A True Story. A tale of rebuilding the hopeless Detroit Lions!!!

[Mike2001]

great season did you get home field through out the playoffs

[kenp86]

we were 2nd in the NFC behind a 14-2 Tampa team

Round 1: BYE

Round 2 vs Philadelphia:
Woodson: 13-34, 159 yrds, 2TD, INT, 2 Fumbles, (sacked 7 times)
Calhoun: 21 att., 53 yrds, 4 fumbles
M.Lewis: 2TD
Briggs: 6TKL, 2TFL, 3 sacks, INT
White: 5TKL, 4TFL, 2 sacks, INT
Millard: 2 sacks, 5 TKL, 3TFL
Adibi: 5TKL, 2TFL, sack
LOST 27-17
The blitz killed us as u can see. BUT we had our chances,. Down 27-17 with just undr 3:00 to go, Woodson threw a TD to Roy...BUT tere was a holding penalty which negated that TD

So off to the offseason. Lets hope i can fill some holes we have. Desperately need a strong DT presance, CB help, depth at LE(L.Jackson was pretty much injured the whole season), LB, also need a HB(might just wait for Boar Jackson whenever he shows up), TE and a WR...

Also i went through the offseason(game froze, so im gonna wait till monday to start the offseason over), i hear all this talk about Boar Jackson(could really use him) and he isnt in my draft class this year same for other players ive heard about.. Any reason why?

[kenp86]

Our pro-bowl selectees:

Andre Woodson, Shaun McDonald, Calais Campbell, Jonathan Babineaux, Cory Redding, Lance Briggs, Ernie Sims, Ken Hamlin, Bernard Pollard.. I think there Bodden might have been selected but cant remember.

[kenp86]

QB: Set with Woodson. Stanton is only backup right now look to sign a better backup

RB: Need a Starter. BADLY preferrably one that doesn fumble a lot. Faulk will be released.

WR: Releasing McDonald due to high demands. Need a replacement

OL: Mulitalo will be let go. Riola may be too. So I would need a LG/C replacement.

DL: RE is set with Campbell/Bake/White. Need depth at LE. Jackson was injured most of the season.

DT:Babineaux and Redding were good, but I need more pressure. Rubin will stay hopefully he gets better during offseason

LOLB: Briggs starts. Adibi backs up and plays great

MLB: Lenon starts. He is alright. Millard is a great young player who plays great when he starts.

ROLB: Sims is there. Need depth

CB: HELP NEEDED BADLY!!!! Bodden is OK but not great. Law/Rolle will be let go due to high demands. Still have Meriweather and Lowry hopeing they improve with a new coach(hopefully i find a good one)

FS/SS: Solid there with Hamlin and Pollard starting. Alexander and Campbell are solid backups.

[BoKnowsBest]

If you have the draft with joe kain, marquies acho, etc you will get boar jackson next year. Not really a spoiler here but this draft has a TON of great defensive linemen that can go in the 1st round, and you will find a fit somewhere in the 1st for either DE or DT no matter what philosophy you run

However, if you want Boar i think its neccesary to trade for a future 1st, since i had to give up the 9th overall, 11th overall, and a future 1st rounder to move up to the 1st overall and pick jackson.

[kenp86]

Acho sounds familiar(For RB, Sweetney is the top one i think) but i have the DT Thaddeus Cheeks draft... I went through the offseason once before the game froze, and i signed Pat Williams, hopefully he is available again and MN doesnt resign him.

[kenp86]

OFFSEASON
Coaches I let go: GM, OC, DC, QB, STC, Trainer, WR, DL, DB, RB, OL
Coaches I hired: Tom Clement(QB Coach-74 ov), Gary Meese(GM-68ov), Kippy Brown(promoted from RB to OC-73 ov), Bob Sutton(they signed to DC-19 ov), Paul Ferraro(STC-20 ov), Aaron Lee(Trainer-99ov), Noel Mazzone(they signed to WR-34 ov), Tim Spangler(DL-23 ov), Mel Tucker(DB-60 ov), James Saxon(RB-60 ov), Jeff Davidson(OL-45 ov)

I cut: K.Faulk, Furrey, Feeley, B.Kelly, Mulitalo, Wrighster, DeVries

Signed:
Pat Williams(DT-2 yr/15M 2.5M.. Bad signing)
Deltha ONeal(CB-1yr/3.6M 500K)
Mike McKenzie(CB-1yr/2.8M 250K)
Isaac Bruce(WR-1yr/3.5M 1.5M)
Zach Pillar(LG-1yr/3.6M 500K)
Vernon Carey(LT-1yr/600K 100K)
I dont know why everyone only wanted to sign for 1 year. It was weird

SCHEDULE
1. vs Cinci
2. @ TB
3. vs Clv
4. @ Bal
5. @ STL
6. @ Chi
7. @ Pit
8. BYE
9. vs SF
10. vs Phili
11. vs Chi
12. vs MN
13. vs AZ
14. @ MN
15. @ GB
16. @ Sea
17. vs GB

[kenp86]

DRAFT:
1. Bears: Maceo Sweetney(HB)
2. Oakland: Andre Dalembert(RE)
3. Titans: Jamaal Kidd(WR)
4. Jets: Luke Rambis(QB)
5. Ravens: Darrick Conroy(QB)
6. Cards: Thaddeus Cheeks(DT)
7. Panthers: Tyrus Duhon(WR)
8. Falcons: Patrick Fox(LT)
9. Miami: O.J. McClintock(CB)
10. Bills: Lane McComas(CB)
11. Skins: Courtney Porter(CB)
12. Hawks: Kendrick House(HB)
13. Clv: Lamaar Marbury(LE)
14. SF: Renaldo Moon(CB)
15. GB: Ryan Spradlin(FS)
16. Pit: Mario Markland(CB)
17. Jax: Defrazio Combs(WR)
18. Dal: Thomas Dwyer(WR)
19. DN: Mase Johnson(SS)
20. NO: Martin McPeek(MLB)
21. STL: Emeka Mourning(RE)
22. KC: Drew Trumblee(QB)
23. MN: Antoine Jefferson(FS)
24. Phi: Jamario Baston(WR)
25. CN: Braylon Bowe-Drew(CB)
26. Det: Cooper Hooper(TE-Compaired to Jason Witten)
27. Hou: Maurice Ghoggins(ROLB)
28. Panthers: Tyron Hamilton(CB)
29. NYG: Shane Gilmore(MLB)
30. Indy: Jayshaun Ralls(LOLB)
31. SD: Montario Tartt III (WR)
32. CN: Elton Garnett(RG)
New England Won the Super Bowl

MY DRAFT:
1st: Cooper Hooper(TE-89 Pot)
2nd: Traded to Jax for 2nd and 6th in 2010 draft
3rd: Markus Friday(WR-Compaired to Joey Galloway, 89 Pot, I think cant remember)
5th: Delwan Ashford(CB)

UDFA:
Jared Atkinson(WR-88 Pot.)
Brock Murphy(HB-81 Pot. compaired to A.Peterson dont know which one)
Marty Ferguson(ROLB-88 Pot., compaired to Merriman)
Colton Carswell(QB-Compaired to Brees, 81 Pot.)
JaJuan Cooper(TE-Compaired to Winslow, 89 Pot.)

Cooper Hooper: 5yr/11.78M 2M(88 Pot.)
Markus Friday: 3yr/2.16M
Delwan Ashford: 3 yr/800K 250K

I traded a 6th(2010) and a 5th(2011) to Seattle for Josh Addis(QB-80 Pot.- GM wanted him)

JaJuan Cooper injured his hamstring chasing his dog around the yard before Pre-season game 2.

We finished the Pre-season 1-3(simmed all games)

Signed Jacob Hester 1yr/1.7M 250K

Opening Day Roster:(Startes are in Bold)
QB: Woodson, Matt Cassell(They signed), Addis
RB: McAllister(They signed), Calhoun, Buckingham
FB: Hester
WR: R.Williams, C.Johnson, Bruce, Atkinson, Friday, Drummond
TE: Hooper, Cooper, M.Lewis
LT: Backus, V.Carey
LG: Pillar, Lane Kramer
C: Raiola, Sullivan
RG: Corey Doleman, Chad Setterstrom
RT: Jonathan Scott, Marlon Jansen
LE: Lawrence Jackson, Tony Bake, Alama-Francis
RE: Calais Campbell, Dwayne White
DT: Jonathan Babineaux, Corey Redding, S.Cody, Athya Rubin, Pat Williams
LOLB: Briggs, Adibi
MLB: Lenon, A.J Millard
ROLB: Sims, Marty Ferguson
CB: Bodden, ONeal, McKenzie, Ashford, Meriweather
FS: Hamlin, Alexander
SS: Pollard, C.Campbell
K: Serna
P: Harris

Pat Williams was a terrible signing being a 66 overall. If this is the draft with Boar, ill be very happy..........LOL........ But i have lots of contracts coming off the books after this coming season. Interested to see who will be available in the off season.