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Detroit Lions RB Tion Green's big debut capped mom's surprise visit

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When should the Lions fire head coach Jim Caldwell? Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez argue about the situation and process moving forward, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, the day after a 44-20 loss in Baltimore. Detroit Free Press

Tion Green had just checked into the Detroit Lions' team hotel Saturday when he got an unexpected knock on his door.

When Green answered, one of the security guards in charge of keeping visitors off the floor was there with a message: A lady was downstairs claiming to be Green's mother, and asked to see her son.