Detroit Lions Reportedly Sign Don Carey

by Sean Yuille on Oct 25, 2011 5:22 PM EDT in Detroit Lions News

The Detroit Lions have signed defensive back Don Carey, according to Scout.com's Aaron Wilson.

Carey, who is from Grand Rapids, was drafted in the sixth round in 2009 by the Cleveland Browns. He suffered an injury and was let go during training camp, but he was picked up by the Jacksonville Jaguars. Although he spent 2009 on injured reserve, he came back a year later and played in 15 games. He made 10 starts and recorded 55 tackles and one interception for the Jags.

Carey was let go by the Jaguars before the 2011 season and had been looking for a new team ever since. The Lions hosted him for a workout last week, according to Dave Birkett, and the decision was made today to sign him.

It's not known who Carey is replacing on the roster, but my guess is Vincent Fuller. Fuller was signed prior to the Monday night game against the Chicago Bears as safety depth when injuries were piling up at the position. He has been injured the last couple weeks, and my guess is the Lions placed him on injured reserve or released him to create room on the roster for Carey.

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Always nice to see a hometown boy get a shot

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by The Profiler on Oct 25, 2011 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

Definitely

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by akadwriter on Oct 26, 2011 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions

+1

by SaluteYourSchwartz on Oct 26, 2011 3:53 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Can never have enough DBs.

Just hope the chicken little brigade doesn’t read too much into this.

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by Mavyrk on Oct 25, 2011 5:38 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

LOL

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by seabeeruss on Oct 25, 2011 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

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by The Profiler on Oct 25, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Does this mean that Stafford is going on IR?

/sarcasm

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by drgarnett on Oct 25, 2011 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

i hope he can open some holes

for our run game…

by yamahawarrior89 on Oct 25, 2011 6:48 PM EDT reply actions

It's Don Carey

Not Drew Carey. I doubt he will be any help in opening holes for the run.

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by Enforcer on Oct 25, 2011 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions

At Drew's size?

No way, he’s skinnier than Jahvid nowadays.

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by Mavyrk on Oct 25, 2011 7:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

So we let reality get in the way of comedy? lol

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by Enforcer on Oct 25, 2011 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions

whoops... my bad

yeah, it would be nice to get something from this guy. but i really hope we can make some adjustments in our offense to be productive. I think it is up to the coaches, they chose the 53 people on this squad, now make up a game plan that will work.

by yamahawarrior89 on Oct 25, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions

... or MAKE some holes

He also played some RB at Norfolk State.

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Detroit... putting the OFFENSIVE in OL.

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Oct 25, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL! I don’t think so, not part of his game. Although we do need to figure that aspect of the game out.

by Jeff Lamphere on Oct 25, 2011 7:05 PM EDT reply actions

And still no Alfonso...

He has been dressed, just can’t pass Berry to enter the game

by CR on Oct 25, 2011 8:06 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah Phonz is covering punts

It’s a waste to let the one guy who can create turnovers ride the bench. Him and Berry need to split time

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by The Profiler on Oct 25, 2011 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Stanton creates great turnovers.

Let’s put him in.

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by Mavyrk on Oct 25, 2011 10:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Like this move a lot

He’s young and has some potential, but will mostly be depth. He was actually decent last season for the Browns, surprised they got rid of him. Hometown boy is a + too.

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by ZWC11 on Oct 25, 2011 8:31 PM EDT reply actions

He played for the Jags last season; waivered/injured by the Browns in 2009

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Oct 25, 2011 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I meant the jags lol, not sure why I said the Browns

I don’t remember him doing much of anything with the Browns, but he made some plays with the Jags from what I saw.

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by ZWC11 on Oct 26, 2011 4:34 AM EDT up reply actions

I thought so... he never played a down for the Browns

They gave up on him when he injured his shoulder in preseason, but the Jags were right there to quickly scoop him up and IR him, which doesn’t happen everyday.

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by Gee Garold Lembach on Oct 26, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions

how many carries a game will he get?

oh wait he’s a db, not a rb. got it.

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by nuftjedi on Oct 26, 2011 10:19 AM EDT reply actions

Being a fan of both the Jags and Lions,

I’m not getting this. Don Carey is a hometown guy for me, but he was awful on the Jags. The way he was swiped off a practice squad made Jags fans think we stole a 6th round pick. After he played, most thought our GM was stupid for not cutting him sooner. Our (Jax) secondary was one of the worst in the league last year. Carey didn’t make the cut. Maybe Detroit should bring back a fullback instead.

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