Monday Notes: Randy Phillips Expected To Sign With Lions This Week

by Sean Yuille on Jun 21, 2010 5:49 PM EDT in Detroit Lions Notes

John Niyo reports that safety Randy Phillips is expected to sign with the Lions before this week's minicamp. Phillips was supposed to sign with the Lions right after the draft, but he had to wait until some problems with his shoulder cleared up.
The situation with Ryan Stamper is very similar. He was supposed to sign with the Lions after the draft, but that never happened due to injury issues. The difference now is that Stamper will only try out with the Lions before training camp next month, so it's not guaranteed that he will in fact sign.
Is C.C. Brown the favorite to start alongside Louis Delmas at safety? Tom Kowalski thinks so.
Nate Burleson has no problem with being Robin while Calvin Johnson plays Batman in the Lions offense.
Tight ends are going to be a big part of the Lions' offense.
Former Lions cornerback and one-time Mr. Irrelevant Ramzee Robinson has been claimed by the Washington Redskins.
It's probably only a matter of time until the preseason is shortened and the regular season is expanded.
Roger Goodell and John Madden are going to go on a training camp tour this summer.

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Sounds good that he is getting signed

Hopefully he is one of those diamonds in the rough. If he is, then we got a pretty capable saftey duo. Stamper was quite productive in Flordia so maybe the same with him. If nothing else, we got more bodies to play with during training camp and see what works.

by fhnlion on Jun 21, 2010 5:54 PM EDT reply actions

who do u think gets cut? That the intriguing questions starting to come up

GO LIONS in 2010! the transformation starts now.. they have much to do.

by DINORDO on Jun 21, 2010 6:34 PM EDT reply actions

we have a open spot atm.. word (belive it was him? was cut 2 weeks or so ago and never filed it

by det32 on Jun 21, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I like phillips I think he can atleast be productive on special teams

C.C is favorite to start because there isn’t much competiton for him. Bullocks is better but his injury record is killing him I think. Pettibeast and Chef should be good focal points on the offense with Heller and Gronk as good depth theres no reason to not use a lot of TE formations especially in the red zone. TE are great endzone targets for younger QBs I think there size gives them easier targets to hit. As for Nate….don’t be robin he’s a little to….HELLO

you can be alfred Nate :)

Louis Delmas is gonna lay the MAC down on your candyass
Follett and Suh IN YO FACE!!!

by The Profiler on Jun 21, 2010 7:04 PM EDT reply actions

I hope CC Brown doesn't start

He struggled on a pretty good Giants D and obvious struggled a lot in Houston. I don’t see how he suddenly does a good job for us after playing so bad for stronger Ds than ours.

by WestsideLionsFan on Jun 21, 2010 7:11 PM EDT reply actions

+1

The beginning of the end of the misery

by Latif Masud on Jun 21, 2010 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Totally Different System Here.

He will be a much better player in this defensive system then he was in NY. Will he be a star? No. Will he be better then he was in NY? Yes.

by BennieBladesFan on Jun 22, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions

He will be better

but hes still not all that great. There are some big holes in his game.

The beginning of the end of the misery

by Latif Masud on Jun 22, 2010 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions

The Robin reference doesn't do it for me

If anything he has to be Starscream, it just makes sense.

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by Hyperion Ecta on Jun 21, 2010 7:26 PM EDT reply actions

by JazzyBBP on Jun 21, 2010 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions

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

by Ee Oulo on Jun 22, 2010 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions

so are we gonna start naming the defense after the auto bots

I suggest Vanden bosch as optimust prime
delmas is sideswipe
suh is Iron hide
Follett is Jazz
Avril is Rodimus prime
will call peterson ratchet
levy is prowl
Hill is grapple
corey can be mirage
LOL

Louis Delmas is gonna lay the MAC down on your candyass
Follett and Suh IN YO FACE!!!

by The Profiler on Jun 21, 2010 10:11 PM EDT reply actions