The Lions cut veteran guard Toniu Fonoti today and signed wide receiver Billy McMullen. Last season, McMullen played four games for Seattle, catching...
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Upon hearing the news that several former Lions (David Kircus, Teddy “China Doll” Lehman, and Frank Davis) were recently signed to contracts to play in the burgeoning United Football League, I was left to wonder, Matt Millen is highly-regarded as the worst personnel executive in the entire history of professional sports, what if, it turns [...]
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Detroit Lions defensive end Jared DeVries to miss season with ruptured Achilles tendon
Lions defensive end Jared DeVries will miss the upcoming season after rupturing an Achilles tendon in practice Monday morning.
DeVries suffers injury; Johnson sits out with jammed thumb
Detroit Lions defensive end Jared DeVries left the
practice field on a cart Monday after suffering an apparent ankle injury.
Detroit Lions' Only “Curse” Has Been Their Tendency to Make Bad Decisions
(Author's note: photo is, according to the Chicago Tribune, pub owner Billy Sianis being denied entry into Wrigley Field during the 1945 World Series)
The haggard pub owner traipsed down to the ballpark, as had been his wont, and brought his sidekick with him, as he’d done several times before.
Only this time, the sidekick wasn’t allowed in.
It was the World Series, and seats...
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Our defensive line has had quite the shuffling today. Jared DeVries went down for the season with a ruptured Achilles and the Lions brought in troubled DE/DT hybrid Shaun Smith. DeVries is a costly loss for the Lions but he’s far from irreplaceable. A guy like Kevin Carter, who is still a free agent, gives [...]
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Lions' Bryant Johnson makes camp debut
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Jared DeVries out for season; Lions sign Shaun Smith
While DeVries is lost for the year -- he'll undergo season-ending surgery soon -- Smith is getting a second chance.
Devries out for season, Lions D Line Very Thin
Jared Devries is out for the season. He ruptured his achilles tendon and may be done for good, hopefully he will return ot the NFL one day, but his loss leaves the Lions extremely thin on the Defensive line.
Shaun Smith Happy to be Out of Cleveland
Not exactly the most earth-shattering news, recently released defensive lineman Shaun Smith is on his way to the Lions and could not be happier.
Sports Illustrated’s Don Banks recently took a look at Browns camp. While he had some notes regarding the players that still remain on the roster (”Brady Quinn has the look of a [...]
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