Thomas Jones to the Lions

[Fox1994]

Interesting. Will they be rotating backs more with Jones, Smith, and Brown/Morris, do you think? A strong running game could help Stafford come-up quick. His rookie season wasn't terrible, and a presence on the ground could only help.

[Prodigal Son]

Jones won't even touch 1,000 yards.

[nesper]

Am I the only Lions fan who doesn't like us getting a bunch of 30+ year old players and giving them contracts over 2 years? There is a reason why all of these older players are on the market.

yes you probably are. These are front loaded contracts in a non cap year and the players are stop gaps til the team can fill the needs via draft. Unlike the bears the lions are spending to help take pressure off the young guys by putting them with vets (not a fan of burelson signing) chicago is trying to win this year or that staff will probably be out on the street. Both are players that the coaches have coached before vb schwartz, and burelson with linehan

[1ke]

Jones also wont be in a Lions uniform

[Hasselbeck]

Take his younger brother too. Well give him to you for some Pistons championship gear or a replica Kenny Rogers Tigers jersey.

[BigHouseUSA]

Am I the only Lions fan who doesn't like us getting a bunch of 30+ year old players and giving them contracts over 2 years? There is a reason why all of these older players are on the market.

Who else are we going to get? We're not shelling out a lot of money for guys that can secure the team up for a few years. Or we could go sign a 25-year old whose skill level is far below that and will get buried in the depth chart by Week 6. If there were other options out there, I'd agree, but we have to take what we can get.

[Tengo Juego]

Still calling bs on this. I've seen no reports of this.

[nesper]

Still calling bs on this. I've seen no reports of this.

yes it was cleared up in this thread that it was just speculation that some people ran as fact.

Schwartz came out today and said not to expect any more "big" signings

[JMeist]

The only thing the lions have a shot at winning is the offseason.

[nesper]

someone needs to edit this thread title to allude that thomas jones is not a lion and most likely will not be in the future.

[Obst]

If the New York Jets want to re-sign Thomas Jones, they'll need to out-bid the Kansas City Chiefs.

Adam Schefter of ESPN is reporting that Jones will visit Kansas City on Monday.

I guess the Lions are letting him negotiate with other teams....

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

jesus fucking fail batman....

Dude, if your posting news make it legit... or a question mark if its not confirmed...see that OnlyOneBeerLeft guy? All his threads have been right because he uses the legit sources and doesn't cut words out of the quotes.

[Fox1994]

^Haha. Shameless pat on the back. I like that.