Lions Sign Jovan Haye, Release Brandon McDonald

by Sean Yuille on Dec 9, 2011 5:06 PM EST in Detroit Lions News

With defensive tackle Nick Fairley unlikely to play this week against the Minnesota Vikings because of his foot injury, the Detroit Lions have signed defensive tackle Jovan Haye as extra depth at the position. To make room on the roster for Haye, the Lions released cornerback Brandon McDonald.

Haye worked out for the Lions earlier this week. It was his second workout with the team, as he was a part of the 24-player workout that was held during the Lions' bye week.

Haye has previously played for the Panthers, Browns, Buccaneers and Titans. He had six sacks in 2007 with the Bucs, but he's only had half a sack in the rest of his career. Haye seems like he has some potential, but he could only be around for a few days with Ndamukong Suh's suspension ending after Sunday.

McDonald had been with the Lions since last season. This year, he appeared in 11 games for Detroit and recorded 17 tackles and one pass defense. Although depth isn't exactly great at cornerback right now with Chris Houston injured, the Lions apparently felt it was more important to add some depth at DT rather than keep an extra player at CB.

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I like Bmac

but he was really exposed against NO which is gonna happen to many back-up corners against the Saints so not sure if this is fair but oh well.

I have a twitter that follows all the Lions and Bmac came off sometimes as bipolar or just really depressed with the weird cryptic stuff he’d write, wonder if any teammate or coach questioned him about some of the odd messages?

by Meth Chef Jeff on Dec 9, 2011 5:12 PM EST reply actions

I wondered the same thing

I watched some of the players twitters prior to the game starting. I also noticed how strange a lot of Bmac’s comments were. He really struck me as having a whiny bad attitude. Despite some good play (prior to recently) I kind of figured he had likely put a target on his back.

If you are disappointed it is only because you have chosen to set your expectations at a level that was never reasonable in the first place.
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by Ee Oulo on Dec 10, 2011 2:10 AM EST up reply actions

Personally

As some of you may have noticed from my past comments, I’m not really sad to see McDonald go. That said, yeah, I hate that we’re cutting a cornerback when half of the secondary is hurt. That said, when the line is destroyed as much as it is, the secondary is going to look bad no matter what.

by mcivor on Dec 9, 2011 6:42 PM EST reply actions