Detroit Lions Confirm Release Of Zack Follett

by Sean Yuille on Aug 3, 2011 12:28 PM EDT in Detroit Lions News

Linebacker Zack Follett has in fact been released by the Detroit Lions. Follett said he was no longer a Lion last night on Twitter, and team president Tom Lewand confirmed the move today.

"I just wanted to confirm the release of Zack Follett last night and thank him," said Lewand. "(It's) a credit to him that he worked as hard as he did during the offseason to be at a point where he could return to football. We made a decision that I think was in our best interest and I think probably in his best interest."

Lewand said that Follett was "waived healthy," meaning he was not dealing with an injury when the Lions decided to let him go. His neck was definitely an issue, though. Based on Follett saying his neck was on fire, this move was made, as Lewand said, with both sides' best interest in mind.

Follett has been a solid contributor for the Lions on and off the field the last two years, but in the end the risk of a serious injury was just too high.

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Its just better this way

Then us thanking his family for his ultimate sacrifice. Damn shame though.

Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you had in mind?
Is this what you wanted?
'Cause this is what you're getting.

by chaunce on Aug 3, 2011 12:34 PM EDT reply actions

Choosing someone’s life is always more important than football. I would rather zack be able to live than risk being crippled the rest his life. Thanks for being a Lion zack and i wish u the very best!

by DieHardFanForever on Aug 3, 2011 12:40 PM EDT reply actions

Hopefully

Zach does the right thing and just retires. NO getting sign by another team unless he’s getting groomed to be a coach. I think there is no true fan of football let alone any Lions fans who believe he has anything left to prove! He never developed into the player he should’ve been but you can’t question his intangibles and I hope he does the right thing that doesn’t make us question his intelligence. Just retire Zach we would applaud that much more then we would applaud seeing you walk for the first time after suffering another spinal injury.

by Gino Peterson on Aug 3, 2011 12:47 PM EDT reply actions

by detpistons3 on Aug 3, 2011 2:33 PM EDT reply actions

They show that hit 3 times in that video

And it’s never enough. I could watch that all day.

He who speaks the least, has less to regret.

by BoyNamedSuh on Aug 3, 2011 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Zack should be proud of what he did

He got to play 2 years in the NFL. The National freaking football league! Dreams of many reality for few and he got to do it. Gonna miss having that guy around no question.

Thank you Zack Follett for all your hard work.Pain Train Forever
PCP 4 LIFE

by The Profiler on Aug 3, 2011 4:21 PM EDT reply actions