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Coach Jim Schwartz is very careful about how he handles the egos on the Detroit Lions. You might think there should be no egos after losing all of their games last year, but this is a whole new roster. Looking down the roster of starters for the second exhibition game only yields 5 familiar starting faces to the Squibster.
Getting to the point here, Schwartz named Matt Stafford to begin the 2nd exhibition game, just as he named Daunte Culpepper to begin the first exhibition game.
You can make out of this what you want, but mentioning Matt Stafford to begin the game puts him on an equal footing with Daunte Culpepper to the fans. Now Coach Jim Schwartz may have different ideas, but he is being very careful to take care of his young quarterback. Will Culpepper be the starter once the season begins as most writers have assumed? If Schwartz knows this already, then he is instilling confidence in his young rookie.
But all that aside, Schwartz knows the future for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League is with Stafford and not Culpepper. That does not mean Culpepper won’t start this year or even most of this year, it just means Schwartz wants to keep Stafford encouraged and give him some meaningful work.
Coach Jim Schwartz is very careful about how he handles the egos on the Detroit Lions. You might think there should be no egos after losing all of their games last year, but this is a whole new roster. Looking down the roster of starters for the second exhibition game only yields 5 familiar starting faces to the Squibster.
Getting to the point here, Schwartz named Matt Stafford to begin the 2nd exhibition game, just as he named Daunte Culpepper to begin the first exhibition game.
You can make out of this what you want, but mentioning Matt Stafford to begin the game puts him on an equal footing with Daunte Culpepper to the fans. Now Coach Jim Schwartz may have different ideas, but he is being very careful to take care of his young quarterback. Will Culpepper be the starter once the season begins as most writers have assumed? If Schwartz knows this already, then he is instilling confidence in his young rookie.
But all that aside, Schwartz knows the future for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League is with Stafford and not Culpepper. That does not mean Culpepper won’t start this year or even most of this year, it just means Schwartz wants to keep Stafford encouraged and give him some meaningful work.
http://www.detroitlions.com/document...ment_id=489489
ALLEN PARK, Mich. --The Detroit Lions announced today that they have traded QB Kevin O’Connell to the New York Jets for an undisclosed future draft pick. The team also released DE Ikaika Alama-Francis, CB Cletis Gordon and WR Adam Jennings.
Seven players were signed today by the Lions to the team’s practice squad, including: WR John Broussard (San Jose State), TE Carson Butler (Michigan), RB Tristan Davis (Auburn), LB Zack Follett (California), C Dan Gerberry (Ball State), TE Dan Gronkowski (Maryland) and T Lydon Murtha (Nebraska).
ALLEN PARK, Mich. --The Detroit Lions announced today that they have traded QB Kevin O’Connell to the New York Jets for an undisclosed future draft pick. The team also released DE Ikaika Alama-Francis, CB Cletis Gordon and WR Adam Jennings.
Seven players were signed today by the Lions to the team’s practice squad, including: WR John Broussard (San Jose State), TE Carson Butler (Michigan), RB Tristan Davis (Auburn), LB Zack Follett (California), C Dan Gerberry (Ball State), TE Dan Gronkowski (Maryland) and T Lydon Murtha (Nebraska).
I don't wanna see him murdered out there cause of our o-line, but whatever, if that's what they wanna do...we'll go 3-13.
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