Thursday Notes: Kevin Smith Takes Part In Team Drills; Other Tidbits From The Lions' Minicamp
by Sean Yuille on Jun 24, 2010 2:10 PM EDT
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Print- The first day of this week's minicamp was a bit rusty since the Lions didn't have their originally-scheduled OTAs to get things back on track after having a couple weeks off.
- Louis Delmas has an injured groin that will probably keep him out of the entire three-day minicamp, but it doesn't sound like we should be too concerned about it.
- Although he experienced some nerves, Kevin Smith participated in team drills for six or seven plays yesterday.
- Brandon Pettigrew and Ko Simpson didn't participate in team drills, but they were at least on the field for individual stuff.
- Jack Williams and Will Heller didn't practice at all, although like Delmas' injury, it was more of a precautionary thing with Heller.
- John Niyo mentioned in his rundown of notes from yesterday that the following players practiced with the first team at linebacker and in the secondary: Zack Follett, DeAndre Levy, Julian Peterson, Chris Houston, Jonathan Wade and Jonathan Hefney (at safety). Also, Marvin White filled in for Louis Delmas at safety.
(More after the jump)
- The only time the offense scored during a few two-minute drills yesterday was when Eric Fowler made a diving touchdown catch on a pass from Shaun Hill.
- Cliff Avril went offside a couple times yesterday.
- Raise your hand if this doesn't surprise you:
Stafford zipped a strong pass at receiver Bryant Johnson down the left sideline. Johnson has his defensive back beat, but the ball went through Johnson's fingers and negated a potentially big play.
My hand is currently in the air. I'm just saying. - Jahvid Best has been very impressive.
- Jim Schwartz said that bringing kicker Justin Medlock in has nothing to do with Jason Hanson. Also, Schwartz made it sound like the Lions probably would not carry a kickoff specialist on the roster.
- Braylon Edwards is looking forward to playing at Ford Field against the Lions on Nov. 7.
- Mike Golic said the Lions have had the best offseason of all NFC teams. Take a look:
- Now it looks like Minnesota's Williams Wall will get to play the entire 2010 season. Can someone just freaking make a decision one way or another about this case? Aside from the fact that they probably should have been suspended long ago, the fact that it is still being decided on is ridiculous.
- An earthquake in Canada was felt in Michigan yesterday, including in Detroit. Between the United States' amazing win to advance in the World Cup, the amazingly long tennis match at Wimbledon that actually only finished today and the earthquake, Wednesday was just plain ridiculous.
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Bryant needs to be cut
same with Northcut. As was said in Remember the Titans, “You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and i will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection.”
Go with Derrick in the slot with competition from the other young guys.
with you 100%
Drop Bryant Johnson now. I’d even be for keeping Timmy “Car” Toone as a replacement. Northcut can take a hike as well. He didn’t show anything in the return game last season and let too many passes slip through is fingers. Marko Mitchell would be good in his place. There are plenty of young receivers that WANT to and CAN catch the ball to keep BJ & DNorthcut on the squad if they can’t produce.
love the quote
by Detroitfantc on Jun 24, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
The Minn. state courts intentionally delaying the Williams' case
The NFL needs to release the following statement : " The NFL can not participate in a state in which they can’t enforce league rules therefore the Vikings must move to another state or withdraw from the league." How quick would the case move after a statement like that??
That would be hilarious
Add this to the statement…
P.S. We hear Los Angeles is lovely this time of year.
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my hand was in the air, sadly
also, Golic only said the Lions were the most improved team in the NFC, not the NFL (although he may have thought that).
In related news, Cris Carter is an idiot. Seriously? The Vikings had the best off season, because they convinced Brett Favre to return? I don’t even know where to begin….
Corrected
And yes, Carter is a moron.
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But guys;
Carter is such an inspiration to all the rookies that come into the league and are forced to go sit and listen to him spew crap about what it takes to be a “NFL player”. Can you sense the sarcasm?
How many lumps you want Doc?
apple doesnt fall far from the tree
cause his son is an idiot too. Left OSU for a community college.
Did he leave or get kicked out????
Oh wait OSU doesn’t kick anyone out especially for bad grades…… Oh incase you didn’t know GO BLUE!
How many lumps you want Doc?
Bryant dropped a ball NO WAY (sarcasam)
Of course Braylon wants to play the lions and browns neither team has a corner that can cover him…its true its DAMN true
Louis Delmas is gonna lay the MAC down on your candyass
Follett and Suh IN YO FACE!!!
...and he was suppose to be the "possesion" receiver on this team
The beginning of the end of the misery
by Latif Masud on Jun 24, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
He might be wide open against our corners
but he will probably drop the ball anyways, just like he repeatedly did in Cleveland.
Is this the same BEdwards that...
…had 3 TD catches and 19 drops in 2008? Well I guess he did improve to 4 and 4 last year.
What else can we expect from Bryant?
He can rarely get open, and when the miraculous occasion occurs, he drops the ball.
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C.C. Is a moron.
Not that any of us needed to be told that again, but how can he say the Vikings had the best NFC offseason because they got an average old CB who isn’t that fast, A RB from College who isn’t fast, and they got the oldest QB to come back. But in the same breath he says the Steelers had the worst draft this year overall, because they stayed true to their QB who has led them to 2 SB wins in this decade??? Can someone explain that to me? Yeah Big Ben Raped a girl this offseason, does that mean he can’t throw a football anymore? Can he not turn and hand the ball off anymore???? Oh wait Ben has 2 rings and Favre has 1 that he got due to a Special teams monster in Desmond Howard, my bad I guess that makes Favre better than Ben.
How many lumps you want Doc?
Wait a minute, B. Johnson dropped a pass?
I am shocked! Oh, I know what happened. He dropped it so the press wouldn’t write a headline like Stafford HITS Johnson in the chest. That headline would have gotten the whole damn pre-season cancelled for the Lions.
Maybe we can send Johnson and Nothcutt to the famous Dr. James Andrews to check on getting a new set of hands. Thats the only way I want these two drop happy, butter finger, sorry excuse for a pair of receivers on the team.
Nice to see the injuried folks getting on the field. A little concerned about J. Williams. Like CapitolLions, I was looking forward to see him on the field more this year.
First thing that came to mind....
Pass on the ground
Pass on the ground
Look’n like a fool with your pass on ground
Air in your hands
Head turned sideways
Pass hits the ground
Call your self a catcher
With your pass on the ground
Sorry couldn’t help it… lol
Lions fan down in LA (lower Alabama)
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