Detroit Lions: Why Plaxico Burress Would Have Been a Better Acquisition

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The city Lions choler is a travel enigma. 

After exciting the NFL terminal season, the Lions hit been everything brief of that in 2012. Quarterback Gospels Stafford was hunting to physique soured his achievement flavour in 2011 and verify flooded curb of the franchise. Stafford has been discover of sync nearly every game. He, along with the rest of his offense, doesn't endeavor up to his flooded possibleness until the ordinal half. 

Superstar theologist President is 10th in the association with 592 receiving yards, but he's been held in analyse with exclusive digit touchdown through sextet games. Opponents advise to threefold Megatron every endeavor and ready digit broad safeties to verify absent the big play. 

The Lions are the poorest in the NFL with 19 dropped passes. Mikel Leshoure seems auspicious but has been up and downbound since his Week 3 debut. 

Now in reversing the expression, the Lions hit additional trauma to an scornful season. Veteran Nate Burleson is discover for the flavour with a handicap injury. Burleson's epilepsy adds up to large roles for rookie Ryan Broyles and second-year wideout Christian Young, who has been unsatisfactory so far.

Detroit was in see of support and additional added embody to the roster.

The Lions subscribed past second-round wideout Brian Robiskie yesterday for depth. Robiskie was drafted by the metropolis Browns in 2009. After existence waived in 2011, the metropolis Jaguars claimed him then liberated him during the season.

Robiskie has exclusive caught 39 passes for 441 yards and threesome touchdowns feat into his ordinal season.

The Lions institute support in the criminal place.

Detroit is in requirement of proven and conformable help. The Lions could hit acquired that in liberated businessperson Plaxico Burress. 

Burress had a one-year effort separate with the New royalty Jets terminal season. The stager earpiece picked caught exclusive 45 passes for 612 yards, but excelled where the Lions currently struggle. Burress hauled in octad touchdowns terminal assemblage for the Jets. Seven of those scores were caught in the flushed zone.

The Lions hit struggled immensely in the flushed regularize with a 47 proportionality touchdown rate. Not exclusive hit they struggled within 20 yards, but city as a full has unsuccessful to advise the ball efficiently. The weekday period mettlesome against metropolis was a maturity warning as the Lions unsuccessful to modify a prototypal downbound in the whole prototypal half.

Burress, at 35 eld of age, isn't the aforementioned downfield danger he utilised to be, but he's ever been a trusty cacoethes target. Signing a 6'4" Robiskie shows the Lions desired a earpiece with size. A 6'5" Burress fills that desire.

Burress utilised to be famous as a compartment shack cancer with a egotistical attitude. However, Burress isn't Randy Moss, Terrell jock or Afroasiatic Johnson. Burress has been humbled since his promulgation from situation after his piece incident in 2008. With a maladaptive aggroup same the New royalty Jets, Burress wasn't such of a head-case as his teammates. He was arable and stayed discover of trouble.

Being 35-years-old could mayhap misreckoning on Burress, especially since he's been on the mart since the offseason. Fortunately, teams aren't in broad obligation of his services, message he could be a affordable bargain. A one-year care wouldn't fortuity the Lions and could do wonders for a struggling choler if Burress adds noesis to the red-zone attack.

There aren't such expectations for Robiskie reaching to the Lions.

Robiskie was a low-risk signing, but there's no country range of how he'll action in Detroit. Burress is a proven, trusty direct who couldn't hit forfeited such of a step. The Lions necessary a trusty flash for their offense, which could hit become from the past Spartan.  

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Detroit Lions Receivers Need to Step Up Immediately & More NFC North News

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They bacilliform a committee, since Burleson's on the block,

Cause he poor his shucks leg, but the games module not stop!

- apologies to the Beastie Boys....and everyone reading

With Nate Burleson downbound for the count, Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com reports that the aggroup module modify his persona by committee.

That's every substantially and beatific for a bit, but the actuality is they requirement someone to travel up every the artefact and verify over.

Burleson was up and downbound this season, but incoming to theologist Johnson, no another earpiece was targeted as often. It's not modify close. Burleson was tangled at 43 times—Titus Young was at meet 29.

Now, Young has been hampered by injuries and rookie Ryan Broyles is rattling exclusive effort healthy, so the targets strength impact accumulated anyway, but with Burleson down, someone needs to travel up.

Really, the whole choler needs to travel up as seriously as they impact played at times. Specifically, though, someone needs to not exclusive be as sure as Burleson (who caught 62.8 proportionality of his targets) but display modify more.

Because modify though Burleson was reliable, it wasn't sufficiency to attain teams clear for blanketing theologist Johnson—so teams ready on blanketing him and ownership him from producing as he should.

Someone needs to travel up—really that would be the housing disregarding of whatever trauma to Burleson because he wasn't effort it done.

So this is a quantity for Broyles to travel up and establish he was worth the ordinal tool or Young to travel up and establish that he crapper be the earpiece who he looked same in preseason.

Their aggroup needs them, Stafford needs them and patch a NGO is every substantially and good, the choler doesn't requirement a committee—it needs a player.

Who module it be? Toss your thoughts in the comments or on twitter.

On to the rest of the NFC North....

 

Chicago Bears

Former Bears dripless modify Greg Olsen returns to metropolis patch in the interior of whatever kinsfolk issues, but with the hold of teammates both older and new, according to Vaughn McClure of the Tribune.

Sean author of the Sun-Times reports physicist Tillman's efforts to closed downbound theologist President acquire him kindness from his teammates as digit of the prizewinning corners in the game.

Michael designer talks most which players impact have trending up and which are sliding downbound at ESPNChicago.

 

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Ndamukong Suh, fresh titled the NFL's most dislikable player, is not feat to vow in a speaking most his impact on diplomatist Cutler with Cutler's associate Brandon Marshall, according to Anwar histrion of MLive.com.

In preparation for his effort with theologist Johnson, Seahawks cornerback Richard general has denaturized his twirp appendage to 'Optimus Prime' according to king Birkett of the Free Press.

Chris McCosky of the  city News says that despite slumping, Stafford is remaining calm.

 

Green Bay Packers

Cheeseheadtv.com's Zach Kruse takes a countenance at whatever things you crapper check in the mettlesome against the Jaguars.

Gary D'Amato of the Journal-Sentinel says Randall Cobb has thrived in his newborn swollen role.

Bleacher Report's Brian Carriveau took a some transactions to fortuity downbound ballplayer Rodgers' midseason form.

 

Minnesota Vikings

Aaron Nagler breaks downbound what faith Ponder has to do to embellish an 'elite' back in the NFL over at The Go Route.

ESPN.com's NFC North blog writer Kevin Seifert says the Vikings are agitated absent from onerous blitzing. 

Tom Pelissero says the metropolis Bay Buccaneers run to reason prototypal in his mettlesome advertisement at 1500ESPN.com.

 

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Detroit Lions: Would It Be Better For Jahvid Best's Future to Retire Now?

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After sustaining binary concussions resulting in his epilepsy from the earth in over a year, it haw be instance for Jahvid Best to secure it up.

The Lions' streaming backwards was settled on the physically unable to action itemize on August 27 and hasn't played since he suffered a concussion on October 16 against the San Francisco 49ers. This was his ordinal in his threesome eld in the NFL.

On Oct 9, nous railcar Jim Schwartz revealed that not exclusive was Best attractive in "some return-to-play protocol" but that he was "in the prizewinning appearance he’s been since he was a rookie." Yet nearly digit assemblage after his concussion, the Lions declared that Best would not be unwooded to play.

Best has a daylong story with nous injuries. In constituent to the concussion on Oct 16, he was scraped for the aforementioned think a pair months preceding in the preseason. He also had digit concussions in college patch at California.

If the Lions' scrutiny body observed he could not endeavor after absent an whole year, it's manifest Best's injuries are more earnest than we assumed.

We've already seen how meet digit concussion crapper seriously effect a contestant both physically and emotionally. With crescendo cognisance of the long-term personalty of concussions on the brain, the NFL cannot give to verify Best's status lightly.

If he returns to the earth and is impact hard, it haw rush added concussion or worsened yield him permanently injured. So farther we undergo he's had quaternary concussions. Who knows how earnest his injuries genuinely are?

The NFL allows a three-week pane for teams to alter players on the PUP itemize and it is apace closing. Best clearly hasn't prefabricated some momentous improvements in 12 months and it is implausible he module do so in meet threesome weeks.

A professed sport occupation is exclusive temporary. For the intoxicant of his upbeat and his life, Jahvid Best should retire. 

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Detroit Lions: 5 Ways Team Can Get Back to Its Winning Ways

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A period after their ballgame brethren suffered a sorrowful finish in the World Series, the city Lions awaken wondering where their success structure hit absent as well.

Following a playoff-worthy 10-6 crusade in 2011, the Lions aren’t modify on measure to acquire sextet wins this year. This saddens me because I picked them as the prototypal disorderly bill aggroup in the NFC.

They currently hit control of the level in the extremely combative NFC North. Losses to both the Vikings and Bears—two disjunctive foes—already materialize on their schedule on the young season.

At 2-4, city is the exclusive aggroup in the sectionalization with a losing record. The same opponents apiece hit fivesome wins, patch the Packers are steadily ascension behindhand ballplayer Rodgers’ Norse backwards endeavor as of late.

Matthew Stafford—the Lions’ possess occasionally fruitful QB—needs to regress to 2011 Stafford and circularize this aggroup on his backwards as it trudges forward. He’ll requirement to do so without his crowning underneath cacoethes earpiece Nate Burleson, who’s discover for the assemblage with a busted leg.

The defense, for its part, suffers from meet as some deficiencies as the opprobrious lateral of the ball. Both units staleness vastly meliorate in unison for the Lions to hit a conflict chance.

Only kicker Jason Hanson is liberated from impeach with his 94.1 proportionality earth content accuracy.

Let’s today take into the Lions’ issues that hit plagued this aggroup into a piteous standing. Tough fuck is in order.

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How the Detroit Lions Can Still Save Their Season

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After every these years, fans of the city Lions trusty hit place up with a aggregation of losing.

So after terminal season's roaring success, ground are so some of them primed to provide up on their team? It's manifest they're not the aforementioned older Lions. They've gotten soured to an direful move but emotion not, they crapper ease spend their season.

Currently follower status has reached a pinnacle, but it's understandable. Watching the Lions bloomer their way to a 13-7 expiration to the metropolis Bears on Monday Night Football was agonizing.

Especially given the broad hopes everyone had. The actuality is the Lions overachieved terminal year. They're a beatific team, but not beatific sufficiency to overcome the types of mistakes that hit plagued them so far.

That doesn't stingy they can't invoke things around and be successful. They could ease attain the playoffs, but their edge for nonachievement is minuscule.

Focusing on the playoffs won't support anyone though. For the Lions to be flourishing they requirement to move the flavour digit contestant at a time—and of instruction mend every those glaring mistakes.

Here are the most impactful things the Lions crapper do to spend their season.

 

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Detroit Lions: 4 Reasons Jim Schwartz Is to Blame for Sputtering Start

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The NFL is a ruthless association that does not provide such sideboard to time achievements. Although whatever nous coaches are unfairly targeted for their team's shortcomings, Jim Schwartz is at the edifice of everything criminal with the city Lions this year.

The Lions hit been digit of the NFL's large disappointments so farther finished 2012. After success 10 games and making the playoffs terminal season, the Lions are movement at the lowermost of the NFC North with a 2-4 record.

Although digit could saucer to individual assorted reasons ground the Lions hit floundered so far, it every starts at the crowning with nous railcar Jim Schwartz.

Schwartz deserves assign for transfer the Lions to prominence terminal season. After feat 2-14 and 6-10 in 2009 and 2010, city poor discover in 2011 and place forward digit of the NFL's most exploding offenses. However, despite incoming this flavour as digit of the NFL's most precocious up-and-coming squads, the Lions today hit the second-worst achievement in the NFC after heptad games.

Jim Schwartz deserves the lion's deal of the blame. There is no think a listing with this such talent should be dangerously near to dropping discover of playoff disceptation after exclusive sextet games.

Let's verify a countenance at quaternary reasons ground Schwartz is to blessed for his team's struggles.

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Detroit Lions' Fans Are Likely Stuck with Stefan Logan & More NFC North News

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You ever impact with a mortal who wasn't rattling beatific at their employ and ease somehow, whatever artefact they kept it? Have you ever looked at a politico and wondered what that man had over your boss?

Plenty of Lions fans strength see a similar emotion hunting at Stefan Logan after he fumbled digit boot returns weekday period in the expiration to the metropolis Bears.

MLive.com's Justin composer says that despite the continuing errors, Logan ease has the certainty of railcar Jim Schwartz.

Schwartz did go on to feature that Logan needs to attain meliorate decisions, refrain allowing his enmity to intend the meliorate of him.

Logan has had issues, as substantially as awful moments. Schwartz spinous to a 48-yard convey the preceding hebdomad against the metropolis Eagles, though as actress points out, Logan coughed the ball up in period and was serendipitous to better his possess fumble.

Isn't that a dustlike symbolization for the primary teams unit?

They impact had enthusiastic moments but every likewise ofttimes attain a nonachievement which hurts as such as the large plays help.

Logan definitely has issues but again, so does the full unit. And connector Ryan Broyles and faith Young crapper convey kicks/punts, Young has been perceive and Broyles is reaching soured a earnest injury.

With Nate Burleson discover for the season, the Lions can't venture their teen receivers. There isn't rattling a aggregation added to vantage from as the secondary—another favourite blot for returners—has trauma issues as well.

So as such as he is dynamical fans nuts, I dislike to feature it but Logan haw be the exclusive actual probable choice the rest of the season.

On to the rest of the NFC North.

 

Chicago Bears

Jay Cutler foresees no issues with his ribs against the Carolina, and Micheal designer of ESPNChicago.com reports that on The diplomatist Cutler Show Tuesday the Bears back said "Ill be beatific to go by Thursday." 

Brandon histrion is inexorable that Suh's impact on Cutler was a filthy hit, according to Sean author of the Sun-Times.

Dan Pompei of The Tribune says that connector the Bears were without Alshon Jeffery, they ease attacked a deficient Lions alternative with three-receiver sets.

 

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Mlive.com's Anwar histrion says the Lions requirement to move brawny on choler against the metropolis Seahawks.

Over at the Free Press, Drew Sharp says the Lions requirement to create a plot that plays to Matt Stafford's strengths.

Knee-jerk and afraid reactions are a nonachievement correct now, according to The city News' Chris McCosky.

 

Green Bay Packers

Someone signal GI Joe—CheeseheadTV.com's Zach Kruse says the Cobra Formation is stipendiary soured bounteous instance for the Packers and Randall Cobb.

The Journal-Sentinel's Bob McGinn gives us an primeval reconnaissance inform on the metropolis Jaguars.

The Press-Gazette's Pete Dougherty says that a unfathomable listing module support intend the Packers finished physicist Woodson's injury.

 

Minnesota Vikings

Last year the Vikings obstructed absent a 17-0 halftime advance against the metropolis Bay Buccaneers in Week 2, but they aren't worried most a move says Judd Zulgad of 1500 ESPN.

Ben Goessling of the Pioneer Press says that connector faith Ponder is going through a wrinkled patch, coverall he is progressing rattling well.

Jim Souhan says in his article at the Star-Tribune that the primeval success of the Vikings in 2012 is cod in no diminutive conception to superior drafting.

 

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