DANTE WESLEY RUMORS & GOSSIP
Detroit Lions moves at trade deadline
The Detroit Lions did not execute any trades prior to the NFL trade deadline but the club did make a few moves. The Lions activated CB Jack Williams off the physically unable to perform list and released DB Dante Wesley. Williams had been undergoing rehab for an ACL injury he sustained during last season with the Detroit Lions.
Dante Wesley basically provided special teams depth...
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October 20, 2010
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Video: Lions decide to move Dante Wesley to safety; battle for right tackle job will continue
It was a move the Detroit Lions coaching staff initially didn't want to make but ended up having no choice. With Ko Simpson (knee) and Louis Delmas (groin) still out of action, the Lions have moved cornerback Dante Wesley to safety.
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August 02, 2010
Wesley had to take less from Lions
Here's an interesting anecdote from the Charlotte Observer, which wrote about how the lack of a salary cap has squeezed the NFL's middle class of free agents.
It's about cornerback Dante Wesley, who left the Panthers for the Lions.
"A decent pass defender who blossomed into a bigger role last year, his value was primarily as a special teamer," the Observer...
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April 13, 2010
The Danny Crossman connection nets the Lions a depth CB
Per the Lions own press release:
The Detroit Lions announced today that they have signed unrestricted free agent CB Dante Wesley to a two-year deal. Additional contract terms were not disclosed.
Wesley's claim to fame, so to speak, was as a Panthers special teams player for the Lions' new special teams coordinator, Danny Crossman. Wesley does add depth to the backfield...
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April 06, 2010
Dante Wesley signed, Hargrove next?
The roster changeover in Detroit continues. The Lions have agreed to a 2 year contract with former Carolina Panther CB Dante Wesley. Wesley was an occasional starter for the Panthers but played primarily on special teams.
Wesley might actually start out the year as a starting CB for the Lions seeing that Detroit released CB Phillip [...]
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April 04, 2010
Wesley gets a call from Goodell
Dante Wesley, suspended Sunday for a flagrant hit on Tampa Bay punt returner Clifton Smith, was back with the team Monday. In addition to apologizing to Smith last week, Wesley said he also received a call from NFL Commissioner Roger...
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October 26, 2009
Wesley apologizes to Bucs' Smith
-- Tampa Bay punt returner Clifton Smith told local reporters Thursday that he received a call from the Panthers’ Dante Wesley, who apologized for his ill-timed hit Sunday in Carolina’s 28-21 victory. Wesley was suspended one game for the hit,...
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October 22, 2009
Wesley apologizes and says: "The league had to do what they had to do"
An apologietic Dante Wesley said he accepted the one-week suspension handed down to him by the NFL today, while maintaining his position that his flagrant hit on Tampa Bay's Clifton Smith was not intentional. "My reaction is the league had...
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October 19, 2009
Suspension to cost Wesley $36,470
Carolina's Dante Wesley will lose $36,470 in pay while he serves an NFL suspension from next Sunday's game against Buffalo for his flagrant hit on Tampa Bay kick returner Clifton Smith in the Panthers' 28-21 win over the Bucs. Wesley...
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October 19, 2009
Carolina Coach Fox: Wesley Hit 'Not Deliberate'
Here’s video and a photo montage of Carolina Panther Dante Wesley’s vicious hit on Tampa Bay Buccaneer Clifton Smith today in Tampa: (Video after the jump) Smith suffered a concussion and a throat injury and was unable to speak after the Bucs 28-21 loss to the Panthers. Wesley was ejected from the game and will [...]
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October 18, 2009
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October 18, 2009
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