Corey Hilliard

by GhostofLionspast on Aug 4, 2011 2:07 PM EDT

Was a former 6th round pick of the Patriots, 6'6 300 pounds seemed to fill in pretty well last season when Gosder was hurt. Any chance he gets one of the starting T jobs if Backus isn't ready or if he is just flat out better than Gosder. Dude seemed like a gamer last year, impressed me more than any of our other tackles... what Ive seen last year is all I really know about the guy

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Last I heard...

OG Donald Thomas was taking first team reps at RT with Gosder not practicing (with Jason Fox in at LT for Backus) so it’s hard to say where Hilliard stands right now.

by Forward Down The Field on Aug 4, 2011 2:22 PM EDT reply actions

Hilliard was a FA...

…he couldn’t practice until today.

by AJSmitty on Aug 4, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh. Makes sense.

I did think it was odd that he got bypassed to fill in at RT while Gosder recovers. Thank you clearing that up.

by Forward Down The Field on Aug 4, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe could fill in

I don’t see him beating Gos or Backus if they are healthy – but if they’re at 75%, then Hilliard might be the next best option. I agree he did a pretty decent hob at RT last year (minus the penalties). My hope is that with Fox healthy, he will beat out Hilliard as the top backup (at least at LT anyway – I like Hilliard at RT)

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by rames on Aug 4, 2011 2:41 PM EDT reply actions

100% see it the same way.

by Millen_Free on Aug 4, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

i love your name.

and i thank god we are all millen free every day.

by controldekinai on Aug 4, 2011 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Amen to that bro!

by Millen_Free on Aug 5, 2011 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

by TuffLynx on Aug 4, 2011 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I mean

who doesn’t get false start or offside penalties on our team? I coulda swore Raiola got a false start as the center…

Thumbs up!

by GhostofLionspast on Aug 4, 2011 3:09 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, he did.

I was quite confused at how that happened.
Facepalm.

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by UndaDawg on Aug 4, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I think it was simulating a false snap

otherwise known as the ol double clutch.

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by YpsilantiJeff on Aug 4, 2011 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Not to be confused with

the ol’ camel clutch

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by cheyennejack on Aug 4, 2011 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Still perfer the toe lol

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by The Profiler on Aug 4, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions

more than once.

by haywood on Aug 5, 2011 7:53 AM EDT up reply actions

I like Hilliard

but I think his only chance to start is on the right side. If Backus is out for an extended period, I think Fox starts.

by Trysdor on Aug 4, 2011 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

+1

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by YpsilantiJeff on Aug 4, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

if Backus is hurt

Fox would take over at LT. If Gosder is hurt, Fox or Hilliard would likely take up the RT.

by x$pcents IV on Aug 4, 2011 5:01 PM EDT reply actions

Not as sold on Hilliard as everyone else I guess

Good depth but I’d rather he not be the starter all year.

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by The Profiler on Aug 4, 2011 5:24 PM EDT reply actions

+100

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by Nate D. on Aug 4, 2011 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I have to agree with this

But it is kind of interesting that in 2010 the Lions ran better over the right side of the line when Hilliard was in than when Cherilus was in.All those games late in the season where the running game got better were with Hilliard because Cherilus was on IR. I just don’t know if that had more to do with Peterman getting healthy than it did about Hilliard vs Cherilus.

by TuffLynx on Aug 4, 2011 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, except for the second half of the last game against the Vikings.

Fox was playing RT in that one.

by TuffLynx on Aug 4, 2011 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions

His run blocking was better than the Goz

He has potential. Honestly, i was really surprised with his performance. He played much better than I expected.

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by joshsun on Aug 4, 2011 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions

it also coincided

with MoMo getting touches and Liney breaking (a little) from his fetish of sending Best up the middle. Didn’t work, ok how about we send Best up the middle. Nope, ok I have an idea, lets send Best up the middle. It seemed like Hilliard had pretty sloppy play for the most part. Not horrible, not great tho either.

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by Ee Oulo on Aug 5, 2011 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Same

by Hyperion Ecta on Aug 5, 2011 3:09 AM EDT up reply actions

fox will be the LT.. hillerd mght be our RT.. but i think he will be our furtur RG

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by det32 on Aug 4, 2011 8:39 PM EDT reply actions

Makes sense, but it's interesting that the Dline was ripping apar the Oline

according to reports from last nights practice. Especially with Avril back, I’m sure Hilliard had a hell of a time. It’s hard to know what to take from news like that though…when will our Oline face that many very good players upfront??? I mean, we don’t play the Steelers or Ravens…Chicago has Peppers now…and that’s it (basically)! Vikes got Allen and one effective Williams (I’m assuming). Pack have Raji and Matthews…almost everyteam we face has A great player and maybe a good one to compliment him, but hardly any had a whole set of very good players up front. What that means is we can roll protection more easily, and run plays that neutralize those players to certain extent if any one lineman is having problems…hmmm, how to evaluate?

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by rames on Aug 5, 2011 10:38 AM EDT reply actions