. Let's jump into it.
Extremely low. I'm sure there might be interest there like there is from every team in the league, but there's nothing that anyone can do about it. Donald is still attached to the Rams contractually. That means if he comes out of retirement, he has to go right back to the Rams until his contract is up. That deal ends at the end of this season. So unfortunately this is a pipe dream.
I don't. The Lions have a good group here. They have one of the best backs in the league in Jahmyr Gibbs, and then they have suitable backups in Sione Vaki, Craig Reynolds, and Jermar Jefferson. The comfort level at this spot is good for them. No need to bring in anyone extra.
Because your team has arguably the best coaching staff and the best culture in the entire league. This team does not at all think this is over just because other people do. We've seen the Lions win with a shorthanded defense pretty much all season. We've also seen them come back from bad stuff over and over again.
Let's also not forget that this is still the best offense in the NFL and they've been that way with an underperforming Montgomery for a few weeks now. This team just put up 42 points just a couple of days ago. They can still do this. It's just going to be harder.
Judging from Campbell's Monday presser, there is already some discussion about moving Branch around and starting the clock on Ifeatu Melifonwu. That might not happen until next week though. As far as Vaki at safety, he could do it in an extreme pinch, but I don't think they want him on defense at any point. They drafted him for special teams and offense.
I'm sure we'll see Moseley play, but the expectations need to be tempered down to a pretty low degree. It's clear that he is not going to be the player he was before the injuries and that absolutely sucks, but it is what it is at this point. I wouldn't expect to see much of him on defense this season. If he gets in, it'll be a low snap count. Maybe 12-15 snaps a game.
I cannot. I played tight end and some receiver back in the day, but right now I am an old broken down piece of meat. I can probably run a 7.5 40-yard dash and then after that, I'll need to ice my knees and take a nap. You don't want me out there.
I get the question, but it feels like one of those things where you need to find an answer to something, so you create one yourself. I don't think injuries are something that can be avoided. They happen in this league every single year and every team's fans think it happens to their team the most.
It's all a crapshoot. This is nothing more than some bad luck for the Lions. I don't think they could have conditioned, strength trained, or taken a day off to get out of this.
If a team, like the Jets, signs Ray Agnew and he in turn hires Aaron Glenn, what is the nfls current compensation to the Lions per their diversity hire rules?
— ProudDetroiter (@detroitstrong.bsky.social) December 16, 2024 at 9:53 PM
If both guys are hired away by any team in the NFL, whether it's together or separately, the Lions will receive compensatory picks for both. Here's how it works.
If Aaron Glenn is hired to be a head coach somewhere, the Lions will receive compensatory third-round picks in the next two drafts. Those picks will come at the end of the third-round.
Now, if both Glenn and Agnew are hired away, the team would receive those compensatory picks in the next three drafts. They don't get two third-round picks per draft, they just get one. But they get an extra one in a third draft.
Dan Campbell is going full Clark Griswold on the Lions and their fans and it’s exactly what everyone needed
I know what you want Detroit Lions fans. You want to be sad right now. You want to be angry and mad and depressed and feel like the season is over. Deep down inside, a part of you craves that feeling, and I totally get it. I want to feel that way too because if […]
