New Lions OL Jon Jansen continues to settle in with his new team, and so far he’s happy with what he’s seen from the new coaching staff and thinks that the team is for sure on the same page, an important aspect that has been missing with the Lions.
“I will say that they are doing [...]
MLive.com reports that the Lions new O-linemen Jon Jansen says he’s happy playing anywhere on the teams O-line this fall:
Jansen is with the Detroit Lions and he’s looking to land a job. He doesn’t care where it is — right or left tackle, either guard position and, surprisingly, center. “Yeah, we’re going to take a [...]
The Jacksonville Jaguars have traded wide receiver Dennis Northcutt to the Detroit Lions in exchange for safety Gerald Alexander, according to John Clayton who covers the NFL for ESPN.
Northcutt was informed during the week he was going to be traded. The Lions showed interest but didn’t want to give up a draft choice. Once they [...]
William Clay Ford Sr said that in the past, he had relied on others to make some of those decisions for him. That information was revealed when Ford was asked why fans should believe the Lions will be different now.
“Well, this is going to sound a little egotistical, and maybe it is, but because this [...]
The Lions today inked center Dominic Raiola to a four-year contract extension, keeping him with the club through 2013. The deal includes $20 million in new money, with $9 million guaranteed. The center said Thursday that he never thought about playing out the last year of his deal and moving on.
“There’s so much [...]
The Lions today inked seventh-round tight end Dan Gronkowski to a three-year, $1.21 million deal, that according to Adam Caplan of Scout.com. The report says that he gets a signing bonus of about $26,000. As a senior at the University of Maryland, he caught a career-high 29 passes for 287 yards and three [...]
Matthew Stafford is going to make a lot of money, playing or not in the 2009 season. William Clay Ford Sr., Lions owner, says that despite the large salary that Stafford is going to make, he is not going to demand that he starts the season under center:
With the Detroit Lions drafting quarterback Matthew [...]
Tuesday during a chat with Gil Brandt, a question came up about how he felt the Lions offseason signings were, and what were the most important moves:
I think the signing of Larry Foote, the MLB from Pittsburgh, will probably be the most important move. The second is the drafting of safety Louis Delmas from Western [...]
The Lions might have to come up with a backup plan to having big man Grady Jackson on the field, as so far he’s been MIA from the teams minicamp due to having surgery back in February on his knee.
“We’re probably a little bit behind schedule with it,” coach Jim Schwartz said, [...]
The Lions still don’t have a starting QB, but today they opened their three-day minicamp and it was Daunte Culpepper as the QB taking most of the snaps with the first-team offense.
Culpepper thinks that he will get a fair shot at the starting QB job come the opener in September, this despite Matthew Stafford being [...]
