- Broken tackles is not an official NFL stat, but Pro Football Focus keeps track of it on their own, and no wide receiver has been better at forcing them than Golden Tate since 2015:
Over the past two seasons, no wide receiver has forced more missed tackles in the passing game than @ShowtimeTate. pic.twitter.com/ed5Kn8LWrO
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) May 25, 2017
- Our friends Brandon Alisoglu and Nick Kostora of Detroit Lions Radio are hanging up their headphones and retiring their podcast. As someone who has been their guest a few times, I can say that it has been a top-notch Lions podcast for the past four years. Listen to their two-part finale here, which features some bold predictions from some of the Pride Of Detroit staff. Thanks for laying the foundation for Lions podcasts, fellas.
- Congratulations to former Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky, who has been named to his high school’s Hall of Fame.
- Running back Tion Green is one of the more intriguing undrafted free agents on the Lions roster. Here’s an enthusiastic Green speaking with the media after Day 2 of OTAs:
Glory be to God ! #onepride OTA's pic.twitter.com/9pRQj6joG4
— Tion Green (@TionGreen) May 24, 2017
- Bleacher Report’s Sean Tomlinson predicted the statistics for all 32 starting quarterbacks. His prediction for Matthew Stafford is almost identical to his 2016 numbers.
- Wednesday night safety Tavon Wilson helped present an award for Sparky Anderson’s charity for children “CATCH”:
.@Lions safety @tavonwilson had a fun time presenting at the 2017 @CATCHCHARITY Outstanding HS Graduate Awards last night! #B2 #Lions pic.twitter.com/K4NBofRebj
— B² Enterprises (@B2Bradtke) May 25, 2017
- It’s not official yet, but it looks like former Giants receiver Victor Cruz will be joining the Chicago Bears:
New #Bears WR Victor Cruz has an agreement in principle with CHI. May not actually sign for a few days. But a fresh opportunity for a reboot
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 25, 2017
- Kyle Meinke of MLive.com gave his three standouts from Day 2 of Lions OTAs.