Lions Keeping Their Eye on Keith Bulluck

As I previously stated, I feel that Bulluck would be an instant leader in the line backer corps, even providing support and direction for tenured players like Julian Peterson and Landen Johnson. He could start or compete for the ROLB (WOLB) spot and give Zack and Caleb a year or two to develop under him. I totally love the idea of picking this guy up. It would make linebacker a team strength rather than a question mark going into this season.

Now all we need to do is sign Atogwe and develop a cornerback or two and we have a solid defense!

You don’t have coach a pro-bowl LB for years and then just forget he exists when he hits free agency and you have a chance to get him back.

Coming back from an ACL at his age surely wouldn’t be easy. To be honest, I say pass.

well, 50 and jacked

kinda makes you wonder who else is on the radar, lets hope a guy by the name of Bly.

I said this on here b4 the draft. I didn’t really know about the acl injury though, so it makes more sense to me now, that they haven’t signed him yet.

but we obviously have a gaping hole at OLB. I have never been a fan of signing over the hill veterans (there’s a reason you never see the Patriots sign FA’s in their 30’s) but his combination of knowledge of the system and NFL experience make him a guy that we absolutely have to get if his health checks out.

Bulluck is one great player for this new look Lions team! Lions may just be slipping under divisional rivals radars.

I know we already front-loaded a bunch of contracts, but I’m not sure where that puts us overall, or what a reasonable expectation is for the rest of this off-season. I’m sure some of you guys know a little more about it.

Don’t be surprised when we signed him. And now at least our FO is talking openly about bringing him in when he’s ready. IF we sign him then I would be happy to see our current (pencil’d in) ILB to stay where he is with 2 Vet’s on the outside. IF we sign him then I’ll have finally got 1 right. Other than SUH/Berry at #2 in the draft but that was a little too easy.

That Schwartz had nothing but good things to say about this guy and that he is one of the guys that they might end up getting between now and pre season that could “help them win a game or two”. Schwartz said he is good enough to play any LB position on any team, 4-3 or 3-4 and refused to comment on if Detroit had been in touch with him.

Schwartz did balk some though pointing out that he has played for the Titans for a long time. This second paragraph is separated from the other to clearly indicate my own conjecture and reading between the lines of the interview with Schwartz. I could be totally off base but my Smurfy sense tells me that Schwartz would love to have this guy if he passes a physical and that we are probably second on the list for Bullucks behind the Titans.

I have a vastly different view than most on this. Why bring in another aging player? Signing Bullock is not going to make them a playoff team, or even a division competitor. The reason I can get excited about the Lions is because they have some young talent. I would rather try to develop that talent than be constantly looking for stop gap after stop gap when the next guy gets too old to play.

He’s the leader of our team.