Dan Campbell was terse when asked for an update on Ifeatu Melifonwu’s health Saturday morning.

By Saturday afternoon, the Detroit Lions had placed Melifonwu on injured reserve.

Melifonwu, who had a strong finish to the 2023 season, has not played this year due to an ankle/Achilles injury he suffered in training camp.

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He was expected to play as a rotational at safety this fall, though the Lions have gotten strong play from starters Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph.

Joseph (two) and Branch (one) have accounted for all three of the Lions’ interceptions this year.

Melifonwu, in the final year of his rookie contract, had two interceptions and three sacks in six starts last season after missing 17 games his first two years with injuries.

The Detroit Tigers overcame huge odds to earn an AL Wild Card spot in a year when they didn’t even have a winning record at the trade deadline. Now, they’re preparing for October. Stars like Tarik Skubal and Riley Greene will be important for their success, but there is always a playoff breakout player. In this case, CBS Sports is predicting that it will be their top prospect, Jackson Jobe.

Jobe is currently the top pitching prospect in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline. He was recently called up for his much anticipated debut and threw a great inning out of the bullpen.

While he did throw a scoreless inning of relief, it’s the only action he’s gotten so far. So why is he considered a breakout?

“He’ll be pitching out of the bullpen the rest of the way this year, but rest assured that his future is in the rotation. In two games at the Triple-A level, he showcased an arsenal that included, among other offerings, a 96.5 mph fastball that featured more than 17 inches of induced vertical break. Jobe tallied a 2.36 ERA and notched more than a strikeout per inning pitched across his 21 minor-league appearances this season,” writes R.J. Anderson.

The 22-year-old has a real chance to be a huge weapon out of the bullpen this postseason. Even if he is just going to pitch out of the pen, as a starter, he could throw multiple innings if needed. When he doesn’t, he can let his great arsenal loose.

Jobe, who has less than 300 career innings, has maybe the best stuff among pitching prospects. On the 20-80 scouting scale, with 50 being average, he has three pitches of 60 or better, which is above average.

His 60-grade changeup is the lowest rated pitch of the three, but is still a plus offering. He sits at 96-97 mph on the fastball, which isn’t even his best pitch. That would be his slider, which is considered “plus-plus” and is one of the best offspeed pitches in the minors.

Take all of that together, and it’s a dangerous recipe in one inning of work in the playoffs. He believes in his stuff, and as long as he can pitch to his potential, Detroit could find multiple ways to use him.

The worry would be that he is inexperienced and the playoffs are different than the regular season. While true, talent always breaks through. If the Tigers want to make a deep run, Jobe will need to be a part of that.

With social, political and financial tensions at a boiling point, two Detroit restaurant owners are carving a space in the heart of Midtown for guests to unwind and commune over affordable drinks and simple eats in a relaxed setting.

Dirty Shake, a new cocktail bar concept by Doug Hewitt and Sandy Levine, comes as the duo’s fourth establishment behind award-winning Detroit restaurants Chartreuse and Freya and cocktail bar Dragonfly. It’s the fifth entity for Levine, who owns The Oakland, a craft cocktail bar in Ferndale.

The partners, who were nominated for a James Beard Award in the category for Outstanding Restaurateur in 2023, are known for their higher-end concepts. Freya, a tasting menu restaurant in the Milwaukee Junction neighborhood, landed on both the Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Best New Restaurants list in 2022 and the New York Times list of 50 Favorite Restaurants of 2022.

In 2023, Dragonfly was named Best Cocktail Bar by the Free Press for its exceptional bar program with a specialty in innovative nonalcoholic beverages. And back in 2016, Chartreuse took the top spot as the Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Restaurant of the Year.

Dirty Shake, however, will be a fun departure.

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“This is definitely going to be very different from our current places,” Levine said of the latest project. Though currently under construction, there’s an industrial simplicity to the space. The bar, which sits at 4642 Second Ave., is lined with brick walls and features hardwood flooring and steel details. “No frills, just a fun place to be that has affordable drinks and food.”

The goal at Dirty Shake is to recreate the look and feel of classic old Detroit bars. The “Cheers” bar, where everybody knows your name. Where there are regulars of all demographics.

Positioned near Detroit’s Wayne State University campus, Hewitt and Levine envision a place where young college students can stop in to watch the Lions play a milestone game — say, the Super Bowl, perhaps.

They see it as a place where those who work in Detroit but live elsewhere might visit for a bite and a drink after their shift ends to kill time during rush hour.

“It’s that place you can go to between work and home three to four times a week,” he said.

Here, you might even find Detroiters dressed to the nines after taking in a performance at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra or a musical at the Fox Theatre.

“We wanted to have a place that’s for everyone,” Levine said.

When it opens, Hewitt and Levine said Dirty Shake will offer service seven days a week with a drink menu of affordable and approachable slushies, a variation on a hummer cocktail, creative non-alcoholic options and other drinks that pay homage to offerings at classic, old-time Detroit bars.

There will also be a small food menu curated by Hewitt, the chef behind Chartreuse, Freya and Dragonfly. To start, Hewitt said the bar will offer just six to eight items — not much more beyond wings, a vegetable and a burger — with an open mind for expanding to specials and features down the line.

“We have the ability and ambition to amp it up … but we want just a base menu that we know is sturdy, that’s DoorDash-able, that’s affordable, delicious and can be put in a box,” Hewitt said.

At Dirty Shake, there will be an option to order food to-go, a patio to enjoy a cocktail and a bite when the weather permits and a few televisions throughout to watch Detroit’s biggest games.

“Detroit is on the cusp of having four solid sports teams, so this will be a great place to congregate in the living area and watch a game,” Hewitt said. “Detroit loves sports and they’re fun to watch right now.”

The name Dirty Shake references the quick-and-dirty method of shaking the ingredients for a cocktail in a shaker tin, and dumping all of the contents into a standard glass rather than neatly straining the beverage into its respective vessel.

“At the end of our marathon shifts at The Oakland, after making intricate, fancy cocktail after cocktail, we would make ourselves these super simple drinks that we would just dump into the glass and just crush,” Levine said.

The technique, he said, embodies the new spot — “again, no frills, just drinks that taste really, really good.”

Dirty Shake, anticipated opening November 2024, 4642 Second Ave., Detroit.