Lions Training Camp Notes: List Of Injured Players Is Shrinking
by Sean Yuille on Aug 23, 2010 4:55 PM EDT
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Print- Louis Delmas participated in individual drills during today's practice. The seven-on-seven drills were not open to the media, so it's unknown if he took part in them as well. Even if he did, the real thing to watch is if he can practice for a second consecutive day tomorrow.
- Tight end Dan Gronkowski and cornerbacks Aaron Berry, Paul Pratt and Jack Williams missed practice today.
- Lawrence Jackson wasn't doing much because of a hamstring injury, according to one report, but another report said he took part in individual drills.
- Jonathan Wade and Jared DeVries both got back on the field today, although Wade is stuck wearing a club-like cast because of his broken finger.
- The Lions thought that an all-out blitz could be coming on Drew Stanton's game-winning touchdown run, which is why they made the call for a QB draw.
- Pro Football Focus has a breakdown of Ndamukong Suh's performance against the Broncos, and they were very impressed.
- Jordon Dizon, Jahi Word-Daniels and Roy Schuening were all placed on the waived/injured list recently. Because Dizon's injury is of the long-term variety, he is on injured reserve, but that's not the case for the other two.
Within a five-day period, the team and player can reach a settlement on the injury. If that happens, there is a length applied to the settlement (how many weeks until the player will likely be healthy). At that time, the player can then sign with any other team. The Lions, though, couldn't re-sign him until six weeks after that time.
File this under complicated rules most people have never heard of.
If the player doesn't reach a settlement with the team, he is paid until it's determined that he's "healthy.''
At that point, he is officially waived by the Lions, who cannot re-sign that player at any point all season. - Bill Ford recently said that Detroit is going to bid for another Super Bowl at some point.
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Delmas needs to get his butt on the field. His potential is limitless, but he needs to get some playing time soon. We have to have something to give us a little hope in that secondary.
Groin injuries tend to linger
Would you rather he practice and likely re-aggravate it and require that phantom surgery and miss the season….
or
Take a week of practice off and let it finally heal up and be available for the season.
I prefer the latter option. Let him take off the time he needs until he feels at least 90-95% and then start working him out. Louis Delmas without practice is better than anybody else on the roster at 100%. Period.
I don't want him hurt, I want him on the field.
I know… they are taking it slow. I’m just an impatient fan ready to see my star safety in action. I’d like to simply see him healthy as soon as possible. BUT… he has to practice and play in order to make an impact and progress.
Take my comments with a grain of salt. I know he has to be better, but his ass needs to be on the field. Period.
Louis Delmas
Glad to hear he is practicing, just hope he doesn’t re-aggravate the injury playing in a pre-season game.
by Detroitsportsfan3 on Aug 23, 2010 5:20 PM EDT reply actions
Two posts above coming from completely different angles concerning Delmas
I can’t argue with either one, you are both right.
Lions fans deserve better than being the laughing stock of the NFL. Lets all hope they are heading in the right direction finally.
ProFootballTalk called this one. That this was going to be an ongoing issue.
Florio got his head out of the Redskin’s ass for a minute and realized that there were teams west of Philly.
What day is the first round of cuts?
80 to 75 correct?
Oddly close to once another those dates.
So after game 3, the first five unlucky/ and or talentless shmucks are out. I sense That the five just may be ….
Contrevious Parks
Ashlee Palmer
DeDe Dorsey
Corey Hillard
Brain Clark
however I’m just guestimating for fun. Who knows really.
I hope Dorsey get a shot at returner
Once he gets past the line he looks pretty good in space, heck he got through the line well saturday.
1 slice, 1 beer, 5 more reps.
King has a role, its just not as a starting corner
In nickle back packages he can be effective.
Lions fans deserve better than being the laughing stock of the NFL. Lets all hope they are heading in the right direction finally.
King Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ditch the bumb and bring in another UDFA to get some looks at. Cant be worse than King. He gets roasted continuously.
by Usmarine0341 on Aug 23, 2010 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I would much rather see them stick Aaron Berry in
as the 4th CB when he’s healthy. He has a ton of upside and potential and can’t be any worse than King.
by toled0lions on Aug 23, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
He was making plays in camp before he got hurt.
"We lost!" Delmas yelled at reporters. "What you want? What you got to ask me?"
Delmas stared at reporters defiantly.
"That’s what I thought,"
2/3 of the world is covered by water. The rest is covered by Eric Berry.
You cant judge King based on his play at the outside corner spot. He is pretty much a Nickle only player.
He gave it 100% but he does not have the tools to play outside. The coaches gave him a shot because of two reasons. A) He earned the look out there to see if he could handle it. He failed miserably. B) Injuries are forcing them to play guys out of position and out of their depth. Another example is them playing Dante Wesley at safety. They simply do not have enough healthy bodies to field legitimate 2nd and 3rd string defenders in the secondary. Therefore they are sliding other 2nd stringers out of position to just put a body on the field. King is a 2nd string nickle or possibly a first string dime back, not a true corner playing outside. So you cannot really judge him accurately based on a lot of his plays.
Bid for Super Bowl?!?!
What about cheerleaders!
Ya, I went there :)
Lions fan down in LA (lower Alabama)
Michigan Residents deserve Cheerleaders.
Something pretty to look at as the state continues its lovely slide into Hell.
then they can't be from Michigan :P
Ok, that was cheap
Lions fans deserve better than being the laughing stock of the NFL. Lets all hope they are heading in the right direction finally.
At first I was all for cheerleaders, I mean who does not want to see some nice T and A bouncing around on the sideline right?
But in retrospect I can say that i totally feel manly about not having them. We are a real football team, we don’t need gadgets, bells, and whistles to interest people in Michigan in football. Real men who watch real football don’t need cheerleaders. Just think, if this crap keeps on going before you know it San Francisco will have an all male “cheerleader” squad, complete with full drag attire. And who the hell wants to see that happen?
Can't wait til Delmas is healthy and lined up next to Phillips.
Suh did have a hell of a rush, that one play when he lined up outside the gaurd and over the tackle and completely destroyed the guy and sent Cliff free.
It's good to hear that injuries aren't a huge problem at the moment
Just a few missing a day or two. Hopefully Delmas takes the field against the Browns.
RIP Robyn Bailey 1961 - 2010. I love you mum.
DeVries has to go earn his spot on the roster against Cleveland
Acquiring LoJack and the strong play of Young makes him now border-line, his roster spot will depend on the quality of depth at other positions .McBride has been a consistant back-up player ,not great, but steady and mistake free.
I think it may be time to send Fluellen packin’ he hasn’t shown any sign of improvement this year over last. He just isn’t Lion material ,I think his future lies elsewhere. Cohen has taken a step up and pushes Flu off the roster.
I want to see Jack Williams on the PUP list after the Browns game,he can sit out until after the bye week, to put it simply “If you don’t practice you don’t play” we need that roster spot for a young player.
I think Mayhew will pull off a trade just after the cut-down to 75 players, after teams see the players made available aren’t anything special.
I think Jared might be great coach material.
KVB provides the D Line with the kind of veteran leadership that Jared used to, so it is hard to see a scenario where Jared makes the team and forces the Lions to cut Jackson, McBride or Young.
And don’t try and put Young on the practice squad, he has shown too much to last there. Other teams will snatch him up.
Chima I. is the DE to go on the practice squad. I just hope he has not shown enough to interest other teams.
I agree with you about the timing of a trade. Mayhew will look over the available secondary players and if there is nothing worthwhile, will make a move for someone who could be had with a fifth or sixth round pick.
by NorthLeft12 on Aug 24, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
For the Lions its ok to wait because we are high on the waiver pick-up list
But other teams further down the list may want secure a player and is ripe for a Mayhew fleecing.
by Wayne Fontes on Aug 24, 2010 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
True, true. The guys I see as trade bait provided its the right move for us.
QB: Stanton
RB: Morris, Brown
TE: Heller, Gronkowski
WR: B. Johnson, Williams, Fowler, Toone
OL: Cherilus
DL: Cohen, McBride, Fluellen
Its not exactly a huge list but meh, probably the biggest name there is Gosder, and I only put him there because his contract is coming up soon, 1 more year if I remember right, and he is getting paid way too much for his talent level. Who knows maybe St. Louis would trade us Jason Smith for him, if we threw another minor player into the mix like a Mo Morris and get one of thier young LB prospects.. They are considering moving Smith to RT and giving up on him being a LT for them, so a change of scenery might be in order for him and Gosder since they both have disappointed based on expectations.
I will say this about Gosder though. I actually like the guy and I think he is progressing, I actually hope we resign him to a more affordable contract for about 5 years because I think he is going to be a dominant RT in the next year or two. But I think other teams probably see what I do in him and therefore he might be our best trade value player to actually get something.
Nobody on that list warrants anything more than a low round draft pick, and I don’t see anyone of the teams really needing anyone on that list. The only player that may get moved (except being cut) is Mo Morris. And although Cherilus and Derrick Williams maybe young neither have shown much. St. Louis may want to unload that contract of Jason Brown but I don’t see a move coming for him, nor do I see the Lions wanting to take on his contact, which I may not know the exact numbers on but I imagine they’re pretty large considering he was a high pick last year. GO LIONS!!!
by detroit_player on Aug 25, 2010 1:38 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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