MAJOR moves coming with a HUGE impact....| Detroit Lions News

Well, with the bye week over, the Lions now turn their attention to week six against the Green Bay Packers. And head coach Dan Campbell has got some major moves to be made, big decisions that will have a huge impact on the lineup going forward. We're going to dive into those major moves, the ramifications, and a whole lot more on this edition of Lions Digest. Hey, everybody, yours truly, Captain Lou here. Want to take a moment to welcome those of you that are checking us out for the first time here to the program and if you haven't done it yet i invite you to hit that subscribe button it's free come along on the journey with us and the Lions here in 2026 be a part of the conversation and all the live reaction right here on Lions Digest well the bye week is history like we said now it's time to start preparing for a couple of divisional rivals starting with the Packers on Monday and head coach Dan Campbell he's faced with a dilemma some major moves that are going to have to be made when it comes to that starting lineup especially on the offensive side of the ball the first question he's going to have to deal with is what are we going to do with returning center Cade Mays it was announced earlier today in Dan Campbell's press conference that Brian Branch and Cade Mays both will play against the Packers but the workload right now is undecided well let's focus on the offensive side of the ball right now Campbell's looking at a potential center rotation he said he's still back and forth on the what they're going to do with Cade Mays coming back from that wrist injury and Juice Scruggs who's played exceptionally well in the last few games for the Lions. Now Campbell had this to say about Juice Scruggs. He's playing pretty good football right now at this time. He's done a good job and gotten better every week. Now you start to wonder, how do you mess with the chemistry of the team? What do you do with Juice Scruggs? Another quote may be the case to be made for Juice Scruggs. There's definitely an argument to keep him rolling because he's played very good football. He's rated as the number one center through five weeks when it comes to PFF in the National Football League so you've got Cade Mays coming back you got Juice Scruggs and you got Christian Mahogany what about Christian Mahogany you ask it's that simple Christian Mahogany has earned his spot as the starting left guard in the rotation we've talked about it we talked about at the beginning of the year it wasn't guaranteed from head coach Dan Campbell that Christian Mahogany was going to keep his starting spot well now is there a case to be made for Christian Mahogany to stay there it's you know it's good news one way or the other according to head coach Dan Campbell he's not going to hold he's not going to play his hand there's no doubt about it it's all going to come down to practice and if you look at the chemistry thing the longer we can get them all to play together the more growth is going to transpire well that's all good said and done however you want to say it but when it comes down to brass tacks what do you think the Lions should do with the situation they've got it's a great situation to have but with the Lions rolling right now on the offensive side of the ball one asks what should they do at center here's the debate I'm going to ask you would love to see what your comments are on this particular situation who would you start at center against the Green Bay Packers would you bring Cade Mayes in right out of the chute start him right away perhaps ease him in or keep Juice Drugs there until Mayes is fully back how many plays is he going to make is he going to play that's the question that we all have to answer now let's take a look at the team production for the Lions this offense is getting on putting points on the board every week it's absolutely correct and so the Lions again you know he's weighing his options right now that of course is head coach Dan Campbell, the team numbers are definitely there, let's take one more look at those as you can see they're one of the best offenses in all of the National Football League, now we mentioned that the Lions of course they've got their big matchup first conference matchup against the Green Bay Packers coming up on Sunday 4:25 Eastern Time, now we talked about the overs, all we traded yes on the overs throughout the season, the number still hasn't been posted yet with our brand new partner Kalshi, so I'm going to potentially entice you maybe to trade yes that the Lions are going to be able to beat the Packers by at least two and a half points, now when we're working with our brand new partner Kal shi, we want to remind you that you're trading directly against other users not the traditional sportsbook, you're buying yes or no contracts on the outcomes of events across sports politics even the weather, now for this example again we're looking at the potential of the Lions I'm going to predict you'll win by at least two and a half points, I'm going to trade yes that they're going to do that and when you trade yes that they're going to win by two and a half points and you trade $25, your return is going to be $42.97 Now, why do I say trade $25? Well, it's that simple. When you are interested in using our brand new partner, Kalshi, use the link in the description and make sure you use the promo code digestNFL. When you do that, your first $25 traded, you'll get $55 deposited back into your account instantly. it's that simple. All the games in the NFL trade on Calshi. All right, with that being said, let's talk a little bit about what's happening with the Lions as they've got the big matchup with the Packers. It's going to test our new lineup, no doubt about it. Here's what's at stake for the Lions. If you notice, everybody in our division has got a winning record. No other division can say that no other division comes close each other division only one team the leader is above 500 in our situation everybody's above 500 so this is huge let's take a look at the trend for the lions with jared goff when he's played against the packers now normally he averages about 297 yards a game through the air with the packers recently it's been 241 yards so their defense clamps down on him a little bit that's why the question that we've raised here with Dan Campbell what's the decision that is he going to have to make what's the right decision for him to make against the Green Bay Packers so that's one thing you've got to keep in mind in this we're going to go back to the question I asked you one more time who would you start at center for the Lions would you come right out of the gate with Cade Mays as your starting center as soon as he's ready which it sounds like could be this Sunday he'll be playing just not sure how much or do you still roll with you Scruggs and have Cade Mays start when he's fully back or do you maybe kind of shift the three of them with Christian Mahogany Scruggs of course has played some guard in the NFL big valid questions that Dan Campbell a major decision that he's going to have to make coming up here toward before game time on sunday speaking of the game time on sunday i want to remind everybody that we've got our first watch along our first captain lucas coming up sunday afternoon 4 15 is going to be the start time kickoff is 4 25 from ford field live reaction all the updates play by play you name it we're going to watch the whole game with you we want you to interact with us throughout the game you can yell scream cheer whatever i'm going to be doing the same this is our first live broadcast a live watch along so we're going to have a ton of fun with it and we hope that you can check us out there as well all right that's going to do it for this edition of lions digest i want to thank everybody who took time out to watch us however you watched us around the world and if you haven't done it yet i invite you to hit that subscribe button it's free come along on the journey with us and the lions here in 2026 until next time captain lou saying keep your heads up keep your sticks down keep your feet moving and as always keep your minds open so long