NFL teams have been courting free agents since (at least) midnight, and Washington made the first big move, signing Tennessee DT Albert Haynesworth to a monster contract that includes $41 million in guarantees and could be worth $115 million.
The Lions, meanwhile, have somewhere between $35 and $40 million in cap space to work with — [...]

This is a blog, which means I can speculate wildly with only a small connection to actual reported facts. So here goes . . .

Fact: QB Steven Threet is leaving Michigan. Speculation: This feels like a weird time to transfer. I mean, why make this decision in February, in the middle of the second semester? [...]

Today’s High Five:

Lions: Shack Harris is officially on board. There are some other personnel tidbits here as well — Jason Hanson, for instance, isn’t going anywhere despite his free agent status.
Tigers: Tom Gage runs down Detroit’s issues heading into Spring Training.
Pistons: Drew Sharp uses the All-Star break as a chance to assess (bleakly) the state [...]

Today’s High Five:

Here’s a great interview that ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg did with Mark Dantonio about recruiting and the way the Spartans’ coach approaches “soft commitments.”
Indiana’s Devan Dumes is an apologetic and suspended thrower of elbows after the MSU-IU game over the weekend. Goran Suton is just looking out for future generations.
The Lions officially made some [...]

Weekend High Five:

Several sources are reporting that Shack Harris is in line to join the Lions’ front office as the personnel specialist. (Dave Birkett from the Oakland Press blogs that “a person close to Harris said suggestions he could soon be a Lion ‘are not untrue.’”) Harris left the Jaguars at the end of the [...]

Today’s High Five:

Henrik Zetterberg won’t be leaving Detroit any time soon. With his new 12-year contract, the Wings’ star center joins the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera as long-term staples of the Detroit sports scene.
I don’t put much stock in most Pistons trade rumors. But when it’s ESPN’s Chad Ford — friend of Joe Dumars — who [...]