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FanHouse NFL Season Preview: Detroit Lions - Is 2008 the Payoff?

Training camps are underway, the NFL season is a month off, and to get you ready for 2008, FanHouse previews all 32 teams, "heat index" style. We'll rate each club in 10 categories on a scale of 1 to 10, high score wins.Quarterback: Jon Kitna -- man of God, man of many passing yards, man of many lapses in judgement. With...

Takeo Spikes Isn't a Lion and Now Detroit's Without a Backup Plan

Despite a belief that Takeo Spikes didn't have the ability to be a starter in the NFL anymore, both San Francisco, where he signed, and Detroit, where he didn't, had visions of him running with their first teams. And now that Spikes has chosen the 49ers over the Lions, there's a hole at strongside linebacker in Detroit....

Jordan Dizon Shows Us How Not to Begin a Career in the NFL

Saints GM Mickey Loomis might have been right in blaming the agents for the pronounced slowdown on negotiations for first- and second-round draft picks this year, but these players are grown men, and their agents are under their employ. At some point it falls on the players to realize what's best for them and make sure...

Lions Sign Gosder Cherilus, Still Waiting on Second-Rounder Jordan Dizon

The Lions were derided for bypassing Rashard Mendenhall in the first round of this year's draft for right tackle Gosder Cherilus, but I think it was one of the best decisions in the first round, especially after the team managed to select running back Kevin Smith in the third.But as training camp grew nearer, the Lions...

Detroit Lions Give First-Round Pick Gosder Cherilus a Mentor

Let's recap: this week we found out that the Lions' second-round pick, linebacker Jordan Dizon, was arrested for DUI six days before the draft. Their first-round pick, tackle Gosder Cherilus, just received a year's probation after being charged with assault and battery in a bar fight while still in college. On the upside,...