Pierce Winterbottom is back from the meniscus but has lost a step, and his durability grade has fallen to Fragile. He lost 10.6 points of ability and will not get them back. He has been good for a long time. That counts for something.
Fifteen sacks and one interception across three seasons. For three clubs.
Detroit, Michigan is where he is from. He is thirty-five. He is popular in a way that does not show up anywhere useful. Nobody planned any of it. He was found at a regional combine by a scout whose flight had been cancelled. Before any of it he played the trombone well enough to be offered a scholarship for it.
The club is 13-4. Crash Cavanaugh is in year three of it. The contract runs out in the spring.
He has never once been photographed smiling on a sideline, and always has.