Monday Notes: Roy Williams Thinks the Lions Practiced Harder Than the Cowboys

by Sean Yuille on Feb 2, 2009 12:51 AM EST in Detroit Lions Notes

The 2009 offseason is officially underway, as the Pittsburgh Steelers ended the season last night with an amazing 27-23 victory over the Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. The game was one of the best Super Bowls of all time, so congratulations to Behind the Steel Curtain. I also want to congratulate Revenge of the Birds, as the Cardinals played their tails off and never quit.
Four former Lions players are on the Steelers and, therefore, are Super Bowl champions.
Fernando Bryant, one of those four players, isn't sure of who actually ran the show while he was in Detroit. He shared that he never once spoke with Matt Millen when he was getting his contract restructured. He only talked to Tom Lewand, which is both strange and concerning considering Lewand was promoted following Millen's departure. I know that Lewand is heavily involved with contracts and stuff like that, but you still would think the GM would be involved when a player is restructuring his contract.
Former Lions offensive lineman Mike Utley was a guest at the Steelers' last practice before the Super Bowl.
Roy Williams raised some eyebrows when he said this on the radio last week:

“I mean, I was there until we were 0-5, I think," Williams said Friday morning on ESPN's "Mike and Mike in the Morning," based in Tampa this week for the Super Bowl.

"You know," Williams continued, "we still had a chance to be in the playoffs at 0-5. Guys were still working. I think, actually, Detroit works harder than Dallas on the practice field. I don’t know why it doesn’t transition to the game field on Sunday."
I'm sure the Cowboys were happy to hear him say that.
Former Lions offensive lineman John Gordy died at the age of 73 on Friday.

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uh

Someone should have told Roy “Talent is the key reason it doesn’t translate on the field.” It’s a real shame that these guys are hard working blue collar guys who suck at the game they play professionally, it just makes this last season even more depressing.

by rmatheny on Feb 2, 2009 9:28 AM EST reply actions

Irrelevant to the topic but......

Did anyone catch that Superbowl commercial last night?

cheeeeessseeeeey, didn’t look very professional either. Well according to my aesthetics.

by BtotheLT on Feb 2, 2009 4:10 PM EST reply actions

Oh man

It was so awful and so cheesy. The shot of Schwartz coming out onto the field with the videoboard in the background was so dumb and over the top. They forced the whole “new era of Lions football” and “we’re doing everything humanely possible to win” theme.

Check out Pride of Detroit, SB Nation's Lions Blog

by Sean Yuille on Feb 2, 2009 4:23 PM EST up reply actions