Thanksgiving is in the rearview, the “Death Storm” has passed, and Sean and Shep return to sort through a turbulent week in Detroit sports. The guys dive straight into the Lions’ unraveling: injuries stacking at the worst possible time, a shrinking margin for error, looming cap decisions, and a roster full of future bills coming due. They tackle the fan anxiety head-on: extensions for Aiden Hutchinson, Jameson Williams, and Kirby Joseph, the lingering Ragnow retirement cloud, Taylor Decker’s durability, and the glaring need to rebuild the trenches before anything else.

They also wrestle with the bigger fear many fans won’t say out loud: the window they thought had opened may be wobbling faster than expected. Can Detroit avoid becoming the next Buffalo or Baltimore: good every year, but never good enough? And what does it mean when the AFC looks suddenly wide open and the Lions… don’t?

Plus: thoughts on Michigan State’s reported move toward Pat Fitzgerald, why UCLA felt like the point of no return for Jonathan Smith, Michigan’s humbling against Ohio State, Bryce Underwood’s learning curve, NIL expectations, Arch Manning parallels, and the harsh truth about relying on freshman quarterbacks. A wide-ranging, honest conversation in a week loaded with emotion, frustration, and a few laughs about pies, snow, and Thanksgiving cleanup procrastination.