Lions coach wants players to fess up on injuries
No pain, no gain, right?
Part of being a NFL player is playing through injuries. At least that's the perception. The unwritten rule is that you suck it up and do everything you can to stay on the field.
But does that type of mentality sometimes become a detriment for both the player and the team?
Detroit Lions secondary coach Marcus Robertson has seen the negative side of...
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Lions Keep CB Chris Greenwood On PUP List, Ending His Season
Chris Greenwood will have to wait until next fall to make his NFL debut.
The Detroit Lions decided to keep Greenwood, a fifth-round pick out of Albion, on the reserve physically unable to perform list today, ending his rookie season before he played a game.
Greenwood underwent abdominal surgery in May to correct a sports hernia and missed all of training camp. The Lions activated...
Detroit Lions Links: Could Chris Greenwood Be Close to Returning to Practice?
Here is the latest news on the Detroit Lions news heading into their Week 6 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles… • A lot of news about fifth round rookie cornerback Chris Greenwood coming out today. He is eligible to return off … Continue reading →
Lions sign former Jets cornerback Justin Miller
The Detroit Lions have signed former New York Jets cornerback Justin Miller as they try to fill a position weakened by their dismissal of the legally challenged Aaron Berry and the loss to injury of Chris Greenwood.
The Lions said Wednesday that they signed Miller and cut wide receiver Marcus Harris.
Miller was drafted by the Jets in 2005 and last played for the team in 2009.
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July 25, 2012
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Lions Rookie Cornerback Chris Greenwood Out With Abdomen Injury
Subtract another cornerback from the competition. After terminating the contract of probable starter Aaron Berry on Monday, the Lions announced that rookie cornerback Chris Greenwood, their fifth-round pick out of Albion, will start the season on the physically unable to perform list. The Lions said Greenwood tore a muscle in his lower abdomen during an OTA practice in May. The injury...
Lions sign first round pick Riley Reiff, Broyles and Greenwood will start training camp on the PUP list
Monday the Lions tied up their final loose end from this past draft when they signed Riley Reiff to a four-year rookie contract worth and estimated $8 million dollars with $6.5 million guaranteed.
The signing allowed Reiff to report to rookie training camp today along with the other Lions draft picks.
Detroit getting Reiff under contract is obviously significant but it may be even...
Former Albion DB Greenwood now with hometown Lions
Detroit Lions defensive back Chris Greenwood is trying to make quite a jump.
Drafted in the fifth round out of Albion College, Greenwood has been at rookie minicamp with his hometown team. Greenwood is from the Detroit area and went to Martin Luther King High School. He says it's a big adjustment, going from Division III to an NFL camp, but it's an important experience for...
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May 13, 2012
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Lions draft Albion College CB Chris Greenwood
The Detroit Lions drafted some bigger names from big-time schools this past weekend. Three players from Oklahoma one from Iowa. And they also took a couple from smaller schools – New Mexico State, Temple and Louisiana-Lafayette. In the sixth round, they drafted a cornerback from Division III Albion College in Albion, Michigan. His name is Chris Greenwood.
Greenwood became...
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