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- Although it is technically about a week early for a birthday celebration, all-time great Saint Barry got a cake from his buddies at the Nissan Heisman House for his (upcoming) 50th birthday:
Thanks to @espn #NeilEverett @nissan @HeismanTrophy and all the guys... Thanks for a great birthday
— Barry Sanders (@BarrySanders) July 11, 2018
- Erik Schlitt at Lions Wire noticed signs of UDFA Teo Redding training with Marvin Jones on Jones’ Instagram account.
- A ratings assistant for EA admitted the absurdly low return skill rating for runback terror Jamal Agnew was a mistake:
don’t worry Jamal, it was a typo on our end and is fixed for the first roster update.
— Andre Weingarten (@Moonlightswami) July 11, 2018
- Bill Barnwell at ESPN thinks the offensive weapons — running backs, tight ends, and wide receivers — on the Detroit Lions roster are not worthy of being ranked in the top half of the league as a group.
- This morning we asked who your favorite audio broadcast duo in the Detroit sports scene was. The Lions offer some other pairs having fun with sound in their latest gag video:
The #Lions + Whisper Challenge = pic.twitter.com/jnBDYehvYg
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) July 10, 2018
- Rookie Tracy Walker bought a new ride this weekend, and he stayed loyal to the brand with a black Ford F-150:
— Tracy Walker #23 (@TracyWalkerIII) July 11, 2018
- For those of you who have been enjoying our Kent Lee Platte’s legacy roster series of posts here on Pride of Detroit, DetroitLions.com’s Mike O’Hara jotted down his top 5 duos in Lions history (at any position group) for your consideration.