DeAndre Levy's Status For Start Of Season In Question; Other Injury Notes
by Sean Yuille on Aug 31, 2010 2:10 PM EDT
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PrintThe latest on Lions players dealing with injuries:
- DeAndre Levy pulled a groin muscle early on against the Browns and is for sure out on Thursday. Although the Lions don't open the regular season until Sept. 12, Levy's status for the game against the Bears is apparently up in the air as well. Groin injuries, as we have seen with Louis Delmas, can be very tough to come back from, so it appears as though the Lions are preparing for the possibility of not having Levy in the season opener.
- Louis Delmas sat out practice on Monday (a planned move), but he returned today and could play against the Bills on Thursday.
- Jonathan Wade, Aaron Berry, Ko Simpson and Lawrence Jackson all practiced today.
- C.C. Brown was out again today, but Jim Schwartz said on Monday that he would be ready for the start of the regular season.
- Kevin Smith missed practice, but that could just be a planned move like with Delmas yesterday.
- Jason Hanson participated in an "extended" warmup prior to Saturday's game, and based on Tom Kowalski's assessment of his kicking, things went pretty well.
During his pregame routine, Hanson kicked more than two dozen field goals, mostly from the 43-yard range and beyond. [...]
Following the field goal portion of warmups, Hanson kicked off a whopping 33 times and ranged from 63 to 65 yards more often than not. His longest kickoff, according to Kowalski, went 68 yards and was on his 31st kick.
Most of his field goals were right down the middle and had plenty of range. Several kicks from 48 yards split the uprights and had plenty of distance.
Jim Schwartz said yesterday that Hanson, who practiced on Monday, will play against the Bills unless he has an unforeseen setback.
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+1000
Not only does Haushka have a strong leg, he’s a big guy. He’s made some solid tackles on the return man a few times this pre-season. Do you trust Hanson to do this?
There's a reason
He’s no rookie. There’s a reason he’s bounced around the NFL. That’s all I’m going to say.
by Big Z in Orlando on Aug 31, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
You guys are overrating the hell out of him
In Denver, every kicker looks like they have a strong leg. Against Cleveland, only 2 of his 6 kickoffs reached the endzone.
His career FG percentage? 66.7%. Hanson’s? 81.8%.
Even last year, the year that some Lions fans have freaked out about and decreed Hanson over the hill, Hanson kicked 75%.
So please, for the love of all things holy, stop acting like this guy is better then he is. There’s a reason why we’re the fourth team he’s been on in just over two years, and that reason is that he’s not very good.
I think that if Hanson is even 90% healthy he is a better option, if not then that is why they are giving Haushka a look
Even if he is cut Hauschka should be available for us if we need him during the season, or someone like him. Jason has earned enough to get the chance to prove he can still do it.
I do also think though that we need to start looking for a new guy there. Not necessarily for this year but in the next year or two I would like to see us draft another home run hitter at the position to solidify it for us for the next 20 years.
Tampa bay has this amazing looking young kicker, which is good for them since they will need him a lot. He attributes his kicking prowess to yoga 6 days a week. Lets sign Jason up for some yoga :)
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I just said he looked good.
Untwist your panties please.
by CLF on Sep 1, 2010 6:37 AM EDT up reply actions
My vote on kicker
Ndamukong Suh – after he’s done snacking on QB spine. I heard he can kick, is it a touchback if you pop the ball like a balloon while kicking it?
He played soccer....
up until he got to big (which was around 12 yo if I remember right) and was getting whistled for bowling over the other kids.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
At least we have a heads up on who one of 75 players is that will be released next cutdown day.
Trimming the Roster after the Bills game may put a few of us in a state of shock, we don’t know what the coaching staff knows and a guy we like may be sent packing.
I could really see them only keeping 2 qbs
I know its a bold play but in all honesty, would you feel that much better with Stanton than some guy we got the week before a game? The way I figure, I’d rather give that spot to an extra DB or LB in the hopes that he may contribute, as I figure with Stanton we’re not winning the game anyway.
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by JoelZumayaKegStand on Aug 31, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
We probably have a better chance winning a game running the Wildcat the whole game with Best then with Stanton as our QB.
We could just make Suh our #3 QB
Once he gets enough conditioning to be 100% on all defensive snaps maybe, but not this year.
On the whole 2 QB thing if that happens I sure hope they trade Drew for at least a 5th or 6th round pick, IMO he is easily worth that.
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He played fullback for a few snaps at Nebraska.
He scored one touchdown catching a pass out of the backfield as a fullback. Him in the Wildcat formation might make for some interesting match ups.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
Might scare the crap out of defense too
I had a dream were the Lions let me sign a 1 day contract they let me practice with them running drills and catching passes from Matt…At the end of the day I was called into Mayhews office. I was told I had just been traded to seattle for a 5th round draft pick.
by The Profiler on Sep 1, 2010 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe Suh can dish out some punishment to the opposing team's DL.
I would love to see him twist Jared Allen’s head a bit.
Hanson
Haushka its been fun but the franchise is back. Levy injury pisses me off but i think we should be alright w/out him against Buf. maybe we can give them a strong dose of Stanton and then trade him away to them for one of those cb and a 6th rounder.
So glad Wade is back
He was getting really good reviews for his play before getting injured.
it would have been nice to get Hill
… not trying to be greedy but the thought crossed my mind
GO LIONS in 2010! the transformation starts now.. they have much to do.
The old man still has the leg THATS GREAT
sorry guys Haushka is good but when he played in det he wasn’t nearly as good as he was in denver…as most people predicted. If we need another kicker mid-season he’d be good but when it comes to a last second winner there are few I trust more than Jason to mkae that kick..Vinitarei being one of them.
Suh,Williams,Avril,VandenBosch
With the Four Horsemen ride,Or choose your fate and die
Compared to a lot of other teams the Lions have come through [cross fingers] the preseason very healthy.
Outside of Dizon nobody has been knocked out for the season, the guys who came in injured seem to be healing up nicely, but mostly our key players [outside of Delmas and Levy] all seem to be close to 100%.
Whooppee!
Yep
And we should be glad that we didn’t have any major injuries on offense. Our offense is gonna be the determining factor for how well we do this year, and if somebody like a Best or Megatron caught a serious injury we would be standing knee deep in doggy doo doo. Our O-line needs to stay healthy too, we saw how it fell apart last year when Peterman went down.
Seattle traded CB Josh Wilson to Baltimore for a 5th rd pick
MAJOR meltdown happening on the Seachickens site. The fans are PISSED! F’en hilarious!
The pick could become a 4th rd.
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What do we know about wilson?
Is Cleveland that deep at CB?
Lions fans deserve better than being the laughing stock of the NFL. Lets all hope they are heading in the right direction finally.
oops, Seattle even
Lions fans deserve better than being the laughing stock of the NFL. Lets all hope they are heading in the right direction finally.
I just posted that
if anyone was bored and needed a laugh to go to the Seahawks site.
According to their fans, the team is not very deep at corner. The Seattle front office thinks so.
I went there to see what they thought of the Polumbus trade. This was a bonus.
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It's funny
But at the same time, I do feel a little bad for them. We know all to well what it feels like to have an idiot running the team, so I can sympathize.
On the other hand, I’m glad that we’ve been one of the teams that’s been able to take advantage of them, and hope to continue to do so in the future. And I wish we could have been the ones to send a fifth for Wilson, seeing as how bad our CB situation is.
I would have loved to get Wilson for a 5th
Lions fans deserve better than being the laughing stock of the NFL. Lets all hope they are heading in the right direction finally.
+1
were was mayhew he’d have gotten him for a 6th
Suh,Williams,Avril,VandenBosch
With the Four Horsemen ride,Or choose your fate and die
by The Profiler on Aug 31, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I really don't get it, actually
Our fifth round pick will obviously be a higher pick then Baltimore’s, and as often as Mayhew does business with them it’s extremely hard for me to believe that he didn’t know they were shopping him. I’m actually starting to get kind of pissed that we weren’t the ones to get him, he’s a quality starter who plays the position that we are in greatest need of. How the hell did Mayhew not get in on this action?
That is a really good point.
Lions fans deserve better than being the laughing stock of the NFL. Lets all hope they are heading in the right direction finally.
Hell, I would have gladly given a fourth for him
Josh Wilson would have instantly become the best Corner on our team. This is really starting to irritate me.
I do believe that Mayhew would get Schwartz's thougths
on Wilson. Maybe is was Schwartz that was not impressed by Wilson.
if the shoe fits...get another one just like it - George Carlin
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I suppose, though I don’t know how you possibly wouldn’t want a physical corner that ran a sub 4.4 forty at the combine and has six picks in two years, three of which he returned for TD’s, and who has great ball skills, and who has an average INT return average of 43.5 yards (that’s on all of them, not just ones returned for TD’s) and who has a 36.5 inch vertical, scored a 29 on the wonderlic, and did 20 bench press reps at the combine.
Quite frankly, if Schwartz didn’t want this guy, I don’t want him as my coach.
It is because we are not looking for a corner, as much as everyone might think we are.
I am pretty sure the front office is good with moving forward with what we have.
Baltimore traded Foxworth, Ed Reed is going to probably be on the PUP and not see action till week 6, and their other corners are not stepping it up outside of one fella. So the Ravens called EVERY team in the league looking for a corner. Yes they even called us :) Seattle bit because the Ravens reached out to them. This was a deal driven from the Baltimore end not Seattles.
Their fans have a reason to be pissed IMO but Trufant is their #1 corner hands down and they have some other guys there that show promise. I think it is way to early to tell who got the better of this trade until we see how Wilson plays for them for two seasons.
As for us, it is clearly obvious to me that the front office is happy with Houston, Wade, and Bly and you know from what I have seen, heard, and read so am I. No way I would want to give up a 4th round pick for Wilson because I am not sure he would be any higher than 4th on our depth chart anyways. Who knows if he could have beaten out the names mentioned above? I don’t. But I think it is pretty obvious what Mayhew, Schwartz, and Co. think.
If anything I am more upset that we did not sign Adam Jones. Especially given that he is a good depth guy and punt returner and came cheaply.
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No, they don't
According to Seahawks fans, they have Trufant, followed by a bunch of guys who resemble the DB’s in the movie “The Replacements”. I’m as hopeful about our CB’s as anyone, but it’s pretty obvious that Wilson is better then any Corner we have on the roster.
According to Seattles front office he was 2nd on thier depth chart at nickle
“This is an opportunity for us that came along because of our depth and our situation at the cornerback position that we’re very happy with,” Carroll said.
Marcus Trufant has played extremely well, bouncing back after he was never really healthy last season. Wilson was competing with Kelly Jennings to start at right cornerback while Walter Thurmond — the rookie from Oregon — has recovered from a serious knee injury and will now step into a role as the nickel cornerback.
“What happens is the market is different at different times,” Schneider said. “Randy Moss was traded for a fourth-round pick.”
Wilson’s contract has only one year remaining, meaning he is a free agent at the end of the season. The Seahawks believed their depth at cornerback was sufficient to warrant picking up an extra pick next year.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawks/2012772424_hawk01.html
Everyone is also forgetting that if he plays a certain amount of games Seattle will get a 4th round pick for him. This is no different than when we moved Ernie Sims. Getting rid of a good player on their last contract year that don’t fit into future plans. Win Seattle.
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More info on it
Wilson became expendable because the Seahawks selected cornerback Walter Thurmond in the fourth round of April’s NFL draft and the coaches also like Roy Lewis, the former University of Washington Husky who played in nine games on special teams last year.
http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2010/8/31/1660975/deandre-levys-status-for-start-of#comments
"Josh was a great player for us and we love him," coach Pete Carroll said. "John (Schneider) said when he got here he wanted to create a roster that other teams wanted to come after, and this is an illustration of that. Because of a good draft this year and other players that have been here, we’ve got some good pieces in place that will seize this opportunity. We’re really excited to see how Kelly (Jennings), Walter (Thurmond) and Roy (Lewis) rise up and make the most of this chance."
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Ahh here is the one I was looking for!
http://seattle.sbnation.com/2010/8/31/1660971/seattle-seahawks-transactions-trade-waiver-wire
Seahawks GM John Schneider says Josh Wilson trade was offer “we couldn’t pass up,” made possible by Thurmond’s development.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck
Carroll on Wilson: “This is an opportunity for us that came on because of our depth.” #Seahawksless than a minute ago via TweetDeck
Pete Carroll said that right now Walter Thurmond is the team’s starting nickle back. Wilson trade also means Leon Washington returns kicks.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck
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I think the point people are trying to make Esmurf is that a "starting" CB has more value than a fifth round pick.
Or even a fourth. A late pick based on the Ravens likely 2010 record.
It would be like us trading KSmith for a sixth round pick. Haha.
Come to think of it, didn’t we get Houston for a sixth round pick? Based on that, the Seattle GM might think he took the Ravens [Ozzie] to the cleaners. Not freaking likely.
Yeah the market is what it is. Santonio Holmes going for a 4th rounder was amazing to me too
My main point was that there is more to it than just how good a player is. Mainly how many years are on his contract and where is he on the depth chart. I know there is no salary cap this year, but I doubt too many organizations are going to alter the way they structure their salaries based on one uncapped year. They got what they could for him before he left in FA next year. Meanwhile they get a good looking young guy another year of playing time instead of him having to get limited snaps. Very similar to our Ernie Sims situation. I could see them keeping him if they were a playoff team, but they are not. So no need to make that all out push for the super bowl like a Green Bay or New York Jets might.
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Smurfy, c'mon man
We more then anybody should know that a GM isn’t always right. If Millen traded Wilson for a fifth round pick, would it have been right just because he ran the team? The whole thing that’s pissing off ’Hawks fans is that their entire FO is a bunch of idiots. Any of them will tell you Jennings and the rest of those guys are garbage.
Oh I question a lot of their decisions but not so much the trades.
See what I would be questioning is this. Why did they even draft Aaron Curry when they already had J.P? Why would they even draft Thurmond when they had Wilson? Well they took BPA and then are now trading the additional depth to fill other roster holes or get future draft value. This is why I don’t agree with a pure BPA draft model. For me I go BPA iPoN, in Postion of Need. I agree they are idiots but I think it goes deeper than the trades, me, I would criticize the picks they made in the first place that caused the trades to happen.
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I gues to take it a step further
I think they are doing good at evaluating draft talent too, but I think they are doing piss poor in accessing how that talent fits onto their roster and weighing the impact of it.
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Foxworth wasn't traded, he was IRed
at worst, Wilson would’ve been the nickel corner and the Lions could’ve cut Eric King.
I only brought up the trade because the posts on the Seachickens sight were funny.
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Brain farted, was thinking of the Denver to Atlanta trade in 08
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Feel sorry for them....Screw that...lol
It’s only their 1st year of idiotism, they still have 9 to go.
by delusional on Aug 31, 2010 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Glad to Aaron Berry is practicing again. . .
i think he has a real shot to make the team and contribute. . .
Agreed
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by Hyperion Ecta on Sep 3, 2010 7:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Cornerbacks
Awesome to hear Aaron Berry and Jonathan Wade are back. I want to see what Berry can do and if Jonathan Wade can build on the positive momentum he had going before he was hurt.
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