Thursday Notes: Daniel Bullocks Could Still Be Put on IR

by Sean Yuille on Aug 20, 2009 3:49 PM EDT in Training Camp Comment 12 comments

Although Daniel Bullocks was placed on the waived/injured list, that doesn't necessarily mean he will become a free agent. I have always wondered what being put on the waived/injured list meant, but thankfully Tom Kowalski outlined it in a story today.

Assuming Bullocks clears waivers, the Lions can agree to an injury settlement with him and then waive him or re-sign him in approximately four to six weeks, or they can put him on the injured reserve. If they decide to do the latter, which seems to be the most logical move, Bullocks would become a restricted free agent after the 2009 season. The Lions would still be able to re-sign him and match any offer he receives from another team if they want to bring him back.

The one thing I don't understand about all of this is why Bullocks wasn't simply put on the IR in the first place. It's not like every player who has gone on the IR had to be put on the waived/injured list first, at least not as far as I know. Maybe it is because Bullocks is entering the final year of his contract. I'm not really sure, so if anyone knows or looks up the details of going on the IR and all that, leave a comment sharing what you know/found. I will do some research today and see what I can find.

UPDATE: I missed this at first, but John Niyo explained it in his blog yesterday, saying that before the first round of roster cuts happens, players who have been in the league for less than four years have to be put on waivers prior to going on the injured reserve.
Brandon Pettigrew and Calvin Johnson for sure won't play against Cleveland on Saturday. The same likely goes for Casey FitzSimmons, who just returned to practice this week.
Jim Schwartz is going to announce the starting quarterback for the Cleveland game tomorrow. I expect Matthew Stafford to get the start. The hope is that the Lions will have a better idea of who should be the permanent starter before the third preseason game, which is usually the closest thing to a simulation of a regular season game.
There were two fights during practice this morning.
Keith Smith has returned to practice.
What was supposed to be the Lions' final open practice has been closed to the public since it was moved indoors due to bad weather.
The AP's Larry Lage wrote an in-depth piece on Ramzee Robinson.
Pride of Detroit passed 2,000,000 page views this week!

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C.J.

I think there taking the L.T. aproach with him, that’s fine by me really too.

by msivits on Aug 20, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I heard Madden got the roster update?

Is Jerome Felton on the team now? I’ve been waiting to start my franchise until they put him on the team…

by ZWC11 on Aug 20, 2009 5:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Nope

But I’m waiting for the same thing. Lol

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by Sean Yuille on Aug 20, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What?

So they updated the roster and didn’t put him on the team? Why didn’t they have him on the team when the game came out?

by ZWC11 on Aug 20, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I left a comment on one of the developers blogs on EA sports world

I’m the first one to comment, so hopefully it goes noticed and they take their heads out of their ass…

http://www.easportsworld.com/en_US/blogs/view/bid/3105853

by ZWC11 on Aug 20, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WOO

Just saw Aaron Brown got boosted up +3, he’s now a 67! At least HE didn’t go unnoticed.

by ZWC11 on Aug 20, 2009 5:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think I’ve contibuted quite a bit to that 2 million page views on POD. That number is a credit to all the work and time you’ve put into this site and why we have such a large number of regular and semi-regular members. I know that I check this site anywhere between 5 and 10 times a day. It is the best source for Lions news and discussion. Keep up the spectacular work.

2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).

by Hyperion Ecta on Aug 20, 2009 7:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats Sean

It’s a great blog, man. I enjoy this one more than any other, honestly.

Is anyone worried about Pettigrew not seeing action in the preseason yet thus far? I mean, I know he doesn’t necessarily need it…but it wouldn’t hurt. Schwartz is smarter than me though when it comes to football strategy, so I’ll trust he has the right idea.

After all, Jonathan Stewart missed almost (if not all) of the preseason last year and scored 10 TDs behind Deangelo Williams’ 18 TDs. So, preseason isn’t the do all say all of success in the NFL. Not that Lions fans thought that anyway (2008).

GO LIONS! RESTORE THE ROAR!

by Twon82 on Aug 20, 2009 8:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm worried that he's injured

Schwartz shut him down, which has me worried about the severity of it.

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by Sean Yuille on Aug 20, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

I’m probably a bigger Tigers fan than Lions (at least that’s what I tell myself), but this is always the first place I check on SB Nation.

by Mushy on Aug 21, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Matt Stafford's start

Here is my take…..we will not get an accurate idea of who played better with the first team. The reason I believe this is because Stafford will not have CJ to throw to, while Culpepper did. Also, I am kind of on the fence over which of the two teams (Atlanta and Cleveland) has the better defense. If Stafford comes in and plays well without CJ, and we still score against the Browns 1st team defense, then I would think that the coaches would be looking at which of the two opponent’s defenses are better (along with other mitigating circumstances).

In my opinion, they already know who the week 1 starter will be and they are simply drawing out the drama for the fans and the rest of the league, through the media. The fact that Stafford has been named the starter for tomorrow’s preseason game means nothing. It only means that both DC and MS are getting equal reps with the first team. I believe that no matter who they put under center as the “starter” in the preseason, they already know who will be the regular season starter in week 1 and they are simply giving the two dominant signal callers equal reps with the 1st team offense, as a means of further evaluation.

by KDawg on Aug 21, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs