Same Old timeLions — Curse Desk Dispatches.Permanent Curse Desk dispatches from Same Old timeLions.https://sameoldtimelions.com/Lions draw a familiar referee: Brad Rogers gets Jets gamehttps://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-008https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-008Brad Rogers has worked Detroit's last four regular-season finales, all Lions wins. His 2025 assignments ran slightly above the league's accepted-penalty rate.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRon Torbert after Week 2https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-007https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-007Detroit drew 10 accepted penalties in Buffalo, while consecutive defensive-holding calls erased an interception and the sack that followed.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRon Torbert before Buffalohttps://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-006https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-006Ron Torbert's 2025 penalty total matched the league average, but defensive pass interference and roughing the passer were unusually scarce.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAlan Eck after Week 1https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-005https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-005Detroit's opener exceeded Alan Eck's 2025 penalty baseline, but the game's defining ruling came through replay—not the referee's microphone.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhere a pass begins and a catch endshttps://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-004https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-004Sixteen years after Calvin Johnson’s reception was ruled unfinished, Detroit benefited from another rulebook boundary the field made difficult to see.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBeyond the 53: How the Lions use the practice squad as a working rosterhttps://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-003https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-003Detroit moved 108 players up from the practice squad 261 times over six seasons. Behind that number is the week-to-week reality of keeping an NFL roster together.Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAlan Eck returns to Detroit with a disputed touchdown behind him—and a low-penalty season on the bookshttps://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-002https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-002The referee assigned to Lions–Saints oversaw some of the NFL’s lowest holding rates in 2025. His Detroit history is more complicated than one afternoon in Los Angeles.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTCade Mays’ wrist injury leaves Detroit without its new starting centerhttps://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-001https://sameoldtimelions.com/desk/dispatches/d-001The starting center signed in free agency to stabilize Detroit's line faces a significant training-camp absence before playing a regular-season snap.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT