Detroit Lions Sign Keyunta Dawson, Montavious Stanley

by Sean Yuille on Aug 8, 2011 4:56 PM EDT in Detroit Lions News

The Detroit Lions added two new defensive linemen to the roster on Monday, signing defensive end Keyunta Dawson and defensive tackle Montavious Stanley.

Dawson was last with the Indianapolis Colts. He was a seventh-round draft pick in 2007 and appeared in all but six regular season games over the last four years. He started 14 games in 2008 and recorded 42 tackles. He only made six starts in his other three seasons in Indianapolis.

Stanley was last with the Miami Dolphins. He entered the league as a sixth-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys in 2006 and went on to play for the St. Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars, Dolphins and the UFL's Omaha Nighthawks. He appeared in 15 games with the Jaguars in 2009 and made 20 tackles and three pass defenses.

To make room on the roster for Dawson and Stanley, the Lions released linebacker Daunte Akra and cornerback Jamal Robinson, who were both originally signed this year as undrafted free agents.

UPDATE: The Lions also released Greg Banks on Monday.

UPDATE II: Adam Caplan reports that the Lions claimed linebacker Cody Brown off waivers from the Jets. This explains why three players were let go on Monday.

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Positive Positive News!

Apparently BOTH of the beleaguered 3rd round picks Derrick Williams and Amari Spievey look like MONSTERS in camp and are going to do all they can to undue the rumor that Mayhew isn’t a 3rd round picker. Both of these guys stepping up would be huge toward making up for the current draft 2011 bust status thus far. Long term they should be good but this year doesn’t look good. But Spievey alone would be a huge boost.

Malek

by Matthew Malek on Aug 8, 2011 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

2011 draft busts?!?!?!

are you serious? Fairley is missing out on training camp, so that makes him a bust. Titus Young has missed some training camp and will likely play in most of the preseason, so that makes him a bust. I understand Leshoure going down for the year is a disappointment, but guys like Maurice Morris and Jerome Felton can help carry the burden, especially if Best stays healthy.

by lions_sucker on Aug 8, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

MoMo

Maurice Morris has a broken hand and is out indefinitely

by Staffordno9 on Aug 8, 2011 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

he is out?

My impression was he is practicing with a club on his hand.

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by joshsun on Aug 8, 2011 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

ok good I hope so

by Staffordno9 on Aug 8, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions

i could be wrong

hunting around now trying to get an answer.

Do not take my word on this yet.

by joshsun on Aug 8, 2011 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions

lol...well said

by Hyperion Ecta on Aug 9, 2011 2:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Hopefully they rock it in the regular season it be nice to see a Dwill redemption

by Michael21 on Aug 8, 2011 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Breaking News

Kyle Vandenbosch was hit by train. He now in a neckbrace for 6 months. As for the passengers there were no survivors.

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by The Profiler on Aug 8, 2011 5:10 PM EDT reply actions

More news coming in

Nate Bureleson was found in the wreckege of a train that hit Kyle Vandebosch..

Thank you Zack Follett for all your hard work.Pain Train Forever
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by The Profiler on Aug 8, 2011 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

BREAKING NEWS

Plane crashes at Ford Field during practice. All that is left is the players wearing boots as they were in North Carolina visiting a foot specialist.

by Joey-P on Aug 8, 2011 5:49 PM EDT reply actions

lol

I lol’d

by Rudy Endsley on Aug 8, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions

It's depressing over here

I’ve been lurking for a good month and the mood has really changed… well my motto is ’we’ll see’ so… we’ll see’

by Rudy Endsley on Aug 8, 2011 5:51 PM EDT reply actions

We will see fri

If these guys are the help we need we will defiantly see in the first preseason game Friday

by Marvelous Madison on Aug 8, 2011 6:04 PM EDT reply actions

Damn it !

One of my " sleepers ", Jamal Robinson, munched it. Our cornerback situation must be half way decent…

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by Keevatron on Aug 8, 2011 6:06 PM EDT reply actions

Stop signing D lineman

Bring in the RB and WR posse and get to it already!

by joshsun on Aug 8, 2011 6:09 PM EDT reply actions

dont mind another DE with losing turk :/

by bnumerich on Aug 8, 2011 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

its competition

by bnumerich on Aug 8, 2011 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions

we had like 14 WRs!

I’m with ya on the RBs

The Dis-Assembly Line - The unofficial, official name for the next best D-line in football.

by rames on Aug 8, 2011 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions

seems like we should be..

focusing our efforts on trying to do something to improve our left tackle situation so that we can protect our very expensive quarterback’s blindside rather than continuing to pad our D-Line. dont get me wrong, I love the competition for the D-Lineman, but we NEED to protect our quarterback and so far the majority of our O-Line has been hurt and will be out at least until the regular season…not looking so great so far…hope they figure it out soon!

by silver_rush on Aug 8, 2011 6:45 PM EDT reply actions