Post Tagged with: "Detroit Lions"

After former NFL wide receiver Titus Young was arrested for the third time in two days, on May 12th 2013, local law enforcement in Orange County were put on high alert.  Following a brief period of time in which he wasn’t arrested, they held a news conference to try to quell [...]

It was reported earlier today that Detroit Lions star receiver Calvin Johnson had confirmed that he played with three broken fingers last season.  But that turns out not to be true, per ProFootballTalk.com. PFT’s story disputes a report from the Detroit News, which includes a Q-and-A with the 6-5, 236-pound wide [...]

Former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young has been arrested…again. Young was arrested around 11:30 p.m. Friday night in San Clemente, CA and charged with burglary, assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest after breaking into a home on the 3700 block of Calle Casino, according to Lt. Joe Balicki of the Orange [...]

Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah took the stage with a pair of eye-catching lensless 3D glasses when he was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round (No. 5 overall) in the 2013 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 25. While it may have started out just as a dare from the folks at BYU, it has now turned [...]

The Detroit Lions did a pretty solid job addressing the majority of their needs in the 2013 NFL Draft. While some suggest their first-round selection was a reach, the move was expected after the top three offensive tackles were snatched up by the Kansas City Chiefs, Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles. It was [...]

The Detroit Lions have selected CB Darius Slay with the No. 33 overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. Slay was one of 23 prospects to attend the draft and was one of the remaining four to escape the green room on Friday.  The Lions made moves to improve in the secondary via free [...]

Ezekiel Ansah has been selected by the Detroit Lions with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. The loss of Cliff Avril and Kyle Vanden Bosch were a clear indication that Lions were looking to add new, fresh talent on the defensive line and GM Martin Mayhew also has a history of taking the best [...]

With the 2013 NFL Draft about to kick into swing, let’s unveil team-by-team projections for the first three rounds before the party gets started at 8 p.m. ET on April 25.  The series continues on the Detroit Lions. [RELATED: 2013 NFL Draft: Detroit Lions Host Dion Jordan, Three Others] First Round (No. 5 Overall): Ezekiel [...]

The Detroit Lions welcomed in four more 2013 NFL Draft prospects on Tuesday—Central Florida RB Latavius Murray, Clemson SS Jonathan Meeks, Mississippi State CB Darius Slay and arguably the top 4-3 DE/3-4 OLB in Dion Jordan out of Oregon—per Tim Twentyman of the team’s official website. Slay is now the fourth cornerback, Murray [...]

The Detroit Lions really stole the show on the second day of 2013 NFL Free Agency with the re-signing of CB Chris Houston and additions of ex-Seahawks DT Jason Jones, ex-Dolphins RB Reggie Bush and ex-Texans safety Glover Quin. Albeit Detroit has been very quite on the open market since then (only re-signing center Dylan Gandy [...]