Detroit Lions: Who’s Who Among Who’s New on Offense For 2010

June 25, 2010   ·   John Farrier   ·   Jump to comments

When the 2009 season came to a close for the Detroit Lions, it was clear to Lions fans that the two wins just achieved by their team left much to be desired.  Sure, two wins is better than the zero wins accomplished during the 2008 season, but the Lions just churned more than half of their roster.  Shouldn’t there be more progress already?
 
Not so much.
 
When the NFL establishes expansion franchises, one of the ways they go about staffing is allowing the expansion club to pick from a pool of selected free agents, and then they double them up on draft picks.
 
Unfortunately, the Detroit Lions were not the beneficiaries of such gifts despite their comparison to an expansion team.  The good news for Lions fans is that their “expansion draft” has just concluded:  the 2009 and 2010 NFL Drafts.  Even better news is that Lions general manager Martin Mayhew has found his own way to creatively a...

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