Delmas Could Be Big Hitter Lions Have Lacked

Chris Spielman looked around at what was going on around him and he could scarcely believe it.It was the summer of 1988. The Lions had just made Spielman their second round pick, a wrecking ball of a linebacker from THE Ohio State University. Spielman was a throwback, a guy who could have played with a leather helmet and been nice and comfy.And he was a winner. He won as a prep student, growing up near Canton, Ohio, where the Pro Football Hall of Fame is located, and playing for Washington High School in football tradition-rich Massillon. The winning continued in Columbus, with OSU.The winning wouldn't come so easily in the NFL for Spielman, because he had the misfortune of being drafted by the Lions, who were a little better in 1988 than they are now, but only by a smidgen.So Spielman launches into his off-season workout regimen and is aghast that precious few of his new Lions teammates want to join in.The ones that bother to hit the weight room with Spielman are both amazed an...