As you might imagine, the group setting on one end of Saturday night’s megadeal was causing consternation—via an annoying echo created by Lion voices showing up on each other’s phones—on the other end of the call.
“Mute your mic!” said one of the guys in California.
Appropriate, given the teams were about create the first mic-dropping moment of an offseason that’s coming with the promise of quarterbacking chaos.
Minutes later, the deal was done. Matthew Stafford got he wanted. Sean McVay got what he wanted. And the Lions, in an admittedly-rebuilding posture, walked away with a massive haul.