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Great! Now they can drafr more receivers!

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face it, the Lions are one of the worst drafting teams and will never get good.

But I agree, he did need to clean house. I pick for the lions could be Brohm, they need a QB.

I think the Lions get Rashard Mendenhall. They have no RBs

wow

ummm...thats a bad thing

"I pick for the lions could be Brohm, they need a QB."

Drew Stanton says hello

Here is the problem. They have been rebuilding since god knows when. They should have a decent team at this point. At this point, they have nothing, so why should they keep something that will remain useless to them? Shaun Rogers was a big, fat, slow pig that used Steroids, and he played well after them anyway, so that also makes him not the brightest bulb in the pack.

What is NOT helping them, is that Rod Marinelli is getting a bunch of 2nd and 3rd string defensive players from the Buccanneers. I know he knows them, but in football you have to let it go sometimes. It is his old team, and he should let them go and go somewhere where he can be good. However, they are keeping players on their roster than they do not need, and now they are cleaning house, leaving more cap space.

They are making the most idiotic mistakes in signing players, but the good thing is that they are cleaning out what doesn't need to be there.

My vote goes to the left for now, but arguments could change it.

The Lions were also last in the league in Points with 444!!!

that's points given up by the defense by the way. I wasnt clear on that.

How can they be improving by cleaning house when they have been rebuilding ever since Barry left. Maybe they need to hire a new maid, because the job the old has been doing cleaning hasn't worked out very well.

Nothing wrong with the trading of Rogers but losing Dre Bly was just a bad move. Bly was too solid of a corner to let go. I like where B Redii was going with this but my vote is to Stauff Nation.

Vote to B-Red because Stauff actually said "Who cares about how many takeaways your team has"

That's ridiculous. The ONLY reason the Lions were 6-2 to begin the season was because their defense was forcing tons of turnovers. You're right the defense wasn't good at all and yet they were winning some low-scoring games simply because they were taking the ball from the other team. When teams took care of the ball against Detroit they won...big.

Rogers was lazy...he might be a dominant DT for the Browns but he wasn't happy with Detroit and wasn't going to give effort. Good trade for the Lions there...got a starting CB and a 3rd Round pick that could turn into another starter.

As for Bly...what they got in return wasn't great but he wanted out. I'd rather have an average player who plays hard and wants to be there than an above average corner who wants out.

It doesn't matter what Rod does, because Matt wil F things up like he's been doing since he became GM.

i think more needs to be blamed on Millen, rather than the Coach....i mean he is the second worst gm in sports behind Isiah...i personally think Rod has done a good job...

the simple fact is that they improved to 7 wins. I never said they were the best team in the league, but they are getting better. Anyways, good stuff and it was fun to try my first Throwdown.

ya you did a real good job. My first TD was a flippin joke.

Vote to B-Red because Stauff actually said "Who cares about how many takeaways your team has"
doodlebuglc24 | 03/12/08, 10:44 AM

did you read the rest of the sentence where I explained that?
"Ok first of all, who cares about how many takeaways your team has when your defense flat out sucks?"

The takeaways obviously didn't contribute much if they still had one of the worst defenses in the NFL. I'm not looking at one stats that the D didn't suck in, I'm looking at the big picture.

the only reason the Lions are still bad is b/c they change coaches every 2 yrs. This is te only coach under Millen that is still here for a 3rd yr. The state of this organization needs to placed on the shoulders of the GM. Getting rid of Rogers was good and bad depending how you look at it. MArinelli had to sedna message that that type of player was not going to be on his team, dispite the extreme talent. What we got for him was a big help to a sorry secondary that needed a #1 and 2 corner. Now Bly on the other hand is also extrememly talented but what we got for him hasnt really paned out. Foster false started himself to the bench and Bell only played in 3 games. Even if Bly hit like a girl (no offense ladies) he was still a good cover corner, but just didnt fit the scheme Marinelli is running. Marinelli is slowley but surely building a team that players are going to want to play for and wont just be lightning in a bottle but a long time contender.