Tuesday Notes: Lions' Tags to Go Unused This Offseason?
by Sean Yuille on Feb 2, 2010 8:17 AM EST
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Print- Martin Mayhew doesn't believe the Lions will use any tags this offseason to keep free agents in Detroit. According to Tom Kowalski, the Lions do want to bring back the likes of Larry Foote, William James, Jon Jansen, Casey FitzSimmons, and Will Heller. None of them are simply big enough names to use a tag on, though.
- Mayhew is excited over the fact that this year's junior class for the draft is one of the deepest in quite some time.
- Jim Schwartz talked a little bit about how important it is to get a rush from the defensive tackle position and how that can make the entire defense better.
- John Niyo has a list of the local players who have been invited to the NFL Combine later this month in Indianapolis. The full list of invites can be found here.
- More pictures of Matthew Stafford have ended up on Deadspin, although I don't really know why these latest ones are even worth posting considering they're just regular pictures of him with his girlfriend.
- Want Barry Sanders to come to your house and watch the Super Bowl with you? Well, look no further than eBay, where there is an auction that will make that possible. The proceeds of the auction will go to the Jimmy V Foundation.
- A few people from SB Nation are in Miami for the Super Bowl.
- The ratings for the Pro Bowl went up 40% this year, making it the most watched edition of the game in a decade. I think it's safe to say it will continue to be the week before the Super Bowl in the future.
- Mike Martz is headed to Chicago to be the Bears' offensive coordinator. That should be interesting to watch.
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Not sure why pictures of Staff and his girl friend are of any interest to Lions fans.
The guy is our QB, we don’t own him. What he does on his own time is his business. This reeks of stalking to me.
Totally agree.
Much more interested of pictures of Tim Tebow’s girlfriend.
by Jamesir Bensonmum on Feb 2, 2010 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
That would seriously be a dream come true
With Barry’s" off the wall "personality I could only imagine the craziness that would go on. lol
Cory Smith
ive always said....
……gettign a rush form the DT is the most important position on the defense……Pressure in the face……Schwartz knows his stuff….Hes the man!!!
Wow...
….I mean from not form and getting not gettign
by BennieBladesFan on Feb 2, 2010 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
Absolutely!
The defense should affect the quarterback first, and if that fails, prevent the reception, then lastly, MAKE TACKLES! It is a lot easier for pass defenders to make a play on a hurried throw. Would love to see this happen.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!
by DownTownJax on Feb 2, 2010 1:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Surprised..
I thought Will James was solid. Foote as well. They should let go of Buchanon and Henry.
They are planning on bringing James and Foote and the rest I listed back
They just won’t use a tag on them to do that.
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Exactly Sean...
…..these guys wont get franchised becasue they wouldnt be worth the contract they would get….No way foote is worth 8 or 9 mil for one year and thats what he would get, maybe more, if we franchise him.
by BennieBladesFan on Feb 2, 2010 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
Possibly...
….it all depends on who we sign and how well all the players do.
by BennieBladesFan on Feb 2, 2010 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
I saw the list of invites to the combine. Over three hundred!
I did not realize that they invited that many. Not sure who is not getting invited.
Martz and Cutler should be a good match
The Bringers of Hope: Stafford - Delmas - C. Johnson - Pettigrew - Levy - Hill - Schwartz
Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.
football outsiders' aaron schatz did some final cb rankings
biggest surprise? leigh bodden a top 10 corner… i just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
tomorrow he is running through the worst corners in the league and i have a strange feeling that there might be a few lions making an appearance
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2010/stat-day-2009-cb-charting-stats
Not to mention a d-line
Consisting of DeVries, White, Redding, and… who else? Shaun Cody?
I was definitely an advocate of keeping him. Lions made a mistake there, IMO.
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