Joyce Dunne
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Michigan native, NFL blogger chatting about the Detroit Lions from the Northwest Side of Chicago
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Bill Ford Jr. Talks About His Sense of Place with Detroit Lions
In an extensive interview with Tim Twentyman for Detroitlions.com, published in three parts last week on the website (part 1 can be read here), Bill Ford Jr., Lions vice chairman, expressed his views on topics ranging from assessing the front office and head coach to how to keep a high-caliber group of players together to [...]
TweetAs Detroit Lions Interview Draft Prospect Zebrie Sanders, We Recall His ‘C’mon Man’ Moment
As part of his coverage of the Detroit Lions activities at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., Anwar S. Richardson’s update on Florida State left tackle Zebrie Sanders includes video of the 2009 ESPN Monday Night Countdown’s “C’mon Man” segment showing an unusual play featuring Sanders. You might remember it. While his quarterback is scrambling, [...]
TweetDetroit Lions’ Johnny Culbreath Arrest Brings Disappointment
Several media outlets (I’m citing Dave Birkett’s article at the Detroit Free Press website, conveniently sporting Culbreath’s mugshots) have reported that Lions offensive tackle Johnny Culbreath was arrested on Monday for simple drug possession. The rookie, a late-round draft pick from South Carolina State who spent the 2011 season on injured reserve, was busted at [...]
TweetPotential Cortland Finnegan Free Agency Teases Detroit Lions Fans
When Cortland Finnegan talks these days, Lions fans listen. Late last week, The Tennessean reported that the Titans cornerback “remains pessimistic about his chances of returning to the team in 2012,” even following the recent executive shuffling in Tennessee’s front office. Feeding off the news, interested Lions fans turned to Twitter and online forums to [...]
TweetWill the Detroit Lions Carry Three Quarterbacks Again in 2012?
I was surprised when I read in a post by Detroit Free Press writer Dave Birkett that only 14 teams in the NFL carried three quarterbacks for the entire season. I understand that each spot is vitally important to get right and that a team may need to fudge the QB depth chart to secure [...]
TweetJason Hanson’s Value to the Detroit Lions
I’m biased when it comes to Lions kicker Jason Hanson. He’s the only player left on the team from my days in Michigan. Considering how long ago that was, I allow myself some room for nostalgia. I agree with observers who say he’ll be challenged in training camp to earn his spot on the 2012 [...]
TweetMeet Ndomukong Suh, Engineer
As I watched Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndomukong Suh tour the image rehabilitation landscape with appearances on CBS’ The NFL Today and NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, I hoped for him to do well but looked for him to falter, perhaps even reveal what drives the monster that seems to lurk inside. Instead, Suh [...]
TweetStafford Garners Comeback Award, Sets Up Next Generation of Winners
Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford emerged as the winner of the Comeback Player of the Year Award for 2011 in the wake of a Lions season that saw industrial strength numbers, late-game comebacks, another amazing year from a guy called Megatron and a long-sought playoff appearance. While the Lions haven’t exactly been shut out of [...]
TweetWishing Upon a Lions Off-Season
A good team on its way to becoming great. That’s the common refrain following the Detroit Lions’ first winning season since 2000. In a circumstance that only Detroit could experience, the club’s very appearance as a wild card team was roundly appreciated, making the playoff loss in the first round to the New Orleans Saints [...]
TweetDetroit Lions Award Futures Contracts for 2012—Wait, What Are They Again?
I’d never paid attention to these before, but now I’m intrigued. With a new day dawning in Allen Park, futures contracts suddenly sound exciting, progressive, forward thinking. I had to know more. Turns out the flurry of futures contract signings that blankets the league’s landscape every January receives limited coverage by the local press, sometimes [...]
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