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[froot loops]

This is an age old conundrum. When I see how much these guys make, I always think that allows the to live in the type of neighborhoods where you don't have to drive around with guns. But that's not how most of these guys think. But if you are going to roll around with guns, get a license. The brother did. This won't amount to much, but it's just another data point of dumb avoidable shit that contributed to the noise.

[DanO]

More Democrat political persecution.

That didn't need to be said here.

[Dan V]

I hope you're right fruit loops.
We got a good thing going , but he is starting to wear me out.
Don't need distractions like this to screw up the team chemistry.

[chemiclord]

This is an age old conundrum. When I see how much these guys make, I always think that allows the to live in the type of neighborhoods where you don't have to drive around with guns. But that's not how most of these guys think. But if you are going to roll around with guns, get a license. The brother did. This won't amount to much, but it's just another data point of dumb avoidable shit that contributed to the noise.

Apparently both of them had the guns licensed and registered; the question appears to be if Jamo was able to have his gun in the glove compartment using his brother's concealed carry license. It sounds like there's an interpretation of the concealed carry law that says he can.

But yeah, on its own, this would be a non-story. As another piece of stupid shit in what is turning into a trend of stupid shit, however...

[The Ken]

I guess I'm confused as to what grounds the police can retroactively issue a warrant in this matter, or what the warrant is even for. It seems to me like this should be entirely an internal matter on whether protocol was followed.

I have to say I'm not entirely comfortable with police being able to come back weeks later and say, "On second thought, nah we're gonna take you in after all." That seems like a scenario ripe for abuse.

I would assume the police can investigate without immediate arrest !and later bring charges.

I feel like JAMO needs a grandmother or family mentor to give him a good smack upside the head.

[chemiclord]

I mean, if there is some new evidence that emerged, sure a case can be revisited, and if that's the situation here, sure.

But I have yet to hear that anything new has happened, at least as far as it pertains to JaMo. It sounds like everything currently going on is happening internally, which is why I'm not sure why a warrant is... well... warranted.

[gibby]

Jameson williams, a case study in stupid. He's putting in the work... to end his career.

Is it time to launch Jameson williams before he loses all his trade value?

[whatever_gong82]

On other news, such as our next opponent:


How 2024 Packers are different, improved after falling just shy of last season's NFC Championship

Justin Rogers
Oct 30




Allen Park — The Packers snuck up on people during the first season of the Jordan Love era.

After navigating a lengthy mid-season lull in 2023, which included losing six of eight, Green Bay pieced together a 6-2 finish to sneak into the postseason. There, they walloped Dallas, before giving eventual NFC Champion San Francisco everything they could handle in a three-point loss.

Within that strong close to the regular season was a 29-22 win over the Lions on Thanksgiving that wasn’t as close as the final score suggests.


So, as you might expect, no one was sleeping on Green Bay this year. And they’ve risen to those loftier expectations, jumping out to a 6-2 start despite Love missing a couple of games.

So what changes did the offseason bring that have helped this year’s Packers take the next step? Let’s take a look.

Offensively, the alterations have been modest.


Love is back under center, obviously. And his pass-catchers also largely remain the same, with the team’s top six receivers and top two tight ends returning.

There have been some modest changes to Love's blocking, although the team had already been operating without left tackle David Bakhtiari for much of the past three seasons due to injuries. Guard Jon Runyan Jr. also departed, but he's been replaced, in-house, by 2023 third-round pick Sean Rhyan.


More notably, the Packers overhauled their backfield, letting Aaron Jones walk in free agency after seven seasons and nearly 1,200 carries with the franchise. They replaced him with Josh Jacobs, giving the NFL's 2022 rushing leader a four-year, $48 million contract.

It’s been a solid signing so far. Jacobs is fifth in the NFL with 782 yards from scrimmage. He’s averaging 4.6 yards per carry and has scored four touchdowns.

Complementary back AJ Dillon was supposed to round out the rotation, but he aggravated a neck injury in training camp, ending his season before it began. And third-round rookie MarShawn Lloyd has been sidelined by an ankle injury for more than a month. That's left Emmanuel Wilson, undrafted a year ago, to shoulder more of the load than anticipated.


The other significant change, which has been more important than could have been imagined, was a late-August trade to acquire backup quarterback Malik Willis.

Despite struggling to find his footing while in Tennessee the past two seasons, the young, dual-threat passer has been critical to keeping the Packers in the thick of the NFC North race. Appearing in four games, he's posted an incredible 130.3 passer rating in those contests, winning two as a starter and stepping in late to lead a game-winning drive against Jacksonville last Sunday.


Which QB the Lions see this weekend remains up in the air after Love suffered a groin injury against the Jaguars.

But realistically, there's little question the bigger difference between this year's Green Bay team and last year's version is the defense. And it’s been less about personnel and more about coaching. The team fired coordinator Joe Barry after last season and hired Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley as the replacement.


Hafley has flipped the unit from a 3-4 to an attacking 4-3 scheme. That's required significantly less blitzing to generate similarly high pressure rates and sack totals. Now possessing the ability to drop more defenders into coverage on a down-to-down basis, the Packers have forced a league-high 19 turnovers. That’s more takeaways in eight games than they generated all last season.

The turnover parade has been led by a newcomer, safety Xavier McKinney, another one of Green Bay’s free agency splashes. They were able to lure the young veteran away from the New York Giants with a four-year, $67 million offer.


Most of the other contributing additions came through this year’s draft. Fourth-round pick Evan Williams is the other half of the team’s safety tandem. Second-rounder Javon Bullard is now manning the nickel. And another second-rounder, Edgerrin Cooper, isn’t starting, but he’s seeing close to 40% of the team’s defensive snaps at linebacker, helping backfill the departure of De'Vondre Campbell, who is in San Francisco this season.


A final change of note is at kicker. After rolling with sixth-round draft pick Anders Carlson last season, Green Bay handed the job to undrafted rookie Brayden Narveson to start the 2024 campaign. But when he missed nearly 30% of his field goal tries in the first six games, the team turned to veteran Brandon McManus to stabilize things.

So far, so good. McManus has made all four of his field-goal tries, including game-winners in both of his appearances.


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[whatever_gong82]

Pride of Detroit direct
by Jeremy Reisman


Note: Ty Schalter’s weekly piece will be dropping later on Wednesday.

It’s the last week of the month, which means it’s time for an SUBSCRIBER-EXCLUSIVE Midweek Mailbag with myself and Erik Schlitt. This week, we answered every question we got over the last couple weeks, as submitted by you all. If you want your questions answered next time, be sure to reply to one of these emails when we put out a call for mailbag questions (typically toward the end of the month).


We had a ton of questions this time, so this is a MEGA-SIZED episode (over 90 minutes long).

As a note, we recorded this just an hour or two after the news about Jameson Williams’ near-arrest dropped. Because we are both 1) not legal experts and 2) are still gathering information, we chose not to address the story in this mailbag. That also afforded us more time to answer your specific questions. I know a lot of you are probably looking for guidance on this story, but quite honestly, I do not feel comfortable talking about a sensitive topic like this when I am not a gun law expert and there are still questions that remain unanswered. I await more developments to this story.


Here’s a short breakdown of what we do talk about this week.


1:30 – 38:00 – EDGE QUESTION BONANZA – What are the Lions going to do at EDGE? Who are available trade candidates? How will they adjust their defense if they don’t trade? Who currently on the team has to step up? Why didn’t they trade for Josh Uche? Do the Lions still have a chance at the Super Bowl without a trade?

38:00 – 43:05 – What needs to happen for Jared Goff to win MVP? For the Lions to be Super Bowl favorites?



43:05 - 51:45 – Ranking the Lions’ 2025 free agents by highest priority?

51:45 – 56:50 – What will the future of the Lions’ linebacking corps look like in two, three years?

56:50 – 1:03:40 – Are the Lions regretting trading up for Giovanni Manu now that they need draft capital and roster space?


1:03:40 – 1:08:00 – Any chance the Lions move Taylor Decker to right tackle?

1:08:00 – 1:14:40 – What is the latest on Colby Sorsdal and Brodric Martin ?



1:14:40 – 1:21:00 – Who is involved with in-game play-calling and what is the hierarchy? How does it differ team-to-team?

1:21:00 – 1:22:40 – Breaking down a couple impressive stats from Lions vs. Titans


1:23:00 – 1:32:10 – Is the Lions’ high turnover margin sustainable? Can they survive if it isn’t?

1:32:10 – 1:41:45 – Why is Ben Johnson so successful at calling, designing plays?

1:41:45 – end – With hindsight, did the Lions make the right decision by moving on from Matt Prater?

[chemiclord]

Jameson williams, a case study in stupid. He's putting in the work... to end his career.

Is it time to launch Jameson williams before he loses all his trade value?

There's really not much trade value to lose at this point. He was just starting to show flashes as it was, and the distractions will only drive down his value.

If he can't get those distractions sorted out, it's probably going to be something the Lions are just gonna have to eat.

[-Deborah-]

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[Coop]

If my understanding of Michigan law is correct - without a CPL, a firearm can be transported in a vehicle unloaded, with a trigger lock on the firearm, and if carried with ammunition in the vehicle it must be as far as possible from the firearm. His brother had a CPL and was driving the vehicle, but if Jamo's gun was loaded that I believe is the sticking point.

Either way..I have to think Jamo is on thin ice. I don't see the Lions org putting up with stuff like this much longer. You only get so many chances.

[Mainevent]

This happened before DC’s presser where he said he trusts Jamo. So this was baked into the cake already.

[froot loops]

It makes Campbell's statement about the rope and Jameson losing his grip make more sense.

[Forsh]

The Lions should try to poach whoever was in Jamo's ear at Alabama. The guy who McShay made it seem like a no brainer was the best WR in that draft should be tearing it up. He showed that consistently at Alabama ... only sometimes in other places