Quote (LetsG0Blue @ Mar 14 2012 09:29pm)

Crygirl fans mad like always.

Quote (Honestly @ Mar 14 2012 10:06pm)

one of the worst teams in the history of the sport

Quote (Shroom2 @ Mar 15 2012 12:15am)

Troll elsewhere. Go celebrate that you got Orton or something. Maybe he can win some playoff games for you.

Quote (clawcool @ Mar 14 2012 05:14pm)

Stafford and Burleson restructure contracts, Suh’s in progress
Posted by ttwentyman on March 12, 2012 – 11:45 am

Matthew Stafford and Nate Burleson want to win football games.
They want to win so badly, in fact, they’ve restructured their contracts to give the Lions an extra $10 million in salary cap space for the 2012 season.
That restructuring will help get the team under the $120.6 million salary cap by Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline and will also help them try to re-sign free agent targets like linebacker Stephen Tulloch.
The team is saving more than $7 million from Stafford’s restructure and $2.175 million from Burleson.
Burleson was due to make $4 million in base salary this season but has converted a bulk of that into a bonus. He will make $875,000 in base salary after the restructure and the rest will be paid in bonuses.
Stafford had a cap number of more than $17 million. By converting his $11.5-million base salary to minimum, he’s created more than $7 million in cap room.
This is the second time in as many years Stafford and Burleson have restructured their contracts. Stafford reportedly saved the team $6 million is a restructure last season and Burleson nearly $1 million.
Stafford and Burleson, though, aren’t giving anything back to the team – they’re still getting the full amount of their contracts.
Players don’t take a cut in pay. Instead, they convert base salary to signing bonus, allowing the team to lower a player’s salary-cap number for that year.
The restructuring of contracts is a common practice with teams as they try to finagle the salary cap number.
Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh‘s agent Roosevelt Barnes told Fox Sports Detroit that Suh has agreed to restructure his contract as well, though that deal hasn’t become final yet, according to a league source.
They also got another $10 million in cap space with the resigning of calvin johnson today. It's looking good fellas!

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The Lions have re-signed safety Erik Coleman to a one-year contract, the eight-year veteran confirmed to Detroitlions.com.
“I feel very blessed to have another opportunity to play in Detroit,” he said. “I’m looking forward to getting back on the field and contributing wherever I can.”
Coleman was part of a Lions safety corps that was decimated by injuries last season. Coleman played in the first four games last season before breaking his leg Week 4 in a come-from-behind victory over the Cowboys.
“Our safety position this year was kind of like our quarterback position in 2010, you know,” Lions general manager Martin Mayhew said after the season. “We had Erik Coleman, we felt good about a third safety – he went down against Dallas.
“We had a ton of injuries at safety and it just was one of those positions where every time we got a guy, a guy got hurt. That’s kind of the luck of the draw – that’s how it goes.”
Coleman was beat out by Amari Spievey for the other safety spot opposite Louis Delmas. The Lions felt his absence toward the end of the season when they suffered a number of injuries at the position.

Quote (LetsG0Blue @ Mar 16 2012 02:33pm)

Eww. Atowge is suppose to becoming soon. That'll be outragous safety depth.

It's very obvious we are drafting a cornerback this year. We're looking at every spot besides cornerback.

Safe too say we're drafting one in the first round.

Quote (TeaRs- @ Mar 16 2012 03:40pm)

im going to guess corner first round also. maybe second round to then an OL or 2 maybe