2008 - Lions notes

[Timone]

I'm starting to think Lions fans deserve what they get.

[DrRay11]

"In the end... zone." LMFAO!

"The Lions are going to own, own own."

Awesome!

[WTFchris]

Martz, interviewed at the NFL scouting combine, revealed for the first time that he was actually fired by the Lions.
"Oh yeah, they fired me. They absolutely fired me," said Martz, who is now the offensive coordinator for the 49ers.
With neither Martz or the team declaring the departure to be a firing or a resignation, it was believed to be a mutual departure.
"When they fired me, then it became mutual -- I agreed that I should probably go. That's how it became mutual," Martz said.
When asked if he was surprised why the Lions wouldn't term it a firing in their official press release, Martz said, "I can't explain anything that they do."

Martz also indicated that Lions first-round draft choice Calvin Johnson, a receiver out of Georgia Tech, was hurt a lot worse than originally believed last year. Johnson suffered a back injury in the third game of the season, against the Philadelphia Eagles, and missed the next game but played in every other game.
Johnson finished the year with just 48 catches for 756 yards but Martz said his production wasn't limited by the complexities of the offense.
"Not at all, just the opposite in fact. He did a great job in preparation," Martz said. "Calvin got hurt in that Philadelphia game and he never recovered the rest of the year. He was never 100 percent the rest of the year. In fact, there were games he really struggled to play and maybe shouldn't have played, I don't know. It was important to him to play and you've got to give him credit. He fought through it pretty good."

[Glenn]

I like Martz.

[Vinny]

Freep says we're trading Shaun Rogers to Denver:
http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic...RTS01/80225055

I'm gonna go with Stephen Alexander and a fifth round pick.

[Zekyl]

Stephen Alexander plays for the Broncos?

Edit: Nevermind, I was thinking Shaun Alexander. Didn't Stephen Alexander retire or something, haha? Any guesses on who we really are going to get?

[Glenn]

The Lions also cut Fernando Bryant today.

[DrRay11]

Good stuff! I like how we compete to be the worst.

[Zekyl]

So we cut our top CB? Granted, he had injury problems, but he was our only DB that did anything.

[Black Dynamite]

trading rogers to dungver for peanuts? Damnit who runs the lions again?




on a side note, this emoticon is disturbing.