NFL 2008 Offseason Thread (1 Viewer)

[Walter C]

I can remember a friend of mine thought the Lions would win that game, after they had finished that season with 6 straight wins.

I think Favre has won only 2 games against the Cowboys, and probably would have won another, had he decided to play another season.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Chad Henne would be a good target for the Falcons. I think he's going to be a decent pro QB. Lots of poise, started 4 years at Michigan, very accurate arm, and intelligent. He will probably go sometime in the 2nd round.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Another of Scott's favorite Lions, Boss Bailey, has signed with Denver and will play with his brother Champ.

A 5-year deal worth $17.5 million and a $4.3 million dollar signing bonus.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Goodell wants to clamp down on cheating

This of course logically means that cheating is a wide spread problem and the supposed smartest organization in football was the one stupid enough to get caught.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Detroit's odds on winning the Super Bowl are 65/1 place those bets now.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I'm having a more difficult time each year finding a Lions fan who I can bet with around here. Nobody will bite on a over/under on wins this season. I do not see them winning more than 5 games, and could be convinced to lower it to four.

The team resigned RT George Foster this past weekend. This is the same guy who lost his starting job last year and was on the inactive list late in the season because he was so bad. Now he's being projected as the starting right tackle. It's difficult to believe, but the offensive line will actually be worse in 2008 than it was last season.

 

[ZacharyTait]

If the odds were 10,000:1 on the Lions winning the Super Bowl, I would take that bet.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Yeah, the odds of them even making the playoffs should be around the 65-1 that Casey listed.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Tatum Bell re-signs with the Lions.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Wonderful. So, within a few days, Millen re-signed both players he got from Denver for Dre Bly -- both of whom were on the inactive list much of the 2nd half of last season because of poor performance.

I'm surprised they didn't sign Dunn or Michael Pittman, since this off season almost all the signees have been former Tampa players. Rumor was that Leroy Selmon was even in town for a tryout.

 

[Malcolm R]

The Lions may not have much of a choice. I can't imagine there's a huge rush of players pounding their door down, wanting to play for them.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I'm sure that's the case, and the team has to overpay to either get free agents to come here or keep their few decent players around (Corey Redding, for example). Many players can't wait to go elsewhere and get out of this pathetically-run organization. Heck, the organization drove Barry Sanders into early retirement, due to his frustration with their ineptness, when he was on the brink of becoming the NFL's all-time career rusher.

Still, re-signing two players who each performed so poorly last season that they were placed on the inactive list is an embarrassment.

 

[DavidJ]

This has been a great season so far for Lions fans. Any hope that was left over from last year's fast start is now gone...

Sobering article:

Marinelli must Buc this trend

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Tampa signs Warrick Dunn and Antonio Bryant to contracts.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Trent Green signed with the Rams.

 

[Brandon_T]

Wow, all I can say is wow to this. The Detroit Lions have released Kevin Jones. Yes he has been hurt, but this is the most moronic move that they have made this off season. That is now one more major whole to fill. I really really think I am done with the Lions at least until Millen is gone, not that that will make a huge difference.

Source: Lions have released Kevin Jones - Detroit Lions: News, Blogs, Photos, Audio, Schedule & Stats - MLive.com

 

[Scott Merryfield]

I heard this as well, and I'm surprised for a few reasons. The biggest surprise is that I did not think a team could release a player under contract who is injured. Jones is still recovering from knee surgery. Second, they are not saving much salary cap space with this move, since Jones is in the final year of his contract and only counts $2.5 million against the cap. Whoever they sign to replace him will probably count for only a little less.

So, another Millen first round draft pick is gone. Nice job, Matt!

 

[Brandon_T]

You can't put a player on IR during the season then cut him. The Lions are now bringing in former Bucaneer Michael Pittman....what a &&*%##& joke.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Lions formally announce releases of Jones and Kalimba Edwards

Also, Trent Dilfer is out in San Francisco.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

Releasing Kalimba Edwards makes another wasted Millen draft pick (2nd round), as well as a wasted resigning. Edwards was terrible, yet he was resigned last off season and given a nice signing bonus. Then, a year later, he's cut.


I'm not surprised... he IS from Tampa, after all, and that's now a requirement for any Millen / Marinelli signings.

I didn't think this team could become any more of a joke, but I was wrong. This off season has been incredibly bad, even by Lions standards.

To top it off, Millen will probably now draft RB Jonathan Stewart in the first round. He's a perfect Millen pick, since he needs toe surgery and will be out for 4-6 months. Meanwhile, another year will go by without building the offensive line.

Now, if Millen was smart, he would try to trade down in the first round, and take a lineman and RB Felix Jones. Since he's not, though, he'll end up with another player with a history of injuries.