Lions Sign Isaiah Ekejiuba To 2-Year Deal
by Sean Yuille on Jul 23, 2010 6:36 PM EDT
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PrintThe Lions have confirmed that linebacker Isaiah Ekejiuba has signed a two-year deal with the team. Ekejiuba visited Detroit earlier this week and was reportedly drawing interest from the Seahawks and Browns as well.
Ekejiuba does add some depth at linebacker, but the main reason the Lions brought him in is because he is a great special teams player. In his five years with the Raiders, he appeared in 64 games but didn't start once. That is because he makes his money on special teams, as shown by the fact that he was a Pro Bowl alternate in the past just for his play on special teams.
This signing is yet another move that will hopefully improve the play of the Lions' kick/punt coverage next season. That was a huge letdown a year ago, and although Stan Kwan was just not a very good coach (in my opinion, at least), there's no doubt that he wasn't given much to work with. By adding the likes of Landon Johnson, Dante Wesley and now Ekejiuba, the special teams play for the Lions should be much better.
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jus upgraded the final 53 man roster :)
Keith Bulluck show me you can restore the roar with J.Peterson and D. Levy
by DetroitLions 4 life on Jul 23, 2010 6:57 PM EDT reply actions
JUST MADE a fanpost about this player!! :)
He is a great addition, and now you can play fantasy football against him!
Just a high school student who lives his ambitions of working for the NFL,
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by Max Strauss on Jul 28, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Hell yes
Love it. It looks like our special teams have gone from a glaring weakness to a strength in one offseason. Yea, I know there’s no way of knowing until it’s game time, but by all appearances things are looking up.
Sayonara Ashlee Palmer? Lee Campbell? Vinny Circiu?
great move
now, Follett comes off kickoff team? gonna miss him there, but if he proves to be a solid starter…
Follet will still play special teams
The Pain Train now has Double Diesels!!!
lol
Big ol’ Detroit double diesels
"I’d probably get arrested because football’s my only time I get to go out there and hit people as hard as I can, and it’s legal," Follett said. "I need that once a year."
by Rick Chaffee on Jul 24, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I like a guy with that many vowels in his name.
by Wayne Fontes on Jul 23, 2010 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
lmao!
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by DrewMoney$$$ on Jul 23, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Watched my share of Raider games out here...
This is a soild special teamer. Great pick-up. Nicely done Mayhew.
if the shoe fits...get another one just like it - George Carlin
we just some blockers on the return teams
like what there doing on the kick off team.
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"When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening." - James hetfield (Metallica)
Damn man spell check
you kill me, i can`t take it no more learn the difference between there ( over there ) and their ( their team ) and our ( our team ) and-are- ( we are going to ) and rrrr ( like a pirate ). I love it when you post, but come on. I have seen other post about this but there is a difference between 2 and to and too and two. Not trying to be a buzz kill, i love 75% of your post , but ( not butt ) the other 25% make me laugh. I know i get fat lazy fingers and miss spell words because i think faster than i can type and never preview.
1 slice, 1 beer, 5 more reps.
I am so sorry, here let me re-type that for you
We just need some blockers on are return teams
Like what there doing on the kickoff team.
Does that meet you standards lionsfan64.
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"When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening." - James hetfield (Metallica)
by The Profiler on Jul 24, 2010 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I am not a very good typer
I never have been. We all make mistakes sometimes mine are worst than others. Thats just the way it is. I fix what I catch. If there was a edit button I would have fixed that one.
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"When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening." - James hetfield (Metallica)
by The Profiler on Jul 24, 2010 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I agree...
that grammar and spelling are important skills. But here’s the deal, this is a message board essentially, so depth of comments should be valued over the form they take. I would much rather decipher a det32 (sorry man, you are the poster boy on here for poor grammar/spelling) as he actually has something to say, as opposed to the crap that is posted on mlive and most other websites covering the Lions.
Also, when correcting someone, try to refrain from using phrases like this:
i can`t take it no more
That, along with a lack of capitalization and some punctuation could leave your post open for ridicule. But to be clear, I could care less, because it seems to be universally accepted that anything you may have learned in English class is to be thrown out of the window on the interweb. LOLZ.
Bottom line, let’s worry about what he has to say and not how he has to say it.
by lions_sucker on Jul 24, 2010 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I have already opened a challenge to Det32
in a type off LOL. Never put a gun to anyones head and make them read my post. Not yet anyways.
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"When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening." - James hetfield (Metallica)
by The Profiler on Jul 24, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't let it bug you man...
You are a PODer for life and we all love your posts man. We are football fans man, not English majors. Keep on keeping on brother.
by hellspawn138 on Jul 25, 2010 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
How do you say that about the Profiler ?
Half the time you never even capitalized I, instead you used i ? Nothing but love though Lionsfan64. Point is we all make mistakes on our posts.
I like Profiler's posts.
Just say no to Grammer Nazis!
by coolbreeze42 on Jul 24, 2010 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions
See right there
He did it again, and thought it was fixed – We just need some blockers on are return teams
Like what there doing on the kickoff team – Our- does not equal Are really i don`t want to harp on things, and i am not a grammer natzi- Profiler is awesome, and i agree with him so much that usally i don`t even post because he has made my point. But this just seemed to catch a hitch with me for some reason. And PROFILER, I live in Sparta and if you are in this area, i would love to buy you a drink. Hell i might see you at the POD game if all goes well, I will have a jersey number-64-name Lionsfan- if it all goes my way.
1 slice, 1 beer, 5 more reps.
just bustin your balls man
If I had a english degree my job wouldn’t be the crap I am doing no LOL. I admit its wrong. Lets move on guys hahaha. If Sean banned us for Grammar and Spelling we would all get banned.
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"When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening." - James hetfield (Metallica)
by The Profiler on Jul 25, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
did it right there
no=NOW
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"When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening." - James hetfield (Metallica)
by The Profiler on Jul 25, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh no! Now you’re busting yourself for grammar/spelling mistakes! Go away from the light man! Oh, by the way you are supposed to use “an” in place of “a” when it proceeds a word that starts with a vowel. An English degree as apposed to A English degree. For the win. I’m done lol
So, I hope this Isaiah Ekejiuba guy does good for us.
GO LIONS!
Gotta be honest
I know nothing about this guy. Anyone know if he’s good enough to challenge for a starting job? I’m guessing not, but if Follett is currently playing with the first team and he made his name on Special Teams, it would seem that a guy who’s been a pro bowl alternate for his special teams work would at least be as likely to win a starting job as Follett. Thoughts?
That did cross my mind
Follett having a year in the system gives him an edge from a scheme standpoint.
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I can't see him starting...
he never cracked the starting line-up even once in the 5 seasons he was in Oakland. It’s just not his strength. He is a special teams stud and a starting LB dud.
by lions_sucker on Jul 24, 2010 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions
This maybe true but ....
It was the Raiders. You know they may have had the best LB in the NFL and yet, had him on special teams. If he came from any other team, I would normally agree !
ha...
I guess so…but on the flipside it could also mean even more that he won’t crack the starting line-up. I’m content if he comes in and helps pin opponents inside the 20/cause some fumbles and lays some blocks for our return men to rack up some nice averages.
by lions_sucker on Jul 25, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
maybe it just me but
a LB cut from the raiders dosnt sound all that good.. the radier LB are prety bad..
actually their LB's are pretty solid
remember they traded for Kamerion Wimbley. Drafted McClain. And still have Thomas Howard, and Trevor Scott.
if the shoe fits...get another one just like it - George Carlin
Yeah DET32
The LB corp, is actually 1 of the strengths of the Raiders, well actually now that I think about it, anyone off of their (that’s 4 U lionsfan) D has got to be considered for every team in the league not just the Lions.
How many lumps you want Doc?
Woo Hoo I have a new secret weapon when I play Lions roster Scrabble
Ekejiuba an 8 letter word using a" k" and a " j" big point potential
Now if we could just get Oaklands number one corner
You would rule scrabble
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"When people start copying your style, you know that something must be happening." - James hetfield (Metallica)
by The Profiler on Jul 25, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
If nothing else....
Our special teams will be awesome this year. We were in a lot of games over the last 2 years that we ended up losing. That extra 10 yards of field position in our favor just might make those games a W instead of an almost. GO LIONS!!!!!!
Scrabble for the win
Isaiah Ekujiuba, Jahvid Best, Zack Follett, Contrevious Parks. Now that gives us a good amount of scrabble letters. If only we had Nnamdi Asomugha….for the win
And
You could use some of the “typing confetti” from det32 and profiler, among others to REALLY rack up some scrabble points. Throw the whole universe out of wack. LOL
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