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mwill2
Play by Play Announcer - Al Michaels
Joined: October 15th, 2005, 9:00 am
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 Re: Free Agency Killwill25 wrote: I see carl nix coming to the D Only if Tampa Bay is playing a road game.  http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7684603/tampa-bay-buccaneers-add-carl-nicks-eric-wright-signing-vincent-jacksonHowever, Dave Birkett just tweeted that Eric Winston will be visiting. That would be a tremendous upgrade at RT if Mayhew can land him.
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DJ-B
Position Coach
Joined: April 5th, 2007, 5:51 pm
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Re: Free Agency Killwill25 wrote: I see carl nix coming to the D Assuming you meant Carl Nicks.....he already signed with the Bucs.
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Stallion
Play by Play Announcer - Al Michaels
Joined: October 15th, 2005, 12:45 pm
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Re: Free Agency Mayhew is playing this the correct way. He is bring back the guys we can and not overspending. There are plenty of stopgaps available still.
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Boz
Varsity Benchwarmer
Joined: September 28th, 2011, 5:57 pm
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Re: Free Agency Yahoo Sports is reporting that the Seahawks are about to release Robert Gallery. Gallery reportedly play hurt all of last year.
Any takers?
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| March 14th, 2012, 10:52 pm |
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inheritedlionsfan
Player of the Year - Offense
Joined: January 13th, 2006, 4:18 am
Posts: 2895
Location: Maryland
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Re: Free Agency Richard Marshal signs with Fins for 3 years 16M. That's pretty reasonable.
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DisgruntledFan
Varsity Captain
Joined: December 12th, 2008, 1:42 am
Posts: 331
Location: Trapped in Cheesehead Land
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Re: Free Agency Cornerback market is drying up pretty quick. I'm hoping they take a crack at Porter or Aaron Ross while they have a chance.
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Waiting to see if we aren't "The same old Lions".......
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BillySims
PHAT Nike Contract
Joined: May 7th, 2005, 3:25 pm
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Location: Earth/Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy
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Re: Free Agency njroar wrote: Berry was 2nd corner for most of the year anyway. It wouldn't be a step down, but don't expect them to stop there.
Geoff Schwartz is coming in for visit - RT/G. Would be better than Gos or Peterman.
Landry is coming in for visit. Immediate upgrade in Safety position if he's 100% back from Achilles.
Ginn Jr is coming for visit. Sets WR ranks and helps ST.
They started working on Tully last night so expect something there since MLB market again wasn't anything special, but gave him chance to test it like he wanted.
With $20 million they have plenty of room to do smaller 1 year deals, or spread cap hit across 2-3 years and make that money go far. Just remember what Mayhew did last season with very little. They'll be smart and keep tweaking the roster as players become available. There's still 500+ free agents out there. And after the draft, there will be about 250 more veterans released. Then we will find some fantastic bargains.
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Fisher or Joekel or Lane Johnson for #5 overall. I have settled on Johnson as my preference. The only thing Joekel and Fisher have over him is experience at LT. 2 years from now, Lane Johnson will be known as the best LT of this draft!
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DisgruntledFan
Varsity Captain
Joined: December 12th, 2008, 1:42 am
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Location: Trapped in Cheesehead Land
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Re: Free Agency Quote: Free agent Marcus McNeill will visit Lions on Thursday
Posted by Evan Silva on March 14, 2012, 11:31 PM EDT
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The Detroit Lions’ website is reporting that the team will host free agent offensive tackle Marcus McNeill at club headquarters on Thursday.
Free agent cornerback Jacob Lacey, formerly of the Colts, will also be in Detroit, as well as free agent returner/receiver Ted Ginn. We talked more about Ginn’s visit in this previous post.
McNeill was released by the Chargers on Tuesday, but he could be a superior option to fellow free agent Jeff Backus for the Lions. Both left tackles have obvious medical concerns, but McNeill is 28 years old. Backus turns 35 this fall.
The free agent visit will be McNeill’s first since his release.
He is the No. 27 overall player on PFT’s Hot 100 list. NICE! I still have reservations about McNeill's health at this point because of his neck injuries, but I didn't realize he was that much younger then Backus too! The talent is there, if his health is too he could be a hell of a deal compared to what he used to be making. Our line could look a lot better of McNeill AND Winston or Schwartz are both in Detroit's sights.
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BillySims
PHAT Nike Contract
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Re: Free Agency I would cut Gosder and give Winston Goses money in a heartbeat.
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Fisher or Joekel or Lane Johnson for #5 overall. I have settled on Johnson as my preference. The only thing Joekel and Fisher have over him is experience at LT. 2 years from now, Lane Johnson will be known as the best LT of this draft!
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BillySims
PHAT Nike Contract
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Re: Free Agency Boz wrote: Yahoo Sports is reporting that the Seahawks are about to release Robert Gallery. Gallery reportedly play hurt all of last year.
Any takers? If we could get him for a little less than we are paying Peterman, yeah. And then cut Peterman.
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Fisher or Joekel or Lane Johnson for #5 overall. I have settled on Johnson as my preference. The only thing Joekel and Fisher have over him is experience at LT. 2 years from now, Lane Johnson will be known as the best LT of this draft!
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BillySims
PHAT Nike Contract
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Re: Free Agency DisgruntledFan wrote: Quote: Free agent Marcus McNeill will visit Lions on Thursday
Posted by Evan Silva on March 14, 2012, 11:31 PM EDT
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The Detroit Lions’ website is reporting that the team will host free agent offensive tackle Marcus McNeill at club headquarters on Thursday.
Free agent cornerback Jacob Lacey, formerly of the Colts, will also be in Detroit, as well as free agent returner/receiver Ted Ginn. We talked more about Ginn’s visit in this previous post.
McNeill was released by the Chargers on Tuesday, but he could be a superior option to fellow free agent Jeff Backus for the Lions. Both left tackles have obvious medical concerns, but McNeill is 28 years old. Backus turns 35 this fall.
The free agent visit will be McNeill’s first since his release.
He is the No. 27 overall player on PFT’s Hot 100 list. NICE! I still have reservations about McNeill's health at this point because of his neck injuries, but I didn't realize he was that much younger then Backus too! The talent is there, if his health is too he could be a hell of a deal compared to what he used to be making. Our line could look a lot better of McNeill AND Winston or Schwartz are both in Detroit's sights. I agree. And I would still re-sign Backus for 3 years also and move him to RT. ( I want Backus to set the ironman record as a Lion).
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Fisher or Joekel or Lane Johnson for #5 overall. I have settled on Johnson as my preference. The only thing Joekel and Fisher have over him is experience at LT. 2 years from now, Lane Johnson will be known as the best LT of this draft!
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kdsberman
Player of the Year - Offense
Joined: February 20th, 2007, 10:51 pm
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Location: Saginaw, MI
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Re: Free Agency I like it. Signing McNeil would be a good thing.
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April 22nd, 2010 @ 7:44p.m. "The Detroit Lions select...Ndamukong Suh". Those are some beautiful words.
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Killwill25
Color Commentator - John Madden
Joined: March 5th, 2009, 8:42 pm
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Re: Free Agency All these lineman seem like nice options but it would be nice to upgrade to a stonger C for When we have Leshoure and __ running the ball.
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kdsberman
Player of the Year - Offense
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Re: Free Agency Killwill25 wrote: All these lineman seem like nice options but it would be nice to upgrade to a stonger C for When we have Leshoure and __ running the ball. Which is where Konz would fit nicely in the picture.
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WAY too early prediction for the 2013 NFL Draft: Bjoern Werner DE Florida St.
April 22nd, 2010 @ 7:44p.m. "The Detroit Lions select...Ndamukong Suh". Those are some beautiful words.
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UK Lion
National Champion
Joined: October 19th, 2005, 1:24 pm
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Location: Nottingham, England
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Re: Free Agency I think I'm one of the few on this site who actually rated Eric Wright - I thought he was a good player (maybe I've just seen too many Travis Fishers roll through town!). But even I think the deal he got from the Bucs was too much. If we needed to pay that to keep him here, best that he left.
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