What current Lion's Players need to go???

1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
6. No

And I would add:

Northcutt
Hobbs

But really you can make a case that almost every postion could use some scrubbing!

1. Gosder Cherilus- HELL NO.. 2 year 2 skeems 2 coaching staffs

2. & 3. Drew Stanton & Daunte Culpepper- i dont care eather way

4. Philip Buchanon- NO he didgood tords end of the year

5. Calvin Pearson- i dont care eather way

6. Jerome Felton- HELL NO every time he had the ball something good happened

7. Grady Jackson- NO… yes he old but still good

Especially in the second half of the season. I don’t think we can afford to dump him.

And give Gosder a chance. New scheme which he took awhile to pick up. Let’s see how he does this year.

Felton is still a work in progress too. He made some plays when they did use him. If his blocking improves he could be a solid part of this offence.

as someone also referred to previously, is the coaching and scheme changes. Let the guys who are entering their 3rd year and 2nd in the same scheme have a chance to grow and evolve within the scheme. If they (Cherilus, Felton, Ksmith) fail then cut them.

As far as Philip Buchanon goes, he is a solid corner(especially compared to what we do have) and if healthy and playing up to his potential can be a starter on a lot of teams still. I don’t get the negativity towards him and Will James, they aren’t Derrell Revis or Charles Woodson, but they are good depth/starters in a pinch players.

As far as the others go, I’d like to see us revamp our reserve QB’s, maybe get a Chad Pennington and perhaps keep Patrick Ramsey, getting rid of Stanton and Culpepper. Grady Jackson is a zero impact kind of player at this stage of his career, as he only plays in like, 1/4 of defensive plays and isn’t super effective when he is in, so cut him for some younger talent. Kelvin Pearson can go either way, he is a decent special teams player, whatever value that holds.

Has to stay…..he improved last year and will be fine in his 2nd season in the scheme.

Phillip got better I think his 2nd year in DET will be much better. Cherilus is stll very young give the guy time. Culpepper should go let give drew one more year to prove himself than his contracts up anyway. I would add Hobbs and Rameriz. I think Grady has to go pearson either way I could care. I would only say northcutt if there was a upgrade or Williams was getting his spot. I’d keep felton he seemed like a good shortyardage runner.

Cherilus = Stay, still young.
Stanton = Stay as a backup.
Culpepper = Pack your bags.
Buchanon = Stay. Still decent.
Pearson = Stay. Decent backup.
Felton = Stay, still young.
Jackson = Stay, could help with the young DT’s, plus, still takes up a lot of space.

Thanks for all the posts! Just some thoughts and clarification. I said TRADE or cut. Cherilus is one who is young enough you might be able to get something for him. Coaches & Schemes? Play football. Make good decisions. If I’m Mayhew and I could get two picks for him, he’s gone!

Felton- I thought the only good point here was play him as a HB. He’s a fullback. He’s supposed to block. He’s supposed to pick up first downs. He doesn’t do either. Trade him for a draft pick!

Buchanon- I recant. More talented than other options. Not a return man.

If your only arguement for keeping a player is he’s still young, then you have committed to a tradition of losing. Every position needs to be viewed as can we upgrade with a trade or with a trade for draft picks?

1 more thing- Don’t just trash my list- Post your own! I really wanted to see what other fans who watched game after game the last two seasons thought about the players we have observed!

Thanks again for the feedback on my list. I can’t wait to see what happens next year!