Articles by Ash Thompson


Monday Morning Intel: May 30, 2016

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!?!?! Well, not real football. There are highlights of the Lions OTAs to watch. I’ll take it. Every week we’re getting closer to the launch of another season folks. And…



Sunday Morning Intel: May 22nd, 2016

Due to the gap in the off-season events, the fact that I’m moving to a different part of the northern Canadian wasteland, and the adjacent fact that I will be traveling to a couple of…


Morning Intel: May 15, 2016

I’m going to start the Morning Intel a little more seriously than usual. This is something that kind of slipped through the cracks that I think people should read. The Players’ Tribune is one of…


Morning Intel: May 14 2016

Lamar Holmes is out, and Central Michigan’s Louis Palmer is in.  The Lions are really bringing in a lot of undrafted players, which is good, generally if a player hasn’t popped by the time he hits…


Morning Intel: May 12, 2016

No preamble, we’re headed straight to the Morning Intel. Ron Wood said, “I would probably say that I’m not qualified to run any other NFL team, but I think I’m qualified to run this one,” and…


Surprises in 2016: Lions Offensive Line Edition

It has been an interesting off-season for the Lions fans. We’ve watched a Lions GOAT in Calvin Johnson walk out the door, and watched the rest of the veteran contingent that came together to form…


Morning Intel: May 11, 2016

Most of these stories could have been linked from any of three different sites. Everyone is writing the same stories these days, because there really just is not that much to write about right now….


Morning Intel: May 10, 2016

Your daily dose of morning intel, not available in pill form. In the desert wasteland that is the period between the draft and training camp, there are few nuggets of knowledge waiting to be picked…


Lions acquire Jon Bostic in trade from Patriots

The Detroit Lions have acquired inside linebacker Jon Bostic for a conditional 2017 seventh round draft pick. Bostic had been acquired in September of 2015 by the Patriots from the Chicago Bears.  He had been…


Lions Morning Intel: May 9, 2016

Rookie mini-camps continue, the Tulloch situation has some in Detroit asking what’s going on, more roster moves are being made, a Lions legend has some things to say about the draft class, one of the…


Lions Morning Intel: May 7, 2016

There is really nothing happening any more until training camp. There will be some low end shuffling of the roster, a few moves in the organization outside the coaching staff and players, but for the…


Lions Morning Intel – May 6th, 2016

After a brief hiatus following the draft, wherein I completed some minor renovations on my home and then sold it, I am happy to be back at the grind with your daily dose of Lions…