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Detroit Lions 2009 Season Preview: It Can Only Get Better

Posted: Sep 3rd 2009 12:00PM by Bruce Ciskie (author feed)
Filed under: Lions, NFC North

Training camps have wrapped up, the NFL season is right around the corner, and it's still hot as sin outside. But instead of cooling you off with a warm island song, FanHouse break out ye old heat check for our 2009 NFL Season Previews ." We'll rate each club in 5 categories on a scale of 1 to 10, high score wins.

Without playing a game, the Detroit Lions have matched their 2008 regular season win total. Naturally, this is an embarrassing fact, and one that Lions fans are probably sick of hearing. However, it also serves to show how easy it will be for head coach Jim Schwartz to be hailed as a genius this season. The Lions will win a game (or more!) in 2009, and Schwartz has done some things in the offseason to point this franchise in a positive direction. It's time now for the players to see the benefits of their hard work during the spring and summer.

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Lions Quickly Pounce on Jon Jansen

Posted: May 29th 2009 7:10PM by Bruce Ciskie (author feed)
Filed under: Lions, Redskins, NFC North

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The decision of the Washington Redskins to release veteran lineman Jon Jansen on Friday came as a bit of a surprise.

There was no question Jansen had plenty of struggles with injuries over his decade in the nation's capital, but he is still a pretty solid lineman. That, and his many ties to the state of Michigan, have led him to quickly come to terms with the Detroit Lions.

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Jared Allen Dislikes Carl Peterson and Wishes He Could Have Fought Gosder Cherilus

Posted: Dec 16th 2008 6:00PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Chiefs, Lions, Vikings, NFL Media Watch, NFL Rumors

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Jared Allen plays the game of football in a pretty intense fashion. Therefore, I tend to think it's fairly unsurprising to find out that he's pretty outspoken. Of course, that doesn't mean I thought he would get on Sporting News Radio and unleash on Carl Peterson. But he did! (Translation props to SbB.)

Tim Montemayor: "What are your thoughts about Carl Peterson leaving the Chiefs organization?"

Jared Allen: "(laughing) Later!"

TM: "Come on, is there no love loss there?"

JA: "Absolutely not, you know what I'm saying? I believe in karma. Good things happen to good people. I'll leave it at that."

I can't tell you just how freaking awesome that "karma" chatter is (although Matt Schaub can probably say better than I ...) considering that Allen nearly lost his leg against the Lions shortly after taking what some would call cheap shots at Schaub, when Gosder Cherilus went after him on one of the biggest low blows I've seen in a while. But if Allen had his way, no one would have held him back after the play and there would have a rumble.

"I guess everybody's telling me I should thank Ray Edwards for holding me back. I wish nobody would have held me back and we could have settled this thing right then and there."

Now, I'm not judge of fighting ability, but if there's one guy in the NFL (other than Ray Lewis) I don't want to tussle with, it's Allen. Still, you'd have to imagine that Cherlius won't let this go -- we are talking about football players here. It's not like they're bloggers who can just let stuff like this go.

Gosder Cherilus Avoids Fine After Taking Out Jared Allen's Knee

Posted: Dec 13th 2008 8:00AM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Lions, Vikings, NFC North

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Cue up the Vikings fans' tears about how the league office hates them and is constantly conspiring against them, because Gosder Cherilus has not been fined for his cheap shot last Sunday on NFL Fine King, Jared "$90K" Allen.

As Lions quarterback Daunte Culpepper fled the pocket, Allen pursued. Even though he was about 12-15 yards away from the would-be passer, Cherilus hopped up just enough from his spot on the turf to take out Allen's knees. It was a blatant cheap shot in my book, and I'm an unbiased fan -- hell, if anything, I'm against the Vikings since my Bears trail them in the NFC North.

With no fine to Cherilus for this bush league act, we're left, once again, wondering how the NFL's fine process works. For example, Fred Evans -- Vikings defensive tackle -- was fined $5,000 for a facemask in the same game. It didn't appear he egregiously ripped at the head of the ball-carrier at the time, nor did it appear obviously intentional.

You've also got the two players who got in a fight -- the play after Allen received his gift from the Lions -- getting fined $5,000.

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Rod Marinelli Benches Gosder Cherilus, Does Not Want to Talk About It

Posted: Oct 18th 2008 4:00PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Lions, NFC North, NFL Fans

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Some six months ago, former Boston College standout Gosder Cherilus was considered one of the best offensive tackles in the NFL draft. The Lions would eventually take him with the 17th overall pick, the fifth offensive lineman to go off the board after Jake Long (1st), Ryan Clady (12th), Chris Williams (14th) and Branden Albert (15th).

Detroit didn't waste anytime getting Cherilus on the field; he's played in all five games, starting three of them. I suppose there isn't much time to learn by watching when the quarterback gets sacked (not to be confused with sacked) every other time he drops back to pass. (Note to Jon Kitna: there are ways to avoid taking career-shortening hits: throw the ball way, handoffs, run out the back of the end zone unprovoked, etc.)

Given that the Lions are their usual awful selves, nobody is entitled to anything. This has usually been nothing more than lip service until William Clay Ford woke up long enough to can Matt Millen, the guy responsible for setting the organization back 40 years.

Now, Kitna has been IR-ed, and Cherilus, presumably a cornerstone of the offense going forward, has been benched. And, no, head coach Rod Marinelli really doesn't want to talk about it (before he inevitably does just that):

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Detroit Lions Give First-Round Pick Gosder Cherilus a Mentor

Posted: Jun 28th 2008 10:54AM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Lions, NFC North

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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, head coach Rod Marinelli warned Kevin Smith, the team's third-round pick, to stay out of trouble, so there's that.

So maybe this isn't Detroit's finest moment (but nowhere near their worst), but give the organization credit for trying to keep its players out of trouble now that they've already drafted.

The Detroit Lions have arranged a high-profile mentor for rookie offensive lineman Gosder Cherilus. Former NFL lineman Lomas Brown, who spent 11 of his 18 seasons with the Lions, will work with Cherilus during training camp...

"With any first-year guy," Brown said, "there's going to be things you've got to work on. He's got so much going through his head right now. He's a little slow on the snap counts, but things like that, you can teach. You can correct things like that."

It sounds like Brown will be more of an on-field guide than an after-work chaperone, but that's fine; the Lions' offensive line has enough issues to keep Cherilus busy. As always, though, no conversation about personnel issues would be complete without mentioning president Matt Millen, who would probably benefit most from a little mentoring.

Marinelli Advises Smith to Stay Out of Trouble; Just Like Cherilus, Dizon, but Different

Posted: Jun 27th 2008 9:37AM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Lions, NFC North

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This is rich. Lions head coach Rod Marinelli has some advice for rookie third-round pick Kevin Smith. According to Pro Football Weekly:

... Marinelli had stressed to him numerous times following the draft and during rookie minicamps that he must stay out of trouble. Some teams red-flagged Smith as having a character question during the draft-evaluation process after Smith reportedly missed or chose to skip one team's scheduled private workout with him. Expect Marinelli's message for his rookies - to stay out of trouble - to be echoed throughout training camp.

Marinelli might want to also think about dropping this knowledge in February and March to coaches, scouts and front-office types as the Lions make draft preparations. Just a thought since the team's first-round pick, Gosder Cherilus, just received a year's probation after being charged with assault and battery in a bar fight while still in college, and second-rounder Jordan Dizon getting arrested for a DUI the week before the draft.

Maybe I'm reaching, but the 2008 Lions are starting to look a lot like the 2006 Bengals. Marvin Lewis, trying to chance the culture of ineptitude in Cincinnati, took a chance of players with "character issues," and the move would eventually blow up in his face. The Lions are very familiar with ineptitude, and maybe the 2008 draft is an example of how Marinelli plans to change that.

Sometimes these things work out (look at Dig Dug Jones!), sometimes you end up with Chris Henry and Odell Thurman. Detroit could go to a "we're only drafting guys with records from here on out" roster-building philosophy, but they'd still have Matt Millen, which is the biggest obstacle between the Lions and the "something other than laughingstock" label.

Lions' Gosder Cherilus, Chargers' DeJuan Tribble Each Get 1 Year Probation

Posted: Jun 26th 2008 8:03AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Chargers, Lions, Detroit, NFL Police Blotter, San Diego

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Detroit Lions rookie Gosder Cherilus and San Diego Chargers rookie DeJuan Tribble were both ordered to serve one year of pretrial probation yesterday in connection with an incident that happened last year when they were Boston College teammates.

Cherilus and Tribble were both charged with assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with a fight at a bar. Cherilus, who was the Lions' first-round draft pick, was ordered to pay $52,000 in medical bills for a man who was injured in the fight; it's not clear whether he was ordered to pay the bills because he was more culpable than Tribble or because he will make significantly more money than Tribble, who was a sixth-round pick.

For the Lions, this news is particularly embarrassing coming on the heels of the revelation that second-round pick Jordan Dizon was arrested for drunk driving just before the draft. When your players are losers on the field and trouble-makers off it, that's not a good combination.

17. Detroit Lions Pick Gosder Cherilus, T, Boston College in NFL Draft

Posted: Apr 26th 2008 4:57PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Lions, NFL Draft, Detroit

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The good news for Lions fans is that Matt Millen did not take a wide receiver. The bad news is that Boston College offensive tackle Gosder Cherilus is not a particularly impressive offensive lineman, especially in pass protection. I'm not a fan of this pick at all.

The good news is that Cherilus will play right tackle in Detroit, with Jeff Backus entrenched on the left side. If Cherilus were protecting quarterback Jon Kitna's blind side, Kitna would probably get hit so hard he'd predict the Lions to win 16 games.

Previously on FanHouse:
Mock Draft From Imaginary Matt Millen
Having a Laugh: One Study Claims Matt Millen Drafts Better Than the Patriots
Let's Hope the 2008 Draft Isn't a Repeat of 2003 For the Lions
FanHouse Mock Draft: Detroit Lions Select OT/OG Branden Albert No. 15

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FanHouse Mock Draft: San Diego Chargers Select Gosder Cherilus No. 27

Posted: Apr 17th 2008 8:00AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Chargers, AFC West, NFL Draft, San Diego

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With each pick of the FanHouse mock draft, we get into the head of an NFL general manager and let you know who he'll pick and why.

The Chargers are one of those teams that doesn't have any glaring needs and who will use the draft to add depth to this year's team and long term stability. San Diego is one of the best draft teams in the NFL and will chose very wisely here.

One spot that could use a jolt is right tackle. If BC tackle Gosder Cherilus lasts this long, the Bolts will snatch him up.

Cherilus is a beast (6-6, 315) with long arms and excellent quickness. A guy like that is perfect for a team that utilizes the running back a lot and has a young QB. His long arms are great for pass blocking while his explosiveness in getting to the next level of the defense works great for a team with LaDainian Tomlinson. One knock on him is his technique ... but that can be learned.

The Skinny:
Team Needs: CB, OT, DT, RB, S
Player Selected: Gosder Cherilus, OT, Boston College
Also Considered: Aqib Talib, CB, Kansas; Kenny Phillips, S, Miami-FL

Previous Pick: No. 26, Kentwan Balmer, DT, North Carolina

Next Pick: No. 28, Dallas Cowboys