Noted Detroit analyst channels Hendon Hooker sentiment Lions fans can get behind

Filling in as a co-host on Woodward Sports' "Big D Energy" Friday, noted Detroit sports media personality Terry Foster acknowledged (seemingly jokingly) how he forgot the Lions were playing in the Hall of Fame Game. He noted how he wanted to see how some individual players did, so he watched.

Of course the current state of the competition for the No. 2 quarterback spot was an obvious part of the conversation about the game, at which point Foster needed to get something off his chest (NSFW).

"If I hear one more motherf**cker say, 'you know, Hendon Hooker can run, I think he should take over for Jared Goff’, I’m going to eat your children", Foster said.

Leaving aside if anyone is actually saying that about Hooker at this point, that's quite the quote.

Later in the show, the QB2 topic came back around and the idea of a late preseason move was being discussed if the Lions aren't happy with Hooker and/or Allen. Foster said he thinks Allen will assert himself as the top backup, and make a move to trade for someone else unnecessary.

Fellow fill-in co-host Anson Wells brought up the scenario where the Lions would expose Hooker to waivers and hope to get him back on the practice squad (Wells thinks Hooker would get claimed by another team). Having Hooker as the No. 3 quarterback feels pointless, if that possibility becomes real.

"I think they'll try to trade him", Foster said.

That prompted a discussion about Hooker's naturally diminished trade value, due in part to how the Lions replaced him with Teddy Bridgewater late last season. With the inevitability Hooker will be gone after his rookie contract expires in 2026, what a show contributor called the "Hendon Hooker experiment" will be over.

Hooker can change the narrative if he crushes it in upcoming preseason games against the Atlanta Falcons (Aug. 8) and Miami Dolphins (Aug. 16). If he does so, in a win-win for the Lions, he'd either assert himself as the No. 2 quarterback or resuscitate his trade value.

In any case, with what was said after the profane remark, Foster and the rest of the "Big D Energy" crew channeled where a lot of Lions fans (and analysts) are with Hooker right now.