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The Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jags have completed a trade. The Lions are sending Gerald Alexander to the Jags in exchange for veteran WR Dennis Northcutt. Gerald Alexander has shown promise for the Lions. His downfall has been his ability to stay healthy. Alexander was out for the season as of week 6 last year. Alexander has 88 tackles and 2 INTs in 17 career starts (2 seasons). Dennis Nothcutt will be added to the already large list of WRs in Detroit. He will compete with Bryant Johnson and Ronald Curry for the #2 spot. Northcutt had 44 catches for 545 yards and 2 TDs last year with Jacksonville.
Being a Lions fan these days is not easy. Everyone knows that the Lions officially were the worst team in the history of the NFL last season. To make matters worse, we know have to listen to the man who tore the Lions down brick by brick every Monday Night on Monday Night Football. Source http://www.caffeene.com/nfl/news-article.php?A_SCH=millern-joins-mnf-2009 “Matt Millen is one of the best television analysts in the business and we welcome him back to the booth on Thursday Night Football,” NFLN President and CEO Steve Bornstein said in a release. “Matt’s candor, knowledge and passion for the NFL, partnered with Bob Papa, make them a very entertaining and informative announcing team.” I am not sure I would call Matt Millen “one of the best television analysts in the business” since he obviously could not analyze enough to include quality players in Detroit. He couldn’t draft a winner. He couldn’t hire a coach properly. Most of all, he sure could put together a winning team in any of his seasons. He was 31-97 overall as a GM. That makes me question how the worst GM in the history of the NFL (that is fact, not opinion) could possibly be credible. Will I watch Monday Night Football with Matt Millen? Not bloody likely!
The NFL Network had a on-going survey leading up to this week on who NFL fans would rank all 32 NFL teams. It is absolutely no shock that the Lions ranked 32 out of 32. Tonight NFL Total Access will hilight the Detroit Lions and the panels thoughts on the up coming season. Hopefully they will touch on the improvements in every aspect that the Lions have made. It is easy for fans who only follow their own team to rate the Lions the worst. The panel on the show should be educated enough (in the upcoming season) to see that the Lions will not be the worst.
The burning question amongst Detroit Lions fans these days is “Have the Lions done enough not to repeat as the worst team in the NFL?” Part 1: DefenseBeyond a shadow of a doubt, the defense was the main reason why the Lions went 0-16. With Rod Marinelli’s approach to character instead of talent, the Lions were the worst defense in the NFL… by far. The poor play was foreshadowed when Matt Ryan threw his first ever NFL TD on his first ever NFL pass. An yes, you guessed it, it was against the Lions. Additions to the DefenseThe Lions have made some key additions on the defense for the 2009 season. Coach Jim Schwartz has addressed the needs through free agency and the draft. Julian Peterson: Julian Peterson is a multiple time pro-bowl OLB. He will make a solid partner to Ernie Sims on the outside. With this trade (which sent Corey Redding to Seattle) the Lions already improved the defense many times over. Larry Foote: The Lions signed Larry Foote to a 1 year deal in the off-season. Larry was the starting MLB in both the Steelers recent Superbowl runs. Foote will tighten up the middle. Last year the opposition has a field day in passing over the middle. Louis Delmas: The Lions used their 33rd overall pick on Louis Delmas. Delmas is a high motor, hard hitting safety. He was described by most draft experts as the best safety in the draft. The Lions have been lacking durability at the safety position for years. Hopefully Delmas will fix this. Philip Buchanon- The Lions strengthened the CB position will the addition of Buchanon. Buchanon joined the Lions from Tampa Bay where he excelled. Let’s hope he does the same in MoTown! Grady Jackson- The Lions need some beef to replace the failed experiment that was Corey Redding. Jackson is very experienced and respected in the NFL. He will be a tutor for the young blood DTs acquired in the draft. Have the Lions done enough on defense to avoid further disaster? I believe the answer is yes.
The Detroit Lions have signed Georgia QB Matt Stafford one day before the 2009 NFL Draft. Stafford and the Lions had been working out the details of a contract for days.
The Detroit Lions unveiled their brand new logo at Durham Sports today. President Tom Lewand unveiled the new logo to mixed reaction from the fans in the crowd. The reaction was not due to the poor design but the limited changes.  New Detroit Lions Logo The Lions also unveiled their new jerseys today at the same press conference. The color scheme is similar but the font is the major change. The new font is a league exclusive and will be associated only with the Detroit Lions. Quote of the Day: Tom Lewand to a group of children he brought up on stage… “Ever since you guys have been born, we haven’t been very good. We are going to give you a football team you can be proud of, even though you shouldn’t be skipping school.” The crowd at the press conference gave chants of “Curry! Curry!” and “Don’t draft Stafford!” when Lewand was speaking. This is an on-going battle between two segments of Detroit Lions fans towards the upcoming draft. Half want LB Aaron Curry and the other half want a new QB in Matt Stafford. We’ll see Saturday who gets their way.
Here is the 2009 Detroit Lions schedule. It is no surprise that the Lions have no feature games except the annual Thanksgiving games. I will give my thoughts on the strentgh of schedule once I give it a good look. 1 Sun, Sept. 13at New Orleans SaintsFOX1 p.m.
The Lions are making some changes and they will be revealed to the public in about a week.
The interesting thing here will be to see if the logo leaked on NFL.com was indeed the real new logo. If so it isn’t a huge change. The only noticable difference is a few white streaks added to the current Lion. We’ll see April 23.
The folks over at ProFootballTalk.com are saying that Matt Stafford is claiming he has the first overall pick in the bag. The story is that Matt Stafford is telling former Georgia teammates that he is the pick and it is locked up.
If this is true then the Lions forgot to tell Stafford about their gag order. Stafford will look foolish if this doesn’t happen. He needs to remember that the draft time is pretty cut-throat and many teams tell player that they are “their guy”. I am in favor of Matt Stafford being a Lion but he shouldn’t count his chickens… |
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