A year after overhauling the secondary the Lions cleaned house again this past offseason. Only five defensive backs from the 2009 roster remain on the 2010 roster, and of those only Louis Delmas is guaranteed a spot on the team.
2009 was a rough season for the secondary as the Lions defense finished last in the league vs. the pass. The Lions allowed opposing quarterbacks to put up a passer rating of 107.0, surrendered 35 passing touchdowns and allowed at 68.1% completion percentage, all...Read Full Story
I was looking at my fantasy football roster this morning deciding whether or not I should keep Roddy White, and it made me think of Dre Bly. Last season Dre Bly intercepted a Matt Ryan pass and took it back the other way. In typical Dre Bly fashion, he began holding the ball in one hand and high-stepping a good 40 yards away from the endzone. Roddy White ran Bly down from behind, stripped the ball and the Falcons recovered it.
I am not a big Dre Bly fan, so I was pondering how fitting...Read Full Story
I was looking at my fantasy football roster this morning deciding whether or not I should keep Roddy White, and it made me think of Dre Bly. Last season Dre Bly intercepted a Matt Ryan pass and took it back the other way. In typical Dre Bly fashion, he began holding the ball in one hand and high-stepping a good 40 yards away from the endzone. Roddy White ran Bly down from behind, stripped the ball and the Falcons recovered it.
I am not a big Dre Bly fan, so I was pondering how fitting...Read Full Story
Former NFL cornerback Dre Bly has been working out with his former teammates from the Detroit Lions in order to mount a possible comeback attempt, reports NBC Sports’ Gregg Rosenthal .
Bly has joined the informal workouts that Lions players are participating in during the lockout, many of which have been organized by veteran defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch. With the Lions thin at the corners, at least one prominent member of the secondary has thrown out his support for Bly. Safety Louis...Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES ( Reuters ) - Former Detroit Lions quarterback Joey Harrington was discharged on Wednesday from a Portland hospital, where he was treated following a bike accident over the weekend. Harrington, 33, suffered a broken clavicle and rib and punctured lung on Sunday evening when he was struck from behind by a sport utility vehicle while riding through Portland. He was admitted to Oregon Health and Science University Hospital and was in intensive care before his condition was upgraded...Read Full Story
The tournament has attracted the likes of Red Wings play-by-play announcers Ken Daniels and Ken Kal; former Detroit Lions player Sonny Gandee; WDIV-TV (Channel 4) sportscaster Katrina Hancock; Downriver golf legend Glenn Johnson; former Aquinas ...
BAY CITY — With sledgehammer in hand, Dan Dore knocks out the old to make way for the new.
So when the local demolition specialist helped clear the grounds for the construction of Ford Field in 2002, he thought a new era of Detroit Lions football was on its way.
Ten seasons later, that new era has at long last arrived.
Posted on TSN, a Canadian sports news website, was an edition of Cabbie Presents from Sportscentre in which wide receiver Calvin Johnson is awarded a Megatron statue in recognition of his nickname and his achievements in the NFL. Johnson earned his nickname in 2007 during the release of the first Michael Bay Transformers film. At that time Roy Williams (currently with Chicago) gave him the name Megatron and it has become an endearing title...
Every year it's the same old story Christmas weekend games that bore us to death. Watching the Detroit Lions and Cinincinnati Bengals on our TV sets as we fall asleep full from Christmas shopping. This Christmas weekend things are different.Contributor: clenaure carterPublished: Dec 28, 2011
Kirkpatrick was recently arrested on marijuana charges, which could make him slide into the second round, but Nawrocki doesn't think it will necessarily deter Detroit head coach Jim Schwartz from pursuing a player who has the skills to help the team.
Dre' Bly is a corner back for the Detroit Lions. He is number 32 and is 5'9 and 185 pounds. The Detroit Lions are coached by Rod Marinelli and are in the NFC North.