The Detroit Lions have released cornerback Fernando Bryant, leaving them without any corners as the NFL free agency period approaches. The decision to release Bryant came because he had a roster bonus coming and a high base salary for 2008, and it wasn't a bad move to release him. But cornerbacks Travis Fisher and Keith Smith are unrestricted free agents and Stanley Wilson is a restricted free agent, meaning the Lions are out of cornerbacks.
And you just know what that means: Either Lions president Matt Millen devotes big money to the cornerback position and ignores the Lions' needs elsewhere, or the Lions go into the 2008 season with a patchwork pass defense that opposing quarterbacks will pick apart.
For Bryant's part, though, he has nothing but positive things to say about the team:
"I wish the Lions the best," Bryant said Monday. "I think Matt Millen has everything going in the right direction. I don't have anything negative, other than it was just time to part ways."Not many players have had good things to say as they've left the Lions in recent years. Bryant is an exception, but he's also glad to be on the way out.
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2-26-2008 @ 9:15AM
bradfordvic said...
How can they be out of CB's, then he goes on to name 3 more that are FA's, and I checked the roster, there is a total of 5 CB's listed on it, hard to take this seriously when the facts are screwed up.
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2-29-2008 @ 10:37PM
Tyrone said...
Bryant and his positive comments about the Lions is the best move he could have done. MATT MILLION...LOL is putting all of his eggs into one basket leaving the Lions with out any CB's.
If the man with a plan, MATT MILLION...LOL, is not able to sign any free agents in Detroit, then what will his next move be? Will he give up the entire draft to get 5 CB's??? With MATT MILLION...LOL, anything is possable.
Bryant will be in a great position to be resighned by MATT MILLION and the Lions at the end of the day. Lets see what happens?
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