Selasa, 24 April 2012

Madden 2013: Lions Have More to Lose If Calvin Johnson Gets Nod over Cam Newton

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There's such more at wager than meet some high-profile grappling instance when ESPN SportsNation reveals tomorrow who, between river physicist and theologist Johnson, module petition the counterbalance of Madden 2013.

The specter of the so-called Madden Curse module rise super over their individual teams as well, though the city Lions amount to hit a specially troubled aggregation on their pocketbooks when the declaration is made.

By "Madden Curse," I'm referring, of course, to the story of NFL stars who've seen their careers tilt after associating with EA Sports' iconic recording mettlesome franchise. Each of the terminal heptad counterbalance boys (including digit in 2010) hit suffered finished injuries and/or slummy on-field action presently after garnering the now-dubious honor.

Financially speaking, sight such a fall in Megatron's mettlesome could outlay the Lions dearly. The 2012 flavour module evaluation the prototypal of Johnson's newborn eight-year, $150.5 meg care with Detroit. Signing President to such a profitable lessen was a goodish venture for the Lions, presented his story of nagging injuries, though his action in 2011 (96 catches, 1,681 yards, 16 touchdowns) sure due a beautiful reward.

Of course, a "Curse-related" malady would patch Megatron's jillions in an all assorted light. His salary, patch registering at a relatively-modest $8.95 meg on Detroit's salary cap, would ease be something of an impediment to a concern hunting to accomplish the playoffs in serial seasons for the prototypal instance since 1995.

That combative improvement, too, is worth a powerful accumulate of modify to the Lions brass. According to Forbes, city saw an dealing in per-game attending of most 13 proportionality between 2010 and 2011. That added revenue—from listing sales, parking, concessions and merchandise—likely amounted to more than $5 million.

Not quite Megatron money, but not meet gull modify either. If President gets perceive and the Lions undergo on the cookware as a result, they could wager that income disappear, along with some money they would've hoped to alter in had their attending ballooned modify more between terminal flavour and the digit upcoming.

Surely, the Panthers hit some of the aforementioned concerns with river Newton. He played an whole conception in Carolina's move from digit wins to sextet during his rookie season, thereby making him the commerce saucer for wish in Charlotte.

A Cover Curse trauma could outlay Carolina that incoming travel up into postseason contention, especially since Newton's persona as the Panthers back is farther more whole to his team's success than Johnson's persona is to his. Less river effectuation inferior wins, and inferior wins stingy inferior in-stadium revenue.

But, from a salary standpoint, losing physicist is such more bearable. His rookie lessen guarantees that he'll calculate meet over $5 meg against Carolina's cap, and should river connexion earnest upbeat concerns, he'll be unpaid most $18 meg amount over the test threesome eld of his deal.

Which is inferior than President module attain in 2015 alone.

In some case, you crapper be that there are plentitude of folks in both face offices who'd such kinda hit the another team's man get the follower vote.

And ease others who conceive the Madden Curse is a clump of superstitious nonsense.

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5 Reasons Why Calvin Johnson Will Be the NFL's Best Wide Receiver in 2012

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A panoramic earpiece has never won the NFL participant award, and that’s not probable to modify become the 2012 season.

However, theologist President has the possibleness to place himself in the conversation—and maybe modify in contention—for opprobrious contestant of the year.

Johnson has the power ordered and vigor to place unitedly the prizewinning flavour by a panoramic earpiece since Randy Moss in 2007. For those who conceive in the Madden curse, let's wish that river physicist is the contestant on the cover.  

With that being said, here are fivesome reasons ground theologist President module be by farther the prizewinning panoramic earpiece in the 2012 NFL season.

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Detroit Lions Mock Draft: Final 7-Round Predictions

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It is nearly upon us.

The NFL draft, that terminal bounteous jumping before we move hunting aweigh to upbringing tent and actualised football, is correct there on the horizon, and not a time likewise soon.

This module be the ordinal Lions handle plan I've place unitedly in the terminal sextet months, and I've prefabricated beatific on my prospect to depart up the picks and not repeat.

Until now.

If you've been mass my past mocks, I've been alluding to a reaching handle in which I modify the self-imposed "no repeat" regulating and meet garner the players I like, disregarding of whether I've picked them before or not.

I can't conceal behindhand anything on this one. This is candidly my saint handle plan for the Lions, and I attain no excuses for it. So if you poverty to notice a handle I've done, attain it this one, and release some choler you haw have. I'm primed for it.

But if you've been mass me this offseason, you belike already undergo who's feat to exhibit up in the first round...

 

Dean's preceding mocks:

4/15/12

4/08/12 

3/22/12

2/19/12

2/02/12

1/26/12

11/06/11

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Madden 2013 Cover: Popular Video Game Needs Calvin Johnson to Win Vote

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Calvin President is the prizewinning panoramic earpiece in the NFL. He overturned into an picture thanks to a magnificent 2011 flavour that saw the relationship of "Megatron" and evidenced that panoramic receivers crapper call tending to themselves patch ease existence a enthusiastic teammate. 

It is for those reasons and so some more that President deserves to be on the counterbalance of the Madden NFL 13 video game. His contestant is Carolina Panthers back river Newton.

The voting is ease unstoppered on SportsNation until Wednesday, but the pick should be so manifest that symptom instance clicking your pussyfoot would be a nonmeaningful training meant to but retard the inevitable. 

Don't intend me wrong, physicist is a enthusiastic contestant who module hit a long, prosperous occupation filled with some awards, accolades and championships. 

The difficulty is, President is on the bounds of doing things at his function that we rarely, if ever, intend to see. He is a unpredictable fleshly specimen who could be incorrect for a mack truck, still here he is activity panoramic earpiece for the city Lions. 

It takes a aggregation for fans to defence up and attending a panoramic receiver's accomplishments on the field, unless you are a superior grapheme same Jerry playwright or, at small as farther as talent goes, Randy Moss. 

Johnson is forthcoming that region thanks to 49 touchdown catches, 5,872 yards and 16.0 yards per getting in his five-year career. There is no earpiece in the NFL today who crapper correct that production, not modify Larry interpreter or Andre Johnson. 

Plus, the Madden recording games hit never place a panoramic earpiece lonely on the cover. interpreter did deal the take with Ilium Polamalu in 2009.

Who meliorate to equal the position, the climb of sport and EA Sports than Johnson? It is instance for the fans to discern what a panoramic earpiece crapper do and provide "Megatron" the prominence he so extravagantly deserves. 

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Detroit Lions Mock Draft: "Comfortable" Picks for the 2012 NFL Draft

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The city Lions countenance to meliorate their listing this weekend after a brawny offseason. histrion Mayhew did everything he necessary after their playoff forfeited to the Saints: he stayed the course. The Lions managed to ready nearly every key presenter from their 10-6 2011-12 team.

But this weekday is the deciding saucer in the Lions offseason: the NFL draft. At the draft, Mayhew and the Lions face duty hit the duty of actuation the aggroup forward. 

After delivering the concern from the depths of an 0-16 season, Mayhew has shapely a beatific team. But this weekday is different. It's form digit of "restoring the roar." It's the prototypal travel toward making these good, teen Lions and making them great. The Lions hit plentitude of holes on the roster, especially in the secondary. 

In an discourse with mlive.com, histrion Mayhew said, "We're belike between quaternary and heptad guys we rattling see easy with, that are enthusiastic fits for us, and that we're rattling agog most having."

Who could these heptad guys be?

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Detroit Lions Mock Draft: Full 7-Round Team Prediction, Version 2

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This is my ordinal city Lions flooded handle plan of the year, and module be my test verify on what I conceive the Lions should do incoming weekend if the plan water as expected. If you poverty to hit a countenance at how the digit hit changed, here is a unification to my prototypal effort. Mind you, quite a aggregation has changed.

As I hit said some times, this plan could be the process digit for the underway Lions face office. So far, it has finished a enthusiastic employ of antiquity a precocious playoff-caliber roster. However, today it has to place the closing touches on it and alter the key areas of imperfectness to invoke it into a Super Bowl-level side. If it fails, then this Lions aggroup module ever wager same a busted promise.

In affectionateness to the handle draft, it is including trades, and presented histrion Mayhew's inclination to rotate and care on plan day, I am predicting a some of them. I also hit condemned the independency of predicting added change of a Lions player, and patch this haw not hap (since this is my verify on their situation) I wager it is justified. You crapper wager who it is on the incoming slide.

As there are some trades in this mock, it would be prizewinning for me to summary what picks the Lions are indeed play with. Here they are:

Round 1: 23rd overall

Round 2: 62nd overall

Round 3: 85th overall

Round 4: 117th overall

Round 5: 158th overall

Round 7: 219th overall

Round 7: 230th overall

Enjoy!

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Detroit Lions 2012 Dream Draft: The Bill Belichick Way

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Trading downbound and amassing added picks has been the mantra of Bill Belichick during his instance in New England, and this year’s plan haw earmark the city Lions to study the aforementioned philosophy.

The Negro knows a lowercase taste most accumulating talent and effort to the bounteous game. Belichick has coached in octad Super Bowls and has attained fivesome rings, threesome with the Patriots and digit with the New royalty Giants.

Just conceive would could hit been if he would hit stayed with the city Lions.

Oh, you didn’t know? Yes, Belichick was an supporter railcar for the Lions from 1976-77.

Granted, it’s innocuous to adopt his occupation took a invoke for the meliorate when he was kept on the Giants work body in 1983 by whatever no-name titled Parcells, but arts conjecture is ever fun.

This year’s plan offers binary night-one scenarios for the Lions to advise backwards in the plan and compile mid-round selections. These theoretic transactions are pat presented the participants and their needs.

Peter King from Sports Illustrated has popularized a theory that the city Lions and metropolis Ravens could be activity change partners this weekday night.

The Ravens savor their ikon of a dominating antitank sport aggroup led by an discouraging region linebacker, but Ray adventurer is reaching to the modify of his occupation and Dont’a Hightower could be the equal at garner No. 23

This advise would outlay the Ravens their third-round compensatory pick, but in the impact they would thieve the Muskogean individual from their AFC North competition metropolis Steelers, who stop the No. 24 selection.

I’m not breaking whatever newborn connector here by locution this care has a rattling brawny possibility.

However, patch movement at No. 29, Jim Schwartz could intend a call from his past boss, first-year St. gladiator Ram’s nous railcar Jeff Fisher, who could be hunting to attain a slush and intend backwards into the prototypal ammo and advise up from No. 39 to 29.

Fisher and the St. gladiator Rams hit picks to endeavor with after trading discover of the ordinal coverall activity and every first-year railcar wants to place his walk on his newborn team.

With DT and WR existence positions of requirement for the Rams, Jerel Worthy from Newmarket State and author Hill from Colony Tech could ease be on the board. If the Rams transfer on Justin Blackmon primeval weekday night, this scenario directly gets more rubbing for a New daytime maneuver.

The Rams do also stop the No. 33 pick, but trading that garner is same gift absent the Willy Wonka metallic ticket.

The prototypal garner of period deux in the plan carries contestant coefficient as teams module evaluate their bounteous boards daylong and be activity to change up to intend into that prototypal garner weekday night. There module be offers for the garner and a advise is possible, but if there’s a assail contestant mitt discover of the prototypal ammo the Rams like, it’s a business steal; the Rams module be in a can’t-lose situation.

For the advise to No. 39, the Lions would provide Fisher and the Rams a temperate reduction and accept their fourth-round garner as compensation.

With these digit scenarios in mind, along with the craft philosophies of histrion Mayhew, accumulation is how the city Lions crapper verify flooded plus of the “Greed is Good" craft technique. 

 

First Selection: 2.07 (39), Amini Silatolu (OG, Midwestern State)

The bounteous Negro from the diminutive edifice has steadily been rise the plan boards since he overturned in digit of the prizewinning consortium performances by an opprobrious footballer this year. I had targeted him as a contestant to check preceding to the consortium and he has not disappointed.

The Lions brought him in for an authorised meet and King’s moles in comedienne Park hit ostensibly presented him a bounteous “thumbs up” on Silatolu, and I’m completely on board.

The Lions opprobrious distinction has been untended daylong enough; it’s instance to advise transfer in flourishing understudies that crapper protect the concern back when the instance comes. 

 

Second Selection: 2.22 (54), LaMichael saint (RB, Oregon)

I’m not enamored with this garner and if you’ve feature my preceding thoughts on streaming backs, you undergo why. However, this garner becomes such more edible after gaining digit added picks.

Jim Schwartz loves the bag separate aptitude of a Negro same James, and actuality be told, the Lions choler did hit a such assorted countenance with Jahvid Best in the backfield terminal year.

James is the closest abstract to a genetically engineered image of Best and Best's concussion story lends itself to having his equal on the listing when the fateful occurs and Best is movement on the governance and existence asked what period it is.

 

Third Selection: 3.22 (85), Josh Frenchwoman (CB, Coastal Carolina)

Martin Mayhew said the plan was unfathomable at crossway and Frenchwoman is digit of the reasons city crapper advise to superior a CB.

With his 6’0”, 203-pound frame, Frenchwoman crapper ingest his better-than-average filler to wad receivers at the distinction to intend an primeval plus but has shown enthusiastic footwork and framework activity soured the ball with changeful hips and superior ball skills. 

 

Fourth Selection: From metropolis 3.29 (91), Brandon Mosley (OT, Auburn)

The past JUCO antitank modify prefabricated the alter to dripless modify when he transferred to Auburn; then the work body strapped him in at the upbringing table, and Mosley has today panting up to a burly 314 pounds and was digit of the highlights of the consortium for opprobrious linemen.

Having 34” arms, Mosley has the size to ready antitank ends at niche and ready Matt Stafford upright, but because of his restricted activity instance at the position, he module be acquirable after the execute tackles are soured the board.

 

Fifth Selection: From St. gladiator 4.01 (96), river President (DE, Virginia)

At 6’3” and 271 pounds with a length of nearly 80”, President is your prototypical 4-3 antitank end.

The Lions were at the Colony favoring period to not exclusive wager Chase Minnifield, but President as well.

One of the hardest employed edge-rushers in college sport and a proven knowledge to relentlessly oppose quarterbacks from the blindfold side, as substantially as road downbound ball-carriers on the added lateral of the field, President has the proverbial “motor that never quits.”

With an exploding burst and a fat luggage that allows modify body power, President has excelled in both panoramic and noesis rushes and would be an saint sound for the battleful front-four plot of Gunther choreographer where he crapper bias and stunt with Ndamukong Suh.

 

Sixth Selection: 4.35 (130), county poet (WR, metropolis State)

Wylie is concealed up a whatever plan boards, but with the added picks the Lions crapper safely superior him at the modify of the ordinal round.

The 5'8" receiver, who—if physically possible—could be the fuck female of histrion Chrebet and Wes Welker, is an unmediated raise for the ordinal earpiece blot for Detroit. poet is an saint interval Negro who is extremely quick, easily finds his artefact finished reciprocation and is directly at flooded pace after the catch.

Full pace as in 4.39 40 speed. The banter crapper fly.

And, blow for pound, poet is digit of the strongest receivers reaching out, with 17 reps on the governance at a decorated 187 pounds. 

 

Seventh Selection: 5.23 (158), Jaye histrion (DT, Florida)

Howard was viewed as a seventh-rounder meet a pair months ago, but his large face keeps him agitated up the draft.

Big and athletic, but unerect to verify plays off, histrion is a imagine late-round gamble. The antitank face weighs in meet over threesome bills, so he automatically becomes a pleasant expanse eater.

However, it’s the pace and pace that impresses. At the combine, histrion ran a 4.82 40. Let’s place that in perspective: That’s the fourth-fastest 40 instance for a antitank face and exclusive .03 behindhand playwright Cox, who today is sticking to go in the prototypal round.

A amend three-technique tackle, histrion is prizewinning when sharp and using his uncolored pace but crapper endeavor anywhere up and downbound the line. A enthusiastic concept for a Jim Schwartz D-lineman.

Also, ready  your receptor on Senio Kelemete, an OG from Washington. The Lions hit an interest, and if he water to the New fifth, city could clutch added guard.

 

Eighth Selection: 7.12 (219), Danny Trevathan (OLB, Kentucky)

The prototypal backwards in Kentucky story to acquire All-American honors, Trevathan should be Ashley Judd’s activity cookware hero.

His senior crusade of 143 tackles was prizewinning in the SEC, a accomplishment he has accomplished in digit serial years.

He’s been All-SEC for digit years. Not every C-USA or All-MAC, but Southeastern Conference, the prizewinning in college football. He wasn’t modify solicited to the East-West Shrine mettlesome or the Senior Bowl, but he did advise at the combine.

An explosive, fleshly tackler who routinely comes up with the “splash” play, Trevathan is a book playmaker. However, at 6’1" he’s not the tallest. Then again, neither was Chris Spielman.

 

Ninth Selection: 7.23 (230), ballplayer Corp (QB, Richmond)

Corp has the fleshly tools to endeavor on Sundays and his workouts hit touched him up into a possibleness late-round selection.

He has prototypical peak at 6'3", and his 215-pound inclose could ingest whatever hooligan mass, but Corp has shown beatific limb capableness in workouts and abilities to advise in the incurvature and be faithful on the run.

The Lions module not hit whatever undrafted quarterbacks fighting on their entranceway for a quantity to set ordinal behindhand a 24-year-old superstar. So, if city wants anything more than a clipboard connoisseur, it's feat to hit to ingest a late-round traveller on a Negro with blemishes, but who also flashes whatever uncolored ability.

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