It’s been 17 years in the Motor City, but all good things must come to and end eventually.
17 seasons
260 career gamesThank you, Don pic.twitter.com/E2FGjdQ6sE
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) August 17, 2021
Veteran long snapper Don Muhlbach has been released by the Lions after 260 career games. According to new head coach Dan Campbell, it was simply time.
“Look, I got the utmost respect for Don,” said Campbell, a former teammate of Muhlbach’s in Detroit. “He was a pro. He was an even better person. He meant a lot to this organization. He always represented it well. He’s an outstanding teammate who’s always locked in. A man of his word. So I hate it, man. This is the hardest time, especially a player like him.”
And just like he’s done throughout his entire career, he handled the difficult news in a professional manner.
“As he’s done his whole career, he handled it like a pro,” Campbell said. “He appreciated that we talked to him, brought him out there, sat with him for a while. … We wanted to make it as good as you could under the circumstances.”
“It’s time,” Campbell continued. “And look, I told those guys out there, as weird as this may sound, this doesn’t mean that he was beaten out. Daly’s here, he’s still got to compete for a job. And he knows that, as does everybody else on this roster. But it just, it was time. And like I say, shoot, man, I wish him the best, him and his family. He’s a stud and I hate that we had to be the ones to do this.”
– – Quotes via The Detroit Free Press
