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Detroit Lions Need Help in Secondary
The Detroit Lions are in a conundrum of sorts with their defensive secondary. On one hand the team wants to utilize young players like Bill Bentley and Jonte Green, but with their sub-par performance in training camp thus far will the team look for other options. The team’s secondary was probably the main weakness of [...]
TweetDetroit Lions Lose Preseason Opener to Cleveland Browns
The Detroit Lions welcomed the Cleveland Browns to the motor city on Friday for the first game of the 2012 NFL preseason. In what was essentially a meaningless game in terms of statistics and records, the Lions lost to the Browns 19-17 at Ford Field. The Browns came back from a 14-3 halftime deficit to [...]
TweetDetroit Lions Safety Louis Delmas Has Surgery on Knee
The Detroit Lions caught a bad break as starting safety Louis Delmas had surgery on his ailing left knee on Tuesday. Delmas is pretty much the leader of the secondary. The Lions really could not afford to lose him, but he went under the knife to help correct the issues that have plagued his left [...]
TweetDetroit Lions S Louis Delmas Still Not Practicing
The Detroit Lions have had a multitude of problems during the offseason and now the team seems to have been bitten by the injury bug in training camp. The start of the 2012 NFL season is just around a month away, but the Lions have some things to sort between now and then. The preseason [...]
TweetDetroit Lions DE Cliff Avril Reports to First Day of Training Camp
The Detroit Lions caught a huge break this weekend when DE Cliff Avril decided to sign his franchise tender and effectively ended his holdout. He made his debut on Monday, but will not be in pads until Wednesday. The last thing that Detroit needed was for Avril to holdout even longer and start missing games. The [...]
TweetDetroit Lions DT Nick Fairley Waiting to Hear on Suspension
The Detroit Lions welcomed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to their training camp on Thursday. DT Nick Fairley is still waiting to hear what his impending suspension length will be. Fairley has not had his day in court, but even Goodell said that the pattern of behavior and not the court results could be used to [...]
TweetDetroit Lions Need OT Riley Reiff to Step Up
The Detroit Lions may need their first found pick from April’s NFL draft OT Riley Reiff to play sooner than expected. Detroit’s current LT Jeff Backus suffered a thumb injury over the weekend. Reiff has always been considered to be a key part of the team’s future. He was widely expected to contend for a [...]
TweetDetroit Lions Sign First Round Pick OT Riley Reiff
The Detroit Lions have successfully signed NFL first round pick OT Riley Reiff today. The contract is for reportedly four years at an estimated $8 million. This is big news for the Lions organization and their fans and a nice change of pace from the various arrests that have dominated team news as of late. [...]
TweetDetroit Lions are Ready to Open 2012 NFL Training Camp
The Detroit Lions have had an interesting off-season to say the least. An off-season full of arrests has marred the team’s success from the 2011 NFL season. The Lions open training camp this week and for a team that has turned things around and that is supposedly on the up-track a great deal of questions [...]
TweetNFL Rumors: Detroit Lions Will Be Short A Defensive End When Training Camp Starts
Cliff Avril “probably won’t be there” on July 26, when the Detroit Lions open up training camp. With the NFL‘s Franchise Tag Deadline now past, negotiations have come to an end between Avril and the Lions, with neither side able to come to an agreement. Avril and the team are instead forced to table the [...]
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