Speculation has the Detroit Lions drafting a quarterback (namely, Georgia's Matthew Stafford) with the first overall pick. Should that not end up happening, or in case Stafford either holds out or struggles in camp, they now have insurance on hand.Veteran Daunte Culpepper, who got some playing time with the Lions late in their winless 2008 season, appears set to return to the team for 2009. He has restructured his contract with the club.
Tom Kowalski of MLive.com says Culpepper's deal is still for one year, through 2009, but the roster bonus set to be paid to Culpepper at the end of February is gone. The Lions also have Dan Orlovsky able to become a free agent at the end of the month, so they may decide to bring him back, too.
(With all due respect, I can't imagine there's a huge market for Orlovsky.)
This might not mean Culpepper is a lock to be back, or a lock to start in Week One, but it does give Detroit the ability to look at players from all positions with their first overall pick. I'm not terribly enamored with Stafford, simply because he was so inconsistent in college. He's a great talent, but is he going to put it all together in the NFL? I'm not so sure, and that means I can't say it's a smart way to use the No. 1 pick in the draft.
Kowalski also reports the Lions have re-signed kicker Jason Hanson to a four-year deal. Hanson was rumored to be on the verge of becoming Detroit's franchise player, but the Lions are instead not going to use that designation.
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3-11-2009 @ 10:43AM
taj696897 said...
i think pepper will do a good job with the lions my reasons he is moblie has a strond arm and 30 he has the offensive guy who was with him in minnesota he has a good reciever now he needs a good running game and a front line now i know every one wants cassell but cassell had moss and the other reciver when pepper had moss what did he do now if u want to say moss made peeper than he also made cassell yes he is 30 so what warner is 38 and with out the 2 reciver on that team warner isnt in the superbowl or have the stats he got thanks to dennis green who built the team ! when pepper left the vike which was a big mistake he never was with any good team at all so to jugde him is not fair there is no qb farve brady manning could done nothing with the dolphins or raiders or the lions so let be honest there are 3 or 4 qbs at best who can carry a team with out good recivers and a running game mcnabb manning brady and farve lets not talk about ryan and the qb from b-more they both had great running backs and front line and defense put any one of them on the lions and u will still be 0-16 thank u much and go pepper
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