Found October 23, 2009 on
The Lions In Winter:
PLAYERS:
Ed Johnson,
Chuck Darby,
Clinton Hart,
Marquand Manuel,
Ko Simpson,
Steve Gregory,
Grady Jackson,
Dewayne White,
Jason Hunter,
Landon Cohen,
Albert Haynesworth
TEAMS: Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins
TEAMS: Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins
It’s (finally) mailbag time! Most of the questions I received had to do with a very round peg that just might fill a very big hole in the Lions’ lineup. I'll print David M, of NFLDraftBlogger.com's instance: I saw that Ed Johnson of the Colts was released today. We need DT help and he's a decent DT that hasn't been playing up to standards and being lazy (the reason for release was listed as him being overweight at 315 pounds). He got his wake up call from the Colts, so do you think the Lions will attempt to sign and shape him up? Johnson is an interesting case. The 6’-2”, 296# DT was released from the Colts last year, after a traffic stop resulted in the discovery of marijuana in his car. He was re-signed by the Colts seven months later--after, essentially, promising to be good. However, he was released again last week. When pressed for a reason why, Colts coach Jim Caldwell denied that it was a character issue, saying that it wa...
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