Skip to main content
Thomas John Lang

Thomas John Lang

Former NFL guard and two-time Pro Bowler (Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions), now a sports radio personality on Detroit's 97.1 The Ticket and Lions Radio Network.

Sep 20, 2026

29:35
right? Yeah.
29:37
You could have put a lot – and my biggest issue was that was such – if you watch the video, that was such an awkward press conference where you've got your former captain, disgruntled captain, however you want to put it, sitting next to your interim GM who was kind of like – butting in every once in a while oh no we talked about it it was the whole thing was weird everything's been weird that they've done for the last what four months now um but for dylan and you can't sit up there and say i'm gonna give you answers and you guys deserve the truth and i'm gonna be transparent and then not plead the fifth on everything right like basically that's what he well we're gonna you know i'm not ready to talk about that and i i don't know man it's Have you ever heard injured players talk before? It's so frustrating.
30:27
Injured players don't talk.
30:28
It's not common.
30:29
It's not common.
30:30
And I've never been around an NHL locker room, but at least in football, if you're hurt, if you're not practicing, if you're not participating, you don't have media obligations.
30:41
But for...
34:01
I'm not going to give specific examples, though I have several brewing in my mind.
5:07
It's not
5:07
common.
5:08
It's not common.
5:09
And I've never been around an NHL locker room, but at least in football, if you're hurt, if you're not practicing, if you're not participating, you don't have media obligations.
5:20
But for... they're not to be even like a simple statement of that.
5:25
Those are simple questions.
5:27
And I think Dylan could have helped himself if he said that one of the questions was, is there a chance, you know, that you, that you stay here? If he would have just said, sure, there's a chance we're having discussions, right? I want to see what the leadership's going to look like.

23 MINS LATER

28:45
Like,
4:44
right? Yeah.
4:46
You could have put a lot.
4:47
And my biggest issue was that was such – if you watch the video, that was such an awkward press conference where you've got your former captain, disgruntled captain, however you want to put it, sitting next to your interim GM who was kind of like – Butting in every once in a while.
5:06
Oh, no, we talked about it.
5:08
The whole thing was weird.
5:09
Everything's been weird that they've done for the last, what, four months now.
5:14
But for Dylan, you can't sit up there and say, I'm going to give you answers, and you guys deserve the truth, and I'm going to be transparent, and then plead the fifth on everything.
5:36
Injured players don't

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.