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| Boiman getting crash course in Lions defense |
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09/01/2010 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - Rocky Boiman isn't going to get a chance to ease his way into the Detroit Lions' defense. It's going to be more like cramming for final exams in his days at Notre Dame. The veteran linebacker signed with the Detroit Lions earlier in the week and is scheduled to play in Thursday's final preseason game against Buffalo. ``We didn't bring him in here to stand around,'' Lions coach Jim Schwartz said Tuesday. ``He's here to play. We expect him to be out there against the Bills.''< |
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| Lions sign Boiman |
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08/31/2010 |
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| Allen Park, MI (Sportsbooks) - The Detroit Lions signed free agent linebacker Rocky Boiman on Tuesday. Boiman has been in the NFL since 2002 and has played for Tennessee, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Pittsburgh. Over 103 games, he has totaled 256 tackles and 1 1/2 sacks along with five interceptions. Also on Tuesday, the team placed cornerback Jack Williams on the physically unable to perform list. |
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| Bills' RB Lynch cleared for preseason finale |
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08/31/2010 |
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is set play in the team's preseason finale against the Detroit Lions after missing nearly three weeks with a sore ankle. Coach Chan Gailey said Lynch looked good in practice Tuesday. Lynch missed the past two preseason games since being hurt in a loss to Washington. Last year, he split the starting duties with Fred Jackson, who has been out since breaking a bone in his left hand against the Redskins. Jackson wore a brace protecting |
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| Browns expect Suh penalty to be reviewed |
NFL Football |
08/30/2010 |
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) - The Browns expect the NFL to review the play in which Detroit Lions rookie Ndamukong Suh grabbed quarterback Jake Delhomme's facemask and violently flung him to the ground. In the second quarter of Saturday's exhibition game, Suh grabbed Delhomme by the face mask, twisted it, threw both arms around the QB's head and spun him to the ground. Suh was assessed a 15-yard penalty for the infraction, which seemed severe enough to warrant an ejection. Browns coach Eric Mangini said Monday t |
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| Browns' Sorensen OK after being carted off field |
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08/28/2010 |
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| IT (AP) - The Cleveland Browns were relieved Nick Sorensen seemed to make a quick recovery from a scary situation. Sorensen was sprinting down the field after a kickoff when he was blocked simultaneously by Caleb Campbell and Andre Fluellen of the Detroit Lions in a preseason game. That hit sent him to his back and led to him being carted off the field and taken to a hospital. Browns coach Eric Mangini said tests were negative and he was on his way back from the hospital soon after Detroit's 35-27 pres |
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| Browns' Sorensen carted off field against Lions |
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08/28/2010 |
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DETROIT (AP) - Cleveland Browns defensive back Nick Sorensen has been taken off the field on a backboard after getting hit by two Detroit Lions. Sorensen was covering a kickoff when he was blocked simultaneously by Detroit's Caleb Campbell and Andre Fluellen on Saturday night. His teammates on the kickoff team dropped to a knee, grabbed hands and bowed their heads. Cleveland's entire team and coaching staff later walked across the field to get closer to him. Both team's medical personnel evaluated S |
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| Lions place DE DeVries on IR |
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08/27/2010 |
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| Allen Park, MI (Sportsbooks) - The Detroit Lions placed defensive end Jared DeVries on injured reserve Friday, officially ending his 2010 season. DeVries has been dealing with knee problems all training camp and he had arthroscopic knee surgery on Wednesday to clean up loose cartilage. The 34-year-old 12-year veteran missed the 2009 season with a ruptured Achilles tendon. Since coming into the league as a third-round pick of Detroit in 2000, he has appeared in 118 games and has totaled 188 tackles and 16 |
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| Lions place DE Jared DeVries on injured reserve |
NFL Football |
08/27/2010 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit Lions have placed defensive end Jared DeVries on injured reserve, meaning he will miss a second consecutive season because of injury. DeVries signed a one-year contract in April. He had been released in February after missing last season following surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon. He started 29 games the previous three seasons for the Lions and has played in 120 games for them since they drafted him out of Iowa in 1999. The team on Friday also placed safety |
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| West Point graduate chasing dream of being in NFL |
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08/27/2010 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - Detroit Lions linebacker Caleb Campbell was singing the national anthem in a football uniform a couple weeks ago for the first time since he suited up Dec. 1, 2007, in the Army-Navy game. ``I got emotional,'' Campbell said. ``I started thinking about all of my classmates protecting our country while I get to represent them in the NFL.'' The West Point graduate will get another chance Saturday night in Detroit against the Cleveland Browns, playing in his third exhibition game a |
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| Lions know what to expect from DE Vanden Bosch |
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08/27/2010 |
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz has many questions to answer before the regular-season opener in two weeks. None of them involve defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch. Schwartz knows Vanden Bosch from their days together in Tennessee, and hasn't had any surprises from the defensive end in his first training camp with the Lions. ``He is what he is,'' Schwartz said Thursday. ``Kyle Vanden Bosch is a name brand, so you know exactly what you are going to get. You are going to get con |
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