Friday Notes: Lions Place Stephen Peterman on IR, Sign Eric Fowler

by Sean Yuille on Nov 20, 2009 5:13 PM EST in Detroit Lions Notes

My thoughts go out to Chris Spielman and his family, as his wife, Stefanie, passed away yesterday after a long and courageous fight with breast cancer.
I was a bit surprised that Stephen Peterman wasn't one of the players placed on injured reserve earlier this week, because the ankle injury he suffered during the Vikings game looked pretty serious. Peterman was in an immense amount of pain and though he managed to walk off the field without any help, he had to be carted off to the locker room from the sideline. It was apparent the injury was serious, but nobody was really sure just how serious until today. I say that because the Lions have now placed Peterman on IR, ending his season. He will probably have to undergo ankle surgery, which is why the Lions went ahead and ended his season.
Replacing Peterman on the roster is wide receiver Eric Fowler, who was activated from the practice squad. A replacement for Peterman was really already signed earlier this week when Melvin Fowler joined the team, so the Lions decided to promote Fowler to fill the latest open spot on the active roster.
Kalvin Pearson and Ernie Sims are out this week.
It was thought that Cleveland's Joshua Cribbs might be out as well, but now it looks like he will play on Sunday against the Lions.
The reason Louis Delmas' absence from last Sunday's game was so unexpected was because Delmas himself thought he was going to play despite having a root canal and dental surgery on the Friday before the game. All was fine up until kickoff was approaching, which is when he realized he was in too much pain and couldn't play. It happened so soon before kickoff that he wasn't even on the inactive list, which actually ended up hurting the Lions' depth because so many other players got hurt during the game.
Jim Schwartz made some adjustments to the team's schedule this week in order to get ready for playing two games in five days.
The fate of the Silverdome will be decided by a judge by Monday at the latest.
Ernie Sims and a few of his snakes visited a class of fourth-graders earlier this week to talk about reptiles.
Shaun Rogers talked about his time in Detroit earlier this week.

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gahhhh

the line was already crap, and now we got no RG. Shaun Rogers is gonna have a career day

The beginning of the end of the misery

by Latif Masud on Nov 20, 2009 5:41 PM EST reply actions

Man, I was hoping Cribbs would be out

Oh well, at least he isn’t a major offensive weapon.

2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.

by Hyperion Ecta on Nov 20, 2009 5:52 PM EST reply actions

He's not a lock to play according to Jim Brandstatter

I know a lot of people dislike the HUGE show, but he had Brandstatter on today and Jimmy said that Cribbs might not play.

by KDawg on Nov 20, 2009 9:06 PM EST up reply actions

He also said that he thinks the Lions will win this one

because the Browns are hurting on offense…..

We’ll see.

by KDawg on Nov 20, 2009 9:07 PM EST up reply actions

Update

According to Eric Mangini, Josh Cribbs will in fact play on Sunday……

by KDawg on Nov 21, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions

All I know is if we allow Brady Quinn to shred our secondary I am reallly going to have to give Gunther an F for game planning and an F for the season. Quinn is atrocious and we should be able to keep the Browns to many 3 and outs.

I spray paint my dog Honolulu Blue and Silver

Pic - me vs. Bears fans

by NYCLionsfan on Nov 20, 2009 6:44 PM EST reply actions

Actually The.....

…..Hasnt been that bad…..Id say its much better then last year and I atribute that to Gunther and his scheme…..The only coach Id be worried about is the secondary coach…..Other then that I think Gunther schemes have been fine.

by BennieBladesFan on Nov 20, 2009 7:27 PM EST up reply actions

Bennie

Gunny is responsible for the entire D. I like the improved run defense but the secondary is beyone atrocious – worse than last year.

I spray paint my dog Honolulu Blue and Silver

Pic - me vs. Bears fans

by NYCLionsfan on Nov 20, 2009 8:35 PM EST up reply actions

Rogers

All I can say is that if Shaun Rogers came back to the Lions I would welcome him with open arms……….unfortunately I don’t see that happening anytime soon. I think that could be the worst trade in NFL history, thanks Millen!

by douglazz63 on Nov 20, 2009 11:43 PM EST reply actions