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This has been a breakout season for the Detroit Lions, and they still have their sights on a playoff berth. The Lions’ roster has a lot of young and talented stars, but they still have few holes to plug; one of those holes is at the cornerback position.

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It is an image that has been carefully crafted. It was a plan hatched back at least when he was at Nebraska, according to sources in Lincoln. They would take a guy with a mostly unpronounceable name, playing perhaps the most anonymous position in football, and turn him into one of the biggest endorsement forces in sports.

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From Rollling Stone:

Earlier this month, soul singer Mayer Hawthorne campaigned in the Rolling Stone studio to replace Nickelback as the halftime performer for the big Detroit Lions home game on Thanksgiving Day after many loyal Lions fans attempted to get the rockers kicked off the bill. Nickelback is keeping the gig after all, but that’s not going to stop Hawthorne from celebrating Thanksgiving – and the Lions – in style on Thursday.

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