Sunday Night Football. One of every NFL season’s signature time slots.
And here we are, heading into the final week, having gotten this news late Sunday night: That coveted broadcast window will be filled with the 6–9 Washington Football Team and the 4-10-1 Eagles in a game that will, one way or the other, decide the NFC East. If Ron Rivera’s crew wins, they’re in. If they stumble, then either the Cowboys will win the division outright at 7–9 or Joe Judge will win it in his first year with the Giants at 6–10.
This is not normal. Which is probably exactly the way the 2020 season should end anyway.
Why the Detroit Lions fired Brayden Coombs
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia talks with special teams coordinator Brayden Coombs as they walk to the locker room before their NFL game against the New Orleans Saints at Ford Field in Detroit, on Sunday, October 4, 2020. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Editor’s note: This is an opinion piece by MLive.com reporter Kyle Meinke.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. It’s easy to understand the backlash to the firing of Brayden Coombs. The special teams have been one of the few bright spots in another bad season. The coverage teams have been among the best in the league. Jack Fox has had one of the best punting seasons in league history. They’ve blocked three field goals and a point-after try.
Spielman has spent the last five years as one of the top analysts on the FOX network NFL telecasts. It took a special offer and opportunity to leave what he called a great job.
And the fact that Spielman is moving to Detroit from the new home he recently moved into in Columbus is evidence that he is making a full-time commitment the Lions. He does not want to be a part-time commuter. Either I m in or I m out, Spielman said. I can t be halfway. I can t expect to be part of that culture if I m not in that culture full time.
Two of the best players in Detroit Lions history will help the team find its next head coach and general manager.
Chris Spielman, who made four Pro Bowls in eight seasons with the Lions, has left his broadcast position with Fox to become special assistant to Lions president Rod Wood and chairman Sheila Ford Hamp.
As part of his wide-ranging responsibilities, Spielman will sit in on all interviews in the Lions ongoing search for a new head coach and general manager, and will circle back and spend time with the three internal candidates the team interviewed last week.
While Spielman will have a permanent role in the organization, the Lions also established a three-member advisory group to help vet candidates and weigh in on what criteria should be used to pick the next coach and GM: Hall-of-Fame running back Barry Sanders, Fritz-Pollard Alliance executive director Rod Graves, and former Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis.
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