Mavrik Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Report: Lions' salary cap tied up with 16 receivers July 8, 2007 FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES Pat Kirwan of NFL.com recently examined the amount of money that teams are paying to players no longer on the roster. And the Lions are one of seven organizations over the dreaded $10-million mark in that category. As you'd imagine, the receiver position is causing the biggest headache. The Lions have 16 wideouts on the payroll for 2007, including long-gone Mike Williams, Charles Rogers and Corey Bradford, who will eat up $10.2 million of the Lions' $109-million cap. Whenever rookie Calvin Johnson signs, the Lions will have close to $28 million spent on wide receivers alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYSE Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Report: Lions' salary cap tied up with 16 receivers July 8, 2007 FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES Pat Kirwan of NFL.com recently examined the amount of money that teams are paying to players no longer on the roster. And the Lions are one of seven organizations over the dreaded $10-million mark in that category. As you'd imagine, the receiver position is causing the biggest headache. The Lions have 16 wideouts on the payroll for 2007, including long-gone Mike Williams, Charles Rogers and Corey Bradford, who will eat up $10.2 million of the Lions' $109-million cap. Whenever rookie Calvin Johnson signs, the Lions will have close to $28 million spent on wide receivers alone. And Matt Millen still has a job, what does this guy have to do to get fired....run over Bill Ford with a Camaro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMaynard Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 And Matt Millen still has a job, what does this guy have to do to get fired....run over Bill Ford with a Camaro? That is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavrik Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 And Matt Millen still has a job, what does this guy have to do to get fired....run over Bill Ford with a Camaro? William Clay Ford doesn't care what Millen does with the team. As long as you've got fans dumb enough to continue to get season tix and go to games, then he's making money and that's all he cares about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Matt Millen has to be the worst GM ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drago Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Matt Millen has to be the worst GM ever. That's an absured statement. You can't make a claim like that, of course there were far worse GM's out there...i've just never heard of them. you know, on second thought, you are probably right. I retract my first statement and side with the ghost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4HCrew Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 well it took them a while but now with Roy and Calvin they have two studs at the position. If they can get Kitna some protection and find a healthy rb there offense could do some things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryK Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 The only thing I can think of is that Bill and Matt have a "secret". Thin-mid 40's-and-neat kind of stuff. It explains why they kept the coach last year who was driving naked thru a Wendy's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 That's an absurd statement. You can't make a claim like that, of course there were far worse GM's out there...I've just never heard of them. you know, on second thought, you are probably right. I retract my first statement and side with the ghost. I'm trying to sound conceited, but I am right. He's horribile, and that's where it ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 And Matt Millen still has a job, what does this guy have to do to get fired....run over Bill Ford with a Camaro? Yup I gotta think that would do it. That douche bag has more lives than a dozen cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNorth09 Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I could sort of understand Millen's logic. Great, playmaking wide receivers are very valuable in the NFL. Guys like Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison, Steve Smith and Torry Holt can open up the offense for you and make your QB look good. Problem is Millen went way overboard with this concept and neglected the rest of the positions on the team while picking busts like Rogers and Mike Williams. It didn't help that Joey Harrington turned out to be a bust either. When was the last time Detroit had a good quarterback? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green_blood Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Andre Ware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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