Will Burchfield

1 day ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

After spending his entire life on the offensive line, Hank Fraley had a chance to be an offensive coordinator this season -- a more glamorous and lucrative position. He chose to stay in the trenches in Detroit. Fraley, 47, interviewed twice this offseason for the Seahawks offensive coordinator job, and was a rumored target of Ben Johnson and the Bears. Dan Campbell and the Lions weren't going to lose him, not that Fraley wanted to leave.

1 day ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

Outside the walls of Comerica Park, it's spoken as fact: Javy Baez is doing more this season than the Tigers could have possibly expected. Inside of them, "that's not how we think," A.J. Hinch said Monday night after Baez collected three more hits in the Tigers' rout of the Red Sox. "We don't spend time putting expectations on his play. Go be Javy Baez and contribute to a win any way you can.

1 day ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

With high-tops on his feet, John Morton ran the fastest 40-yard dash at the 1993 NFL combine: a blazing 4.39 seconds. Jameson Williams wasn't healthy enough to run the 40 at his combine, but insists he could clock a 4.1. Morton wouldn't doubt it. Asked how his prime speed compares to Williams', the new offensive coordinator for the Lions smiled and said, "Not even close.""Not even close, man. I was a long strider, so I'd have to get going. He can go from zero to 60 fast.

2 days ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

When he steps to the plate Monday night in Detroit, Alex Bregman knows he might hear it from the fans he left at the altar this offseason. "It's all good," he said with a smile Monday afternoon. "It wouldn't be the first time, won't be the last time I've been booed before in my life."After choosing the Red Sox over the Tigers in what became a very public free agent negotiation, Bregman is expecting a similar reception at Comerica Park "to the one that I've gotten here over the last six years.

3 days ago | audacy.com | Will Burchfield

A quarterback through high school, Isaac TeSlaa doesn't really know when it clicked for him that he was good enough to be a receiver in the NFL: "When I was old enough to think, I was always thinking I was gonna be an NFL player." The Michigander who showed up for his pre-draft visit in Allen Park wearing the customized Lions jersey that he's had since eighth grade with his name and No. 10 on the back hit the field last Friday in a jersey that will soon be for sale inside Ford Field: "Number...