Lions Place Gosder Cherilus On IR, Claim Eric King Off Waivers

by Sean Yuille on Dec 16, 2010 11:06 PM EST in Detroit Lions Roster

As expected, the Lions placed Gosder Cherilus on injured reserve Wednesday, ending his season. Cherilus has been dealing with a knee injury since Thanksgiving, and Dave Birkett reports that he had a form of microfracture surgery done by Dr. James Andrews (a.k.a. the most dreaded name in the Lions locker room). According to Birkett, Cherilus could be out six months because of this surgery, meaning he could miss most of the OTAs and not even be ready until late June or early July.

Taking Cherilus' spot on the roster is cornerback Eric King, who was claimed off waivers by the Lions on Thursday. King played for Detroit last season and was let go during the final round of cuts this year. Because the Lions are hurting for depth so much at cornerback, it's no surprise that Detroit added a guy who can come in and be ready to get playing time as soon as Sunday. (As Chris McCosky points out, three of Detroit's five corners were added to the roster this month, so having a guy that has played in the system was probably a big part of deciding to pick up King, who was let go by Cleveland.)

In other news, Cliff Avril and Chris Houston practiced on Thursday after being out yesterday. Landon Johnson was still out, but not because of his neck. He is dealing with an illness, which is why Houston missed practice on Wednesday. Vinny Ciurciu was also out for Detroit.

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Dear Santa -

All I want for X-MAS is no more of my Lions being injured and especially going on IR like the other half of the team. I do not know why I did not ask you earlier as I know you would have fixed this and saved about 25 % of my team from going on IR !

Also can you make it so Farve plays in week 16 so Suh can knock him out on the first play of the game and if it is not too much to ask, get a win vs the Viqueens.

Thanks Santa,

Your pal Joey – P

by Joey-P on Dec 16, 2010 11:17 PM EST reply actions

We get Minny in week 17

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by Enforcer on Dec 17, 2010 5:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Poor Gos

I think he’s had his best season this year.

RIP Robyn Bailey 1961 - 2010. I love you mum.

by Hyperion Ecta on Dec 17, 2010 1:35 AM EST reply actions

On the pass protection side he has improved immensely in 2010.

The run blocking side of his game has not been as good as last year. Not sure why.

by NorthLeft12 on Dec 17, 2010 7:23 AM EST up reply actions

Bad knee, can't get drive?

Make sense to me, hurts a lot worse driving forward than back pedaling

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by badgtx on Dec 17, 2010 9:02 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah, but you would think a knee injury would restrict his mobility too...

….making him a real liability pass blocking.

by NorthLeft12 on Dec 17, 2010 2:48 PM EST up reply actions

If Eric King plays...

I hope we dont see him chasing a wide reciever down the sidelines or missing tackles. We have seen a lot of that in the past. I am not a big Eric King fan. I have seen him get burned a bunch of times.

by Jack H on Dec 17, 2010 1:57 PM EST reply actions

Jack

I think more over we should post tackle sighting of King actually making a tackle. It is kind of like Bigfoot, ever sought for but very, very hard to prove it exists.

by Joey-P on Dec 17, 2010 5:09 PM EST up reply actions

Lol

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by Enforcer on Dec 17, 2010 5:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I found it...

It’s the real BigFoot

by Jack H on Dec 17, 2010 11:19 PM EST up reply actions

That guy just decided to fall because he was afraid of Delmas

by Kalzilla on Dec 18, 2010 10:38 AM EST up reply actions

+1

by motown313 on Dec 19, 2010 2:49 AM EST up reply actions

tackle or getting tackled?

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by The Profiler on Dec 18, 2010 12:38 AM EST reply actions

well

knock it all you want, but you try and do that move! Wtf would you call that, elevated splits head to the knee tackle?

They say some people never go crazy.... what a boring life that must be!!

by Ee Oulo on Dec 18, 2010 3:28 AM EST reply actions

king back

I was not sad to see him go. It just show how deep the barrel really is this time of year with injuries around the league. Love the pics guys!

by Kirt-LionFaninGR! on Dec 18, 2010 12:20 PM EST reply actions

Curious to see how Hilliard does in Gos' place

He’s a young dude that nobody expected to even make the team, yet was impressive enough in Camp to make the final roster over Jon Jansen, a guy most of us (myself included) thought was a lock. Here’s to hoping that he shows us what he showed the Coaches in training camp.

by motown313 on Dec 19, 2010 2:54 AM EST reply actions