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Friday, 19 March 2010 |
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The Colts do it with Peyton Manning. The Saints do it with Drew Brews. And the Lions already are doing it with their franchise quarterback, even though he just turned 22 and has only 10 NFL games under his belt.
The Lions' coaches and executives are asking for Matthew Stafford's input and keeping him in the loop on personnel matters. They even had him help recruit free agent wide receiver Nate Burleson.
"It's awesome to know that they trust me," Stafford said. "Obviously I'm not making draft picks. I wouldn't want to. It's a tough job. But just seeing if I'm familiar with a guy and maybe his past and understand how he could work in our offense or how he might not, that kind of thing. "I'm sure it will keep growing as my relationship with all the guys up there keeps... Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (0) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 0 |
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 |
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Perhaps we should have known the Lions would sign wide receiver Nate Burleson as a free agent.
Late last season, offensive coordinator Scott Linehan was asked if he was surprised how defenses paid so much attention to wide receiver Calvin Johnson.
"No, I've seen Randy get it," said Linehan, who once was Randy Moss' offensive coordinator in Minnesota. "I'm sure when they do their PowerPoint presentation getting ready for the game, they're adding not just one but maybe two people extra—three total people—to defend him." Linehan said the Lions needed "some kind of eraser" to wipe out that game plan. "Something has to give there because you can't keep trying to get a guy the football that's being triple-covered and not feel good about some of the... Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (0) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 0 |
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Lions QB Stafford settling in (AP)
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Lions sign CB Kelly, release S Kennedy
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Lions release Kennedy
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Kitna defends moves by Lions
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Lions cut RB Jones, DE Edwards
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