Carson Butler, an ex-Renaissance High School two-way star — football and basketball — and former University of Michigan tight end, has found his way onto the Lions preseason roster. The 6-foot-5, 250 pound, rookie tight end was picked up by the Lions after a rash of injuries to their tight ends.
Ben Wallace? He’s baaaaaaaccccccck!!Never say never seams like the appropriate retort for Wallace’s return to The Palace of Auburn Hills and to a franchise that he helped win the 2004 NBA championship, while garnering a record four Defensive Player of the Year awards in his six seasons in Detroit.
The overriding question this past Saturday was not who was going to play against the Atlanta Falcons, but who was not going to play. The Lions media roster noted that 16 players were designated as out for the team’s first exhibition contest.
The Detroit Lions recently hosted youth football players from Oxford and Detroit at a training camp practice at the Lions’ Headquarters and Practice Facility, in Allen park. More than 60 players and coaches from the Oxford Junior Wildcats and the Detroit Cobras attended the practice, as the Lions recognized a special equipment donation made earlier this spring.
All in the Metro Detroit area long for a season close to the one that the 2006 Tigers had. However, the road to match that glorious year is full of minefields.
