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| Detroit Lions 2009 Training Camp Preview |
NFL Football |
07/23/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - REPORT DATE: July 31st SITE: Detroit Lions Training Facility, Allen Park, MI CAMP OBJECTIVES: Formerly terrible teams with a host of new faces have proven that they could win immediately (see: 2008 Dolphins), but the manner in which the club is able to come together during the month of August is absolutely critical to that success. New Lions head coach Jim Schwartz has a gargantuan order on his hands for a team that was 0-16 and had the most turnover in the league, but there is more talen |
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| Lions acquire WR Northcutt from Jags |
NFL Football |
06/30/2009 |
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| Allen Park, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Lions acquired wide receiver Dennis Northcutt from the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for safety Gerald Alexander on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Northcutt, who spent the last two seasons with the Jaguars, caught 44 passes for 545 yards and two touchdowns in 14 games, including three starts, in 2008. He spent the previous seven seasons with Cleveland. For his career, the wideout has 364 grabs for 4,584 yards and 17 scores in 128 games (59 starts). Alexander, 25, w |
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| Lions give C Raiola contract extension |
NFL Football |
06/25/2009 |
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| Allen Park, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Lions announced on Thursday they have agreed to terms with center Dominic Raiola on a contract extension that will keep him with the club through the 2013 season. Financial terms of the deal were not released. Raiola was selected with the 50th overall pick in the 2001 NFL Draft out of Nebraska and has started 108 of 124 games with the Lions. |
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| Line of Scrimmage: 5 Teams on the Rise, 5 on the Decline |
NFL Football |
06/11/2009 |
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| ley, and that Kansas City will have a large number of winnable games in what looks like the weakest division in the AFC. Look for Arrowhead Stadium to be rocking again soon. Lions Playing the role of the 2008 Dolphins in this year's production...the Detroit Lions. The parallels are many - worst record in the league the year before, no postseason berth of recent vintage, bedrock-low expectations in a high-quality division, new coaching staff and front office, and, most importantly, a wholesale (and much-neede |
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| Lions sign veteran OT Salaam |
NFL Football |
05/21/2009 |
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| Allen Park, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Lions signed free agent tackle Ephraim Salaam on Thursday. Terms of the deal were not released. Salaam, a veteran of 11 NFL seasons, was released by the Texans in February and appeared in 44 games with 30 starts over three seasons with Houston. However, he also lost his starting gig to rookie Duane Brown in 2008. The 32-year-old Salaam has appeared in 154 career games, 129 of those starts, for Houston, Jacksonville, Denver and Atlanta. |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Offseason Power Poll |
NFL Football |
05/15/2009 |
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| spite the selection of left tackle Jason Smith with the No. 2 overall pick last month. Ultimately, this is probably a team that is going to look much better in the second half of the season than the first, with an eye toward contending in 2010. 32 - Detroit Lions (0-16) With all of the new faces both on the roster and Jim Schwartz's coaching staff, this looks like an expansion team. The good news in that respect is that no expansion team has ever gone 0-16, and a team that took almost an identical personnel |
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| Donnan, Dean and Mills among Divisional College Hall inductees |
Division I-AA College Football |
05/12/2009 |
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| ive tackle at Maryland-Eastern Shore (formerly Maryland State College) from 1956-59, earning NAIA All-America status in his final two seasons. The Hawks were 24-5-1 during his career, winning the CIAA title in 1957. He was a fourth-round pick of the Detroit Lions in the 1960 NFL Draft and was selected to six Pro Bowls in his time with the Lions and Los Angeles Rams. With Los Angeles, he was part of a defensive line known as the "Fearsome Foursome." Ashford coached Missouri Valley College for 34 years from 19 |
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| Lions re-sign WR Colbert |
NFL Football |
05/07/2009 |
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| Allen Park, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Lions re-signed free agent wideout Keary Colbert Thursday. Colbert experienced a whirlwind 2008 season that began with the signing of a three-year contract with Denver prior to the season followed by his being traded to Seattle on September 16 for a conditional fifth-round pick in this year's draft. He was then released by the Seahawks on November 11 and signed with Detroit December 1. The 26-year-old hauled in just 12 passes for 116 yards and one touchdown last |
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| Line of Scrimmage: NFL Draft Grades - Part II - The NFC |
NFL Football |
04/27/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - If you're seeking a reason why players, personnel people, and owners around the league are in favor of a salary cap for rookie players, pull up any of the recent stories about new Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. When the Lions officially made him the No. 1 pick in the 2009 Draft on Saturday, Stafford was guaranteed to see at least $41.7 million, and up to $78 million, pass through his bank account over the next half-decade or so. Obviously, Stafford has never |
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| NFL Draft Update |
NFL Football |
04/26/2009 |
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| (The MySportsbook) Round One: 1. Detroit Lions - Matthew Stafford (QB, Georgia); 2. St. Louis Rams - Jason Smith (OT, Baylor); 3. Kansas City Chiefs - Tyson Jackson (DE, L-S-U); 4. Seattle Seahawks - Aaron Curry (OLB, Wake Forest); 5. New York Jets - Mark Sanchez (QB, U-S-C); 6. Cincinnati Bengals - Andre Smith (OT, Alabama); 7. Oakland Raiders - Darrius Heyward-Bey (WR, Maryland); 8. Jacksonville Jaguars - Eugene Monroe (OT, Virginia); 9. Green Bay Packers - B.J. Raji (DT, Boston College); 10. San Franci |
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