Casey Fitzsimmons

Send 2nd-round pick to Tampa Bay Bucs for defensive end Bears assistant head coach Rod Marinelli fell in love with Gaines Adams in 2007 when Adams came out of Clemson and Marinelli was the head coach of the Lions.  

As the head coach of the 2008 Lions, the NFL’s first team to go winless in a 16-game season, Bears assistant head coach/defensive line coach Rod Marinelli said he tried to find positives from the adversity. "That's a part that you have a chance to really grow from,” Marinelli said after Thursday’s practice. “When you're hitting bumps, you become more creative. I became more determined, and you embrace the moment. Adversity is something special...  

Funny that the Lions are heading to Chicago on Sunday. The Bears' defensive line coach is Rod Marinelli, the Lions' head coach as they suffered the NFL's first 0-16 season last year. Much more inside, including: notes, quotes, line-up changes, and more.  

Bears' defensive line coach fires up his unit David Haugh: Rod Marinelli's face turned red instantly when defensive captain Adewale Ogunleye stood up in a jubilant postgame locker room and called him forward. Reluctantly, Marinelli accepted the game ball with what one player called a silly grin on his usually stoic face. Like it or not, the guy who wanted nothing to do with the...  

Now the Chicago Bears' defensive line coach, Rod Marinelli insists the game against the Detroit Lions team that he led to a winless record a year ago is no different than any other for him.  

Rod Marinelli might not recognize the guys on the other side when the Chicago Bears host the Detroit Lions on Sunday. The group he sees will have a different look. It also has something else -- a win. Now the Bears' defensive line coach, Marinelli insisted one thing that will look familiar is his approach, that this week's game against the team he led to a winless record a year ago is no...  

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Lions coach Jim Schwartz says there's no feud between Calvin Johnson and Matt Stafford. During Sunday's game against Seattle, television cameras caught what appeared to be uncomfortable exchanges between the receiver and quarterback. Stafford threw five interceptions in the 32-20 loss. Johnson had two catches for 27 yards after missing the previous two games because of a knee injury.  

The Detroit Lions finally won a game this season, pushing their plight out of the national spotlight. Quietly, though, they're still pretty bad. The team looks radically different than it did during its infamous 0-16 season, but Matt Millen's missteps and the front office's inability to make magical moves since he was fired a year ago leaves the franchise with a 1-5 record and a lot...  

Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz is optimistic his team will be at full strength after this week's bye. Quarterback Matthew Stafford and receiver Calvin Johnson did not play in the Lions' latest loss because of their injured right knees. Daunte Culpepper couldn't finish the game because he hurt his right hamstring.  

Somebody's got to win, right? Detroit, which has one victory since enduring the NFL's first 0-16 season, is hosting the winless St. Louis Rams, who might have their best shot to avoid joining the Lions in league infamy, in an oddly intriguing game. "Both of us are hungry for a win," Lions linebacker Julian Peterson said.  

Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz says it will be game-day decisions on whether quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Calvin Johnson's play against the St. Louis Rams. Schwartz said Friday that Stafford and Johnson have made "a lot of progress" in recent weeks after injuring their right knees.  

Detroit Lions outside linebacker Ernie Sims left in the third quarter against Seattle with a hamstring injury suffered trying to track down Seattle running back Julius Jones. Sims appeared to injure his right leg, although the Lions didn't specify which leg. The team said his return was questionable.  

It was hidden beneath the pure organizational debaclizations of the St. Louis Rams and the Detroit Lions, but a...  

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was heckled and jeered as he left the field after the Lions' loss...