Comments on: Detroit, Tulloch not close to a deal

By: weaselpuppy

weaselpuppy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:19:48 +0000

Tulloch is a good sign….Avril, while a top 10-12 DE isn’t worth the crazy contract numbers being floated around….LoJack is a good rusher and average against the run and Willie Young is a speed rush maniac…cheap. Suh can play 5-10 snaps at DE as well…Barbie Carpenter and Hogue are nice backups but we have no one to play LB in a starting role. Sign Tulloch, let Avril walk, give Backus 2 years and sign Finnegan with Avril’s cash….

By: detroitcityryda

detroitcityryda — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:45:40 +0000

Let him go and re sign Joey Harrington to replace him heard he bulked up to 250 lately by eating twinkies and practicing on his piano

By: cwroses1983

cwroses1983 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:59:25 +0000

if mayhew doesnt resign tulloch hes an idiot. He will just be another MILLEN. AND WE WILL SUCK. CUTE BURLSON, or restructure his contract, and sign braylon for 2 mill if he doesnt. Avril needs to franchise, cut Wright to save money for finnegan and draft cb in first round. And give MEGATRON whatever he wants. Pray SUH AND FAIRLEY come around and were SOLID

By: lilrob10201

lilrob10201 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:52:20 +0000

jenniferxxx says:
Feb 29, 2012 5:37 PM
Every free agent is drooled on by Eagles fans. I guess because it worked out so well last year.
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You are such a Eagle hater.I am a Eagles fan and I want them to either get Tulloch or Lofton.One MLB to fill our pathetic LB group.

By: dolphins4

dolphins4 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:05:20 +0000

Matt Millen was a gift that keeps on giving.

By: scratchnpost1234

scratchnpost1234 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:57:58 +0000

When are they gonna groom him? The season starts in Sept. and if Tulloch goes there’s just Levy and Durant, both on the last years of their contracts. Keep Tulloch, it was nice to see a Lion LB actually step up into a whole and meet the RB there instead of clinging to him 5 yards downfield and getting dragged for 5 more. Lions were good in short yardage run situations last season when they tightened up that wide 9 and brought the hogs in. I agree with the poster about Gunther and this wide 9. Gets the DE’s to the QB, but opens up huge wholes for the run too at times. Keep Tulloch, he’s the real deal.

By: mhohmann

mhohmann — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:22:54 +0000

I’d love to see Tulloch with an NY on his helmet.

By: coleman121280

coleman121280 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:19:33 +0000

Avril, Tulloch, Backis, and resign megatron.

They can’t keep everyone. now here comes the fall of the greatest Detroit Lion team to ever.

They still have no running game and the secondary patch work, unless seriously addressed, is one thread away from tearing.

they are in the NFC North which is by far the toughest league in the NFL.

With Aaron Rodgers, Jay Cutler, and the soon to be next best thing to sliced bread (Christian Ponder) this will be a high scoring division.

If they don’t sign Backus, they can expect Stafford to be on his Tuckes

Meanwhile CP will have Matt Kalil covering his blind side for the next decade….

Skol…..

By: lolb23

lolb23 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:58:00 +0000

I like Tulloch but for a guy who is supposed to be a tackling machine the Lions run defense sucked in a lot of games last year. He’s also super short which causes match up problems with big/tall TE’s and slot WR’s.

If it comes down to him and Avril, keep Avril, move Levy back to MLB and draft a new kid to groom.

By: kal5279

kal5279 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:24:11 +0000

all those damn first rounders before the new CBA is killing us!

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We only have 3 high draft picks from previous years Stafford who’s contract is actually a good number for his position/production, Calvin who is finishing up his rookie deal anyhow and would be getting paid top dollar regardless, and Suh who’s contract could be restructured given that his cap number shrinks when the TV money raises the cap in 2014 and is kind of backwards at the moment. Every team can and should be budgeted for at least a few big contracts, and they are the 3 most key players on the team so the money is being spent in the right place. CJ’s cap number this year is a killer but it is the type of back end year that was designed to be renegotiated.

Nobody else on the team was drafted higher than 13 (Fairley last season with the rookie wage scale) and 18 or 19 (Cherilus). The problem lies largely with a few bloated contracts relative to production/value such as Raiola (paid as a top 5 C), Peterman, KVB and a few others. The idea that we are being killed by years of high picks is a misperception, most of those high picks busted out and are off the books.

By: detroitrollin22

detroitrollin22 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:19:31 +0000

They’ll lose Tulloch. Resign Cliff and Sign Megatron to a long term Contract .

Hopefully, Tulloch can go to the Eagles and the Lions can draft Luke Kuechly.

By: dolphins4

dolphins4 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:17:03 +0000

They should take a page out of Andy Reids book and let him go and draft his replacement in the 7th round.

By: kenny328usa

kenny328usa — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:05:57 +0000

buchopeful, what exactly are you loaded with? You guys stink out loud

By: noeffinway

noeffinway — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:01:49 +0000

Part of the new CBA should have included a grandfathered clause of sorts. At the time the new CBA took effect – the cap hit for any signed drafted player still under his rookie contract should only be what the cap hit is now for newly drafted players…..adjusted by what draft choice you are………..something like that. I think you catch my drift.

By: pc1976

pc1976 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:54:47 +0000

Whether or not we resign Tulloch/Avril, the person who needs to improve the most for us is Gunther Cunningham. We were falling off a ledge on defense towards the end of last season

By: bodester

bodester — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:52:29 +0000

They need to get Calvin worked out before anyone else gets signed so they know what cap space they are working with. As much as I like Mayhew I kinda get the feeling he works at a snails pace. Get Calvin extended and get the other players signed.

By: nflfollower

nflfollower — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:45:17 +0000

Where is the factual evidence that they aren’t close to a deal? Anybody talk to the lions? Maybe tullochs agent? Perhaps just forgot to mention it in the article. It’s nice to have a source, or at least a hint of one for your readers.

By: againsville

againsville — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:41:44 +0000

He’ll be a buc

By: jenniferxxx

jenniferxxx — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:37:49 +0000

Every free agent is drooled on by Eagles fans. I guess because it worked out so well last year.

By: jimmylions

jimmylions — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:32:59 +0000

If we have to choose between Tulloch and Avril, I’d choose Tulloch.

Ideally the best situation is to keep them both, but out LB corps is still not as great as it needs to be. We can’t afford to lose one of the standouts.

By: We'reFineThere

We'reFineThere — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:57:56 +0000

I don’t understand how the Eagles didn’t sign him last year… I guess his name wasn’t big enough for Howie. Either that or he only passed the ‘short’ requirement but not the ‘light” one.

By: funktron2x

funktron2x — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:49:53 +0000

It is a better problem to have trouble keeping good players than to find them. Also nice to know that other teams really want our guys. But i really, really hope Tulloch sticks around. We can replace Avril easier than Stephen….

By: dino2997

dino2997 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:47:13 +0000

The Lions are a little too optimistic in their ability to sign their own free agents considering their up against the salary cap. I don’t know they plan on doing it.

By: emmac13

emmac13 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:47:12 +0000

Come to Cleveland. Just as beautiful as Detroit.

By: buchopeful

buchopeful — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:40:34 +0000

As a few others on my wish list, come to Tampa Mr. Tulloch..(no state tax for starters and we’re loaded too !)

By: godfatherd

godfatherd — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:36:04 +0000

I’d love to see Tulloch come back, but every day he doesn’t have a deal I get less and less hopeful. Tulloch was huge in the run game this year and was better than advertised rushing the passer or playing the pass.

By: lionfan419

lionfan419 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:32:17 +0000

all those damn first rounders before the new CBA is killing us!

By: richardhurtz

richardhurtz — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:29:22 +0000

The Eagles will be more then happy to over pay him to boast their pathetic LB corps.