Well, I just said it was unverified in another thread, but there you go. Verified.
Just noticed it’s the whole dang list.
what was the scoop on this? how did everyone predict that this would happen? what did I miss?
So no hodgins claim? Not by us just a general statement
It was caught earlier yesterday that Nowaske was cut. Since he was scalped by Arizona from us to begin with, we went back and got him.
This was a guy that Shephard talked about others on the team mentioning how we’re going to need to see some help. (Nowaske and Cabinda gone left others in the LB room wondering wtf they were going to do.) (It was just a light-hearted comment from Shephard, by the way. Don’t make too much of what I just typed.)
The only WR claimed off waivers was Grant DuBose, cut by the Packers and picked up by Miami.
We are free to bring in all the rest.
Nowaske gotta be excited… Cause now he’s on the 53 man roster instead of the PS
For now.
And then we drop them in the Rancor pit. Bwahahahaaa.
I think he"s gotta be for minimum 4 games.
Dan Campbell talked a lot about how much they loved Nowaske, and wanted to develop him at LB. They actually signed him to the active roster because teams were trying to poach him from the PS. I believe they had to let him go when CJ Gardner-Johnson got reactivated, and Arizona claimed him. I may have the player wrong but it was the end of December so it was him or McNeil maybe.
Claiming Nowaske has me wondering about Niemann now… We got a ton of linebackers on the 53 at the moment.
That’s true. This is an entirely random thought. I wonder if its possible the Lions are looking to play a little more 3-4 or 4-4 this year?
Yea likely more special teams related. Although when you put in a claim you dont know if you will get him. We did. I wouldn’t be buying property in Detroit just yet if I was Niemann.
That makes a lot more sense, and yeah to me this is more of an indictment on how they felt the KR/PR coverages looked. Backup LB’s primarily play ST to be able to stop big returns and while I know every team was trying things out, it’s possible Fipp isn’t too keen on how coverage units looked.
I’m pretty sure we won’t typically roll with seven. But it’s clear the staff likes Nowaske, so Niemann’s probably the odd man out.
Or we are trading Barnes to piss off the one board member here
Roll with the young guy…sign the vet to the PS is my bet.
I doubt we trade him, but could definitely be thinking about the future. Barnes will hit FA next year…
It’s more likely we are trading Campbell. Clearly the team has put their foot down that Barnes is our forever MLB, and treatened a teamwide mutiny. The Lions have no choice but to move Campbell and give Barnes the MLB role he earned since stepping in the door in 2021. Nowaske was claimed to be the backup.