Worst nightmare: Just now The Detroit Lions’ Legend Jared Goff pass away at 29….#RIP

After seven years at The Detroit News, this is farewell.

This will be my last byline for the publication. I’ve been blessed by so many aspects of this tenure, but it’s time to pursue something new.

I can’t thank you, the readers, enough for your support.

With the start of training camp days away, we’re going out with a mailbag. If you ever want to reach out, I’ll be around on social media.

The easiest conversations develop when you’re able to naturally connect on a personal level.

That’s happened many times over the years, but some of the players who stick out from my experiences include Lawrence Jackson, Nate Burleson, Hakeem Valles, Alex Anzalone, Larry Warford, Frank Ragnow, Taylor Decker, Dominic Raiola, Rob Sims, T.J. Lang (I guess I have a thing for offensive linemen), and even Matthew Stafford.

Honestly, I’ve had very few negative relationships in my years around the locker room.

Tony Scheffler really didn’t like something I wrote about upcoming cap decisions the Lions had during an offseason, which soured him on me his last season here.

Maybe there was more to it than that, but I know he had a problem with that analysis, specifically.

Admittedly, I was still a young reporter lacking some self-awareness and tact.