Nick Fairley

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Video: Fairley, Suh and Detroit Lions Defense Hit the Field in Madden 12

EA Sports spent a lot of their time at the 2011 edition of E3 promoting the newest installment of the Madden video game franchise. They’ve caught wind of the excitement surrounding the Lions defensive…Read More

Scanning the Savanna

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. Clipped…Read More

Getting to Know the Detroit Lions 2011 Opponents: Minnesota Vikings

With the NFL draft behind us and a lockout raging on, the opportunities to talk about real football are becoming fewer and fewer. That being the case, I have sought out bloggers that cover teams that the…Read More

Scanning the Savanna

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. Clipped…Read More

Detroit Lions Defensive Line: Silver Crush?

Jim Schwartz has chosen a winner in his contest to name the Detroit Lions defensive line. As announced on twitter: My favorite (and winner of the football) goes to: “Silver Crush”. Acknowledges tradition/history…Read More

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Would a Lockout-Shortened Season Benefit the Detroit Lions?

I should preface this post by stating that in no way do I support this lockout, especially the unending…Read More

Scanning the Savanna

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your…Read More

Detroit Lions Draft Recap With NFL Mocks

I recently had the chance to sit down with NFL Mocks to recap the Lions 2011 draft. NFL Mocks editor…Read More

Scanning the Savanna

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your…Read More

The Detroit Lions 2011 Draft Class: Deeper Than Most Think

The Detroit Lions ended up with five total picks in the 2011 NFL Draft.  There was some skepticism among…Read More

Scanning the Savanna

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to…Read More

Scanning the Savanna

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your…Read More

Scanning the Savanna

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to your…Read More

Schwartz Handling Rookies and Lockout the Right Way

It’s a truly bizarre year in professional football when a head coach decides against giving his…Read More

Big Things Expected from Detroit Lions Rookies

I talked about the Lions drafting for immediate impact a couple days ago. At least one writer agrees…Read More

Ultimate Draft Poll: How Do YOU Say the Lions Did?

The 2011 NFL draft is now a full week in the rear-view mirror. Now that we’ve had some time to…Read More

New Report out of Denver Validates Nick Fairley’s Value

Lions fans were overwhelmingly giddy when Nick Fairley became the team’s pick 13th overall last…Read More

Detroit Lions took Fairley, Young and Leshoure for Immediate Impact

Fans hear a lot about need and value when NFL draft picks are discussed. This ignores one other important…Read More

Mel, and a lot of people even I haven’t heard of, love the lions draft

Wow, that was some RIDE; the ride being the first two rounds of the NFL Draft last week. I just can’t…Read More

Scanning the Savanna

Scanning the Savanna is a daily feature that brings fresh Detroit Lions and NFL related content to…Read More