Tigers era ends, Lions get a Jamal Williams reunion push, and the Wings enter a big season stretch

It is the end of an era for Tigers baseball. I'm Dustin Fiocco with Detroit Sports Nation

It is time for your daily rundown on this Wednesday and I want to kick things off with

a healthy dosage of Tigers talk. Now I admittedly have been very harsh on this baseball team

all season long. Lots of us had high expectations for the squad to make it to the postseason

for a third straight year. Also many people predicting the Tigers to win the division

How it all unfolded, we're not seeing either. No division win and definitely no trip to the postseason

A very disappointing year. However, as we are coming to the close of this baseball season

lots of changes for this organization moving forward, and it's all coming with an end of an era

We will call it the Comerica Park era. News announced earlier this week

this new stadium the Tigers are going to be playing at is now going to be called fifth third, I'm sorry, fifth third fields, no longer Comerica Park

Lots of fans are upset with the name change. I think it's fair given the fact that the way this

team is constructed, they are guaranteed to typically finish anywhere between fifth and

third in the standings for the division. Nevertheless, the Comerica Park era is coming

to an end. I know lots of people are upset with the name change. They want Tiger Stadium. They said

they'd still call it Tiger Stadium. We heard the same thing when it switched to Comerica Park

For me, it's not a matter of what the name of the field is. It's the product you put on it

Not only is the Comerica Park era coming to an end, but another era coming to an end this weekend

Justin Verlander will have his final start as a Tiger He have his final start as a starter in Major League Baseball This will be his last time pitching rightfully so in a Tigers jersey And you want to talk about the Comerica Park era

We've seen lots of great things in this era. We've seen a couple of trips to the World Series, several good entertaining playoff runs

perhaps the greatest hitter in modern day baseball, Miguel Cabrera. So many great pitchers, from Tarek Skubal to Max Scherzer

And yes, perhaps none bigger than Justin Verlander, the man that will be taking the mound on Saturday against the Pirates

And Justin Verlander coming back to Detroit, you can argue it till the day comes to an end

Probably not the right signing by Scott Harris given the fact that he has not pitched at all this season

Aside from that one awful start that only lasted a couple of innings, he was brought in for two reasons

One, to help get this team to the postseason. That didn't happen

to end his career as a Tiger. That's exactly what we're going to see on Saturday

He ends his career wearing the old English tee. I think that's a rightful way to end his career

He's provided so many great memories for us. If you want to drop your favorite Justin Verlander memory in the comments

I would love to see it. He gave us so many things to root for over the years

He got us to the World Series a couple of times. JV, we appreciate all you've done for Detroit

I wish it was a better ending, but we are glad to see you end your career as the Tiger

Now, somebody else that also had a career here in Detroit that wants to come back

let's shift gears to the Lions. Jamal Williams, you remember that guy

He used to play for Dan Campbell in this Lions squad. That was before we had Jameer Gibbs out there and doing his best impersonation of Barry Sanders But before we had Jameer Gibbs we had Jamal Williams and he was a great running back for the Lions Now I think he was a product of having a good team behind him to help him plow

forward for those yards, but Jamal Williams, he was a fan favorite here in Detroit, and before we

got Gibbs, he was the guy that was the RB. Well, as it's very well known for us Lions fans

We only have one back in Jameer Gibbs. Isaiah Pacheco gone for the bulk of the season

However, Jamal Williams, he's made it clear he would like to return to Detroit

Reports indicating that he's reached out to Dan Campbell about a possible reunion with the Lions

We've got the articles posted on it. Make sure you give him a check out. But I am totally cool with that

Now, I was also very cool with letting Jamal Williams walk when we didn't want to give him the bag he wanted

it. Obviously, it worked out well for the Lions. We got Gibbs and we had a good healthy dosage of

Gibbs and Montgomery for those couple of years. I liked that combo. Right now, we got Jameer Gibbs

and that's it. We've got no supporting cast member for Jameer Gibbs at running back. I like the idea

of bringing in Jamal Williams. I'm all for it. If that's the move the Lions organization wants to

make, go for it. If you have any oppositions, let me hear them. But I see nothing but positives of

bringing Jamal Williams back to this Lions team as running back number two in support of Jameer

Gibbs. Now the Red Wings, let's talk about them. They had a preseason game yesterday. They are now

500 in preseason games. If you want to count that as a real statistic, they won yesterday. They lost

their first affair Real story when it comes to the Red Wings though start of the season is approaching That is next Friday still counting down the days for the Red Wings Not high expectations for many people I actually gone on record to stay this and I going to stick with it

I think the Red Wings somehow sneak into the playoffs this year. They're going to be a sneaky team

Everybody's counting them out. Nobody thinks they're going to be any good. I think a shift from general manager to whatever it is we're doing with management now

I think that is actually going to spark this team up. And I do have this team going to the postseason

Now, whether that's with or without Dylan Larkin, that's yet to be seen

But the fact is, our season starts next Friday. Meanwhile, let's still stick with more football

We've got big games for Michigan, big games for Lions, if we just want to throw those out really quick

Michigan against Iowa on Saturday. Michigan, the home favorites, looking to get another win against a ranked opponent

Big challenge for the Wolverines if they win that. I think they have a bright future for the rest of the season

and they can really put to bed a lot of the narratives that they've had a disappointing start

dating back to that performance against Western. Meanwhile, also a chance of redemption for those Lions who we did talk about

with Jamal Williams possibly wanting to return to this team. Lions against another former Lion in Aaron Glenn

His Jets, who are off to a 500 start on the year, they just took the Packers to overtime

It's Dan Campbell versus Aaron Glenn. It's Lions versus Jets. Lions get favored to get the win

Hopefully they improve to 2-1 on the season. Those are my thoughts, guys

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