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Current and Incoming Detroit Lions Play Makers Meeting Up in Atlanta

Zac Snyder — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:28:38 +0000

Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson are getting back to work in Atlanta. We have photo proof once again, although it isn’t Ochocinco that shows up in this shot. This time it is incoming rookie wide receiver Titus Young. He sent out the following tweet and accompanying photo:

WHAT up #DETROIT I Got What Yall Been Waitin For , just got it in With @BigPlayCj

Stafford did some throwing with former UGA teammates but did not get together with Calvin Johnson and Titus Young today. Don’t worry, they’ll get together very soon:

Missed @Bigplaycj and @TitusYoung but will def throw with them tom and sat. But the old GA guys looked good

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What to Make of the Nnamdi Asomugha-Detroit Lions Chatter

Zac Snyder — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:38:00 +0000

The Lions decision to pass on taking a cornerback in the early rounds (or any round, as it turned out) just increases the furvor with which fans will speculate on the team’s chances to land superstar cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. Peter King recently stirred the pot by including the Lions as a possible dark horse landing spot in a mailbag piece. King’s mention of the Lions planted a seed in the minds of some fans, a seed that many thought impossible.

I’ve never been one to throw out possible trade scenarios. It is a pointless exercise considering the speculator must make an arbitrary judgement of what the two sides would be willing to do. This generally leads to an unrealistic scenario borne of home team bias. While not a trade situation, parallels can be drawn to the fervor that is starting to build in some Lions fans. As a national writer, King doesn’t bring a home team bias into his speculation but he fails to address the other side of the deal.

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Scanning the Savanna

Zac Snyder — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:33:05 +0000

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your fingertips each morning. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s scan the savanna together.

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Asomugha is expected to depart the Oakland Raiders via free agency, and I would say three of our teams — the Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings — are still in need of cornerback after the draft.

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