Friday Notes: More from the Senior Bowl
by Sean Yuille on Jan 29, 2010 5:30 AM EST
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Print- NFL.com posted a video of an interview with Jim Schwartz.
- Also on NFL.com are mic'd up videos of offensive line coach George Yarno and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Scott Linehan.
- Linehan thinks Kevin Smith will be back before the start of next season.
- Martin Mayhew said that he anticipates bringing in another running back this offseason via the draft or free agency. What that new back's role will be is currently unknown and will probably greatly depend on how Smith's recovery goes.
- In the above-linked interview with Schwartz, Boise State cornerback Kyle Wilson was one of the things discussed. Wilson has been great all week in practice so far, and Schwartz really seems to be a fan of his football skills and attitude. Wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson is impressed with Wilson as well because he has been shutting down Jefferson's players all week.
- Schwartz is also a fan of Idaho offensive lineman Mike Iupati. Iupati's stock is soaring this week, and it is starting to look like he will be a first-round pick. That's too bad for the Lions because Iupati is a great player and would be a great pick at the beginning of the second-round. It's also too bad because we probably won't get to hear Schwartz talk about Iupati's hair again in the future.
"I was kidding him yesterday," Schwartz said. "He’s going to take that Troy Polamalu shampoo commercial away from him, because Mike has much nicer hair than Troy. That hair is like Fabio. It’s flowing. It’s beautiful."
Schwartz didn't say this, but I will add it for him: no homo. - ESPN's Kevin Seifert thinks Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount could be a good match with the Lions.
(More after the jump)
- The Free Press and Detroit News both took a closer look at Kris Kocurek, the Lions' current assistant defensive line coach and likely future defensive line coach.
- Martin Mayhew talked about the Senior Bowl and how it provides such a great opportunity to get to know the players participating in it.
- SI's Don Banks posted his first mock draft, and he has the Lions selecting Gerald McCoy. The same goes at Mocking the Draft, which also has the Lions selecting McCoy.
- Former Lions coaches Joe Barry and Joe Cullen are on the move. Barry is leaving the Buccaneers to be USC's linebackers coach and Cullen is headed to Jacksonville to be the Jaguars' defensive line coach.
- With the Pro Bowl coming up on Sunday, SB Nation took a look at what can be done to fix this event. Quite personally I don't know if it can be fixed, because I really don't have any interest in it whatsoever. Perhaps if the Lions actually had players participating I'd feel different, but the Pro Bowl just doesn't have much intrigue to it. The players typically aren't thrilled to have to play in it, and quite honestly the Senior Bowl is a hell of a lot more interesting than the meaningless Pro Bowl.
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No homo
That is funny Sean….lol.
I like Blount. I think he would be a good addition to the team. I just do not want to see him drafted too high.
The way to fix the Pro Bowl in my opinion
Is to scrap the game and make it entirely a skills competition. A half hearted basketball or baseball game can be entertaining, but football is only good at 100%.
I would be interested in QB’s having an accuracy and distance competition, and receivers having races and some sort of staged “amazing sideline catch” competition, etc.
Offensive players could compete with defensive players in races, obstacle courses, agility drills, etc to settle arguments between RB’s vs LB’s or WR’s vs DB’s , etc.
Heck after watching the Senior Bowl, I would love to see a prize placed on a foam pedestal a few yards behind 2 pro bowl o linemen and see which DE (one at a time) can get the prize in the shortest amount of time through the double team.
Stuff like that.
by HoorayForEverything on Jan 29, 2010 10:14 AM EST reply actions
I would fix it by holding the game in the summer
Make this the first game to kick off the preseason games. Shorten the preseason games to 3 weeks instead of 4. The winning team gets home field advantage in the Super Bowl that year.
Just livin' the dream...
How can a team have home-field advantage at a neutral site?
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by Sean Yuille on Jan 29, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
I guess. The point is to reward the good play of the winning team
Maybe all y’all geniuses here can think of something better. But I think it would help kick off the season and get the hype up, much like the kickoff classic in college…
Having it the week after the superbowl is lame, no one cares. The week before feels too shoehorned in, and it wrongly leaves out those playing in the superbowl.
Or do it like baseball and have it midseason. One Probowl game, that’s it for that weekend. For all the other players not in it, it’s their bye weekend.
Just livin' the dream...
Regardless of when it's played
Players still won’t want to be in it for fear of injury in a meaningless game. That’s the main issue. It will never be even up to the level of a preseason game.
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by Sean Yuille on Jan 29, 2010 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Don't Forget.....
the best celebration dance!! Stafford can teach ‘em a thing or two after last year’s rookie celebration dance contest hahaha
Fixing the Pro-Bowl
You have to develop a proper rivalry. The NFL needs to make the game just one step down from the Super-Bowl in importance. The Pro-Bowl needs to have players wanting to play and play hard for the sake of the rivalry. It should be a real mark of honour, not just an accolade.
The Bringers of Hope: Stafford - Delmas - C. Johnson - Pettigrew - Levy - Hill - Schwartz
Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.
by Hyperion Ecta on Jan 29, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
I agree
with Hooray.
I think it would be much more entertaining to watch a (if even light-hearted) skills competition than a completely half-assed football game with no semblance of competition whatsoever.
I’m thinking of something similar to the now defunct “NFL’s Quarterback Challenge” that they used to hold each year. It was never really serious, but that wasn’t the point of it. At the very least, the players were competitive with one another and they seemed to want to participate in it..
It's not immature to think that a straight MAN, calling another MAN'S hair "BEAUTIFUL",......
sounds gay. It is just flat out honesty. It DOES sound gay to me. I am not afraid of gay people, and I do not have a problem with gay people, but I still think that a straight man making that statement sounds gay…..period.
“No homo” is an urban phrase that is added when a statement (which inadvertently sounds gay) is made. It is added to show that the person making the statement is not gay.
I agree that it comes across as homophobic, but Sean made the statement in jest….not out of immaturity or fear of homosexuals.
Coming out of the closet
I’m a 54 year old male, and a long time Lions fan, but this subject gives me the opportunity to get something huge off my chest. I’ve struggled with it for years. Well, here goes. I………am…….. a…….lesbian. I only do it with women. Ahhhh! I feel so much better!!
Fue un chiste
Sorry I’m in Spanish mode again.
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by Sean Yuille on Jan 29, 2010 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
http://www.wordchamp.com/lingua2/Verb.do?text=chingar&languageID=45
Nope, just spelled it wrong…
Chingas su madre`
Mayhew...
Needs to get a starting caliber RB in a Lions uniform this off season.
The mentality has to be “Kevin Smith will not be ready by the start of the season”.
No ifs, ands or butts.
I'm not going to research running backs untill after the Combine.
fast and violent… (marion barber/AP)
I liked the way Shaun Greene developed this year, though he hasn’t shown the umpfff that he had in college.
o.. me no... the fo probley and rather dwyer he is the ever down back we need
donno any thing about blount
I think we could get Blount in round 3 or 4
..or at least that’s what I’m hoping.
The Bringers of Hope: Stafford - Delmas - C. Johnson - Pettigrew - Levy - Hill - Schwartz
Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.
by Hyperion Ecta on Jan 29, 2010 6:14 PM EST up reply actions
I'd be ok with either of them in the 3rd or 4th, or another big back later
Prefer to keep that 2nd Rounder available to use on other players. (see my sig lines)
Driver of the Kyle Wilson Tour Bus and Keeper of the Dreadlocks!
Proud supporter of DE Jerry Hughes, safety Earl Thomas, and OG Mike Iupati
(Hey, I hear that Eric Berry guy is pretty good, too)
Hey, as long as Zack Follett keeps hitting people, he can rap to Barney the Dinosaur for all I care.
The mentality has to be
that Kevin Smith never was THAT good and his injury is actually a blessing for us because now we can get a good RB. IMO Kevin Smith was never that good, he was too slow and could not break tackles. The line has nothing to do with breaking tackles and being too slow
anybody
but blount. the guy is an ass. We don’t need trouble makers I rather have Mccluster. Or anybody else.
The best there is, The best there was, and the best there ever will be - Bret the Hitman hart
One little issue....
And the guy is an ass…..so he punched a guy who was gloating in his face after a tough loss and he was emotional enough to lash out. Big deal. The guy has attitude….what is wrong with not liking to lose? We need some guys like that. Blount is a good, powerful back…..I’m glad he KOed that dipshit. Maybe the guy will shut his pie hole next time.
I would have punched the guy too...
The guy for Boise State was the one with the attitude problem AND was the one who should have been suspended longer in my opinion.
agreed man
that kid was begging for it, whether he was winning or not. blount was protecting himself and his team and deserved to hit the other kid. i agree woth blount 100% and would do the same in a heartbeat. you can teach mechanics… you can’t teach size, speed, heart, and passion. blount has it all. this kid has a girlfriend, a kid, and a future/life in front of him. tell me he doesn;t understand!!! this kid will fight his heart out for himself….
by yamahawarrior89 on Jan 30, 2010 4:28 AM EST up reply actions
Even if the Bosie kid had it coming
We don’t know what was said do we … I’ve never seen it reported anywhere. He then continued his tirad going for a bit much after that with other people, even when others, were trying to stop him. The inncident was a LOT more then just one punch.
Kyle Wilson is impressing the Lions' coaches with his play and his Delmas-like personality
First Schwartz, now WR coach Shawn Jefferson.
From the article:
Wilson has been the North’s best cover corner this week, perhaps the Senior Bowl’s best, period. He is listed at 5-feet-10, 190 pounds, and projected to be drafted in the first three rounds.
This from Shawn Jefferson:
“He’s got the speed to stay with the receivers, and he’s got the lateral movement in his hips and the good change of direction to stay with the receivers,” Jefferson said. “And he has toughness. The thing I like about him the most, he does not mind getting up and getting in a receiver’s face and challenging him. I like that about him. I love it.”
Wilson’s a fast man cover CB with the attitude of a Delmas. He’s exactly the kind of player Schwartz, Gunther, etc. want here. Perfect fit here, in more ways than one.
Driver of the Kyle Wilson Tour Bus and Keeper of the Dreadlocks!
Proud supporter of DE Jerry Hughes, safety Earl Thomas, and OG Mike Iupati
(Hey, I hear that Eric Berry guy is pretty good, too)
Hey, as long as Zack Follett keeps hitting people, he can rap to Barney the Dinosaur for all I care.
You guys think we'll have a shot at him at the top of the 2nd?
Or will he be gone by then?
I think we got a shot
He was projected as a 3rd-4th Rounder before this week, despite my one-man PR campaign since early December (guess the “experts” don’t read my stuff, lol). Now with his play this week, I’ve heard Wilson mentioned by some as a 2nd Round pick…..not much talk about 1st Round yet. But most of the “experts” haven’t even yet upgraded him to a 2nd Round value, and some Lions fans still scoff at suggestions that the Lions should take him at #34. That will change. It takes time for opinion to catch up to performance.
I think Wilson will be there. The only danger is since Schwartz so obviously loves him, some team might trade up past us to get him before #34. I hope we don’t have to trade up a few picks to preempt that. Hopefully somebody good will fall to us at #34….preferably Wilson. I’d love to get Eric Berry at #2 and Wilson at #34. We’d then have Delmas and Berry at safety, and Wilson at CB……..that’s 3/4th of a great secondary……a HUGE upgrade!
Driver of the Kyle Wilson Tour Bus and Keeper of the Dreadlocks!
Proud supporter of DE Jerry Hughes, safety Earl Thomas, and OG Mike Iupati
(I hear that Eric Berry guy is pretty good, too)
Hey, as long as Zack Follett keeps hitting people, he can rap to Barney the Dinosaur for all I care.
Wilson, Berry, and Delmas
OH MY! That would instantly be 1000 times better than our secondary last year. I would love that draft for our first 2 picks
Kyle Wilson and Mike Iupati
The more Schwartz and company talk these guys up, the more I think they have no intention of drafting them. It just doesn’t fit the new Lions’ m.o. to express an opinion on players they are targeting.
Pettigrew and Delmas and Hill and Levy came out of nowhere last year (as far as predicting that is who they would pick) and I don’t see any reason to think otherwise. Maybe they prefer Ghee and talking up Wilson improves their chances? Who knows.
by HoorayForEverything on Jan 30, 2010 1:27 PM EST reply actions
but
i remember them talking about delmas last year though
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