Motor City MoJo: Detroit Lion updates

[detfan782004]

[Frank Costello]

IMO that wasn't a dirty play. You're told to get the QB down any way necessary, and I've seen much worse. Can't fault him for playing at a high intensity level.
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[detfan782004]

[PurpleProwess]

Nothing Suh does is dirty.

QB's need to learn their place, and when they are playing against Suh their place is on the Ground. If they choose to go against it, so be it. Suffer the consequences.
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[EnglishLion20]

[vike daddy]

i don't see Suh as dirty in that he is intentionally meaning to hurt players, but i do see him as an undisciplined tackler that could cause injury through what so many of you downplay as passion.

let's face it, his technique (as demonstrated by the recent incident with Dalton's neck and head) is not how players are taught to tackle.
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[Frank Costello]

[perrynoid]

I don't think he is a dirty player, and I sure wish we had him on our team!

Detroit has the makings of a very dominant D-line for years to come.
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[vike daddy]

In another sign that the Lions are finally bringing some optimism to Detroit, their Week 5 game against the Bears on Monday Night Football sold out today just 45 minutes after individual tickets became available.

It says a lot about how awful the Lions have been over the last decade that a 6-10 season is considered progress, but the way the Lions played in 2010, especially late in the season, has plenty of Detroit fans feeling like 2011 is finally the year that Lions tickets will be worth the money.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/24/lions-week-5-monday-night-game-already-sold-out/
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[disaacs]

Of course, by the time that game comes, former Viking Shaun Hill will be behind center wearing the Honolulu Blue, because once again, Stafford will be on IR.
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[vike daddy]

S Louis Delmas and CB Chris Houston sustained Grade 2 MCL tears during Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day loss to Green Bay, according to multiple reports. Both players’ injuries were originally classified as short-term, but the MCL tear diagnosis carries a longer recovery period. Jim Schwartz said Thursday he expects both players to play again this season.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/rapid-reports/post/16366587
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[vike daddy]

In addition to announcing that all Lions coordinators have signed contract extensions, G.M. Martin Mayhew has said that the team will try to sign two of its key players to new contracts.

According to Anwar Richardson of MLive.com, Mayhew said the team wants to sign receiver Calvin Johnson and defensive end Cliff Avril to new contracts.

The motivations are entirely different. Avril will become a free agent in March. Johnson, who signed a six-year deal when taken with the second overall pick in the 2007 draft, has unlocked a cap-busting base salary of $14 million for 2012, according to NFLPA records.

Signing Johnson to a long-term deal would drop his cap number and free up more money to do other business. Likewise, the failure to sign Johnson would require the Lions to use the franchise tag in 2013 to keep Calvin around, with a one-year tender that would be, at a minimum, $16.8 million.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/12/lions-want-to-sign-calvin-johnson-cliff-avril-to-new-contracts/
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[disaacs]

Further explanation of a post above...