Quote:...Less than 24 hours before that scene played out in the visiting locker room at Ford Field, Smith was in his hometown of Valdosta, Georgia, at his brother’s funeral. Brian Keith Moore was shot and killed on Nov. 13 and Smith took a leave of absence to be with his family. On Saturday, owner Shad Khan gave Smith use of his private plane so he could attend the funeral and join the team in Detroit.


Smith wasn’t the only passenger on board. Posluszny was there, too, because he attended Moore’s funeral. So was running back T.J. Yeldon, who attended his grandfather’s funeral in Daphne, Alabama, on Saturday. Khan’s plane picked up Yeldon in Mobile then picked up Smith and Posluszny in Valdosta.