the lions went ; 7-9, 12-4, 5-11, 9-7, 10-6, 9-7, 5-11
including a division championship, and a conference title game, a 32td passing season out of mitchell
yeah they were much worse than the 2-14 CHIEFS
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the lions went ; 7-9, 12-4, 5-11, 9-7, 10-6, 9-7, 5-11
including a division championship, and a conference title game, a 32td passing season out of mitchell
yeah they were much worse than the 2-14 CHIEFS
But you keep forgetting that RB is a young man's game. It's almost never worth it to sign a RB past 30 to a lucrative deal. Matt Forte has more value than LJ, not because of his accomplishments, but because his legs are fresh. LJ has two to three years, maybe, before he breaks down entirely, no matter how good his line is.
He just isn't worth it.
Nut...Don't forget that they had Barry Sanders and a couple of pretty damn good recievers in Herman Moore and Johnny Morton and a return guy by the name of Mel Gray.
But, their line did suck and they admitted it. I rememebr them saying that all they try to do is "try to stay with a block" long enough to "LET" Barry make it happen.
Again..I also have to mention Walter Payton. He was durable and ran like a mad man with a sorry team until the mid 80's.
you can't mention L J in the same sentence with Barry Sanders and Walter Peyton. come on thats like including Trent Green with John Unitas and LENNY DAWSON.
My list:
DE- Terrell Suggs
OT- Stacey Andrews
OG- Jari Evans
OLB- Leroy Hill (Dansby is going to a New York team)
MLB- Jonathan Vilma
S- Oshiomogho Atogwe
CB- Nnamdi Asomugha
There's no way they all fit under the cap... but that's my list.
If there were a way to bring in McNabb... forget the ca$h $pent, the combined leadership of McNabb and T.G. would be great for our offense. On D. I firmly believe all we need is again leadership combined with alot more depth.... guys I think we are alot closer than we realize. Otherwise I would still go with D.Carr or B.Leftwich... not to take over the position but for depth and if they outright win the position... then it's their's.
Im not saying LJ is a great person, or whether or not we should keep him (thats for others to decide). You can call him an a-hole for disrespecting women (at least he isnt drinking and driving on a regular basis like other people that people on this board cant get over).
But when it comes down to facts, LJ averaged 4.5 ypc. He was tied with 3 other backs for 9th in the league in ypc. To me, YPC is a much more telling stat than total yards. Yeah, S.Jax had 200 more yards on the season. He also had 60 more carries than LJ.
I still think he has value. On our team? Probably not because he has burned too many bridges. I just hope we dont play against him next year because he will likely get over 100 yards with a decent line in front of him unless our D becomes a top 5 D next year.
LOl Cassell?? They can either match his offer or we have to pay him huge and give them 2 1st rd. picks.. I dont think so.