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Detroit Lions Prepping for NFL Kickoff Weekend

Posted by Kevin Mack

September 5, 2007 |

Detroit Lions Prepare for NFL Kickoff Weekend

Lions are finally in a Regular Season routine and are focusing on preparing for the NFL Kickoff Weekend game in Oakland against the Raiders on Sunday at 4:00 Eastern. Your ‘Lion Eyes’ blogger once again has high hopes for a successful campaign for the Gridiron Heroes from Motown.

Lions Coach Rod MarinelliCoach Rod Marinelli has discussed wanting a roster made up of players who have ‘football’ character. I can only hope that the changes the Lions have made since last season has rid the team of its ‘characters’ and brought in play-makers that will help the Lions get back to a team that is not the ‘Homecoming’ team for all the other teams on the schedule. Everything you read and hear about Marinelli from ex-players from his years as an assistant coach at Tampa Bay is all positive.

Even though the Lions disappointed last season with a 3-13 ledger, I believe they are in the process of becoming a team that will cause many teams on their schedule difficulties this year.Here is the Current 2007 Detroit Lions Roster:

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PLAYER POS HT WT AGE YR COLLEGE
8 Jon Kitna QB 6-2 220 34 11 Central Wash.
14 J.T. O’Sullivan QB 6-2 227 31 5 California-Davis
6 Dan Orlovsky QB 6-5 230 23 3 Connecticut
28 Tatum Bell RB 5-11 213 26 4 Oklahoma
State
40 Jon Bradley FB 6-1 310 26 4 Arkansas
State
29 Brian Calhoun RB 5-10 208 23 2 Wisconsin
45 T.J. Duckett RB 6-0 254 26 6 Michigan
State
82 Casey FitzSimmons FB 6-4 258 26 5 Carroll
College
34 Kevin Jones RB 6-0 228 24 4 Virginia Tech
89 Dan Campbell TE 6-5 265 31 8 Texas A&M
49 Sean McHugh TE 6-5 265 25 2 Penn
State
87 Mike Furrey WR 6-0 195 30 5 Northern Iowa
81 Calvin Johnson WR 6-5 235 21 R Georgia Tech
84 Shaun McDonald WR 5-10 183 26 5 Arizona
State
10 Brandon Middleton WR 5-10 190 26 1 Houston
17 Troy Walters WR 5-8 171 30 8 Stanford
11 Roy Williams WR 6-3 211 25 4 Texas
76 Jeff Backus LT 6-5 305 29 7 Michigan
72 George Foster RT 6-5 338 27 5 Georgia
64 Edwin Mulitalo LG 6-3 345 32 9 Arizona
66 Stephen Peterman G 6-4 323 25 3 Louisiana
State
51 Dominic Raiola C 6-1 295 28 7 Nebraska
71 Manuel Ramirez G 6-3 335 24 R Texas Tech
67 BlaineSaipaia C/G 6-3 315 28 4 Colorado
State
73 Jonathan Scott T 6-6 318 24 2 Texas
65 Damien Woody RG 6-3 340 29 9 Boston
College
91 I. Alama-Francis DE 6-5 280 22 R Hawaii
75 Shaun Cody DT 6-4 310 24 3 Southern Cal
95 Jared DeVries DE 6-4 275 31 9 Iowa
98 Kalimba Edwards DE 6-6 265 27 6 South Carolina
79 Langston Moore DT 6-1 305 26 3 South Carolina
78 Cory Redding DT 6-4 295 26 5 Texas
92 Shaun Rogers DT 6-4 340 28 7 Texas
93 Corey Smith DE 6-2 250 27 5 N.C.
State
99 Dewayne White DE 6-2 273 27 5 Louisville

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 Boss Bailey LB 6-3 235 27 5 Georgia
52 Anthony Cannon OLB 6-0 228 22 2 Tulane
54 Teddy Lehman MLB 6-1 238 25 4 Oklahoma
53 ParisLenon MLB 6-2 235 29 6 Richmond
59 Alex Lewis OLB 6-0 230 26 4 Wisconsin
50 Ernie Sims OLB 6-0 225 22 2 Florida
State
42 Gerald Alexander S 6-0 204 23 R Boise
State
44 Idrees Bashir S 6-2 198 28 6 Memphis
32 Tony Beckham CB 6-1 198 28 5 Wisconsin-Stout
25 Fernando Bryant CB 5-11 184 30 9 Alabama
21 Travis Fisher CB 5-10 189 27 6 Central Florida
39 Eric Frampton S 5-11 205 23 R Washington
State
26 Kenoy Kennedy SS 6-1 215 29 8 Arkansas
23 Keith Smith CB 5-11 191 27 4 McNeese
State
31 Stanley
Wilson 		CB 5-11 189 24 3 Stanford
4 Jason Hanson K 6-0 190 37 16 Washington
State
2 Nick Harris P 6-2 218 29 7 California
48 Don Muhlbach LS 6-4 265 25 4 Texas A&M

Source: Detroit Free Press

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