Archives for September 3, 2005

‘…Drew Haddad…’.

‘”I think that’s something the NFL players should accomplish,” Losman said. “I’ve been talking it over right now with a few other players to see who’s going to step up and be the leader to get the voices out, to get this money accomplished. And once we get the money, we have to figure out where it goes from there … We actually have a lot of ideas right now.”‘

‘”Things never go as planned, and you’ve got to roll with it,” he said. “I didn’t think it was all that bad. It was just one bad throw. I learned today I can’t baby a ball into the wind, and it took a right turn on me.”‘

‘”It could have been better,” Reed said of his preseason. “There’s some little things that I’ve got to take care of. But I think I got better this offseason. It’s like I’m trying to run before I get the ball. I don’t make sure I have a good grip on it and let it slip away from me. The biggest thing is getting over that if it does happen and just move on.”‘

‘Most disturbing – on a night when there was a lot to be disturbed about, including 13 penalties for 99 yards and a shoulder injury suffered by cornerback Nate Clements, the severity of which is unknown – was the continued lackluster play of the J.P. Losman-led offense.’

‘With 13 penalties 3 turnovers, a 22 percent conversion rate on third down and 86 yards rushing, their performance was worthy of a sub-.500 team running for a warm bus in January, not a nine-win club vowing to take that next step by making the playoffs.’

‘The galling part of this effort (?) in Buffalo’s regular-season dress rehearsal was that it was a team effort. To be sure, J.P. Losman, the second-year quarterback on whom the Bills’ offense is depending, looked awful. But so did the rest of that unit. And the defense didn’t perform much better.’

‘Losman was absolutely horrible at quarterback, throwing two interceptions and almost throwing a couple more. It wasn’t the type of performance that’s going to have the fans buzzing with excitement about the meeting with the Texans.’

‘Mularkey has to cut 14 players by 4:00 Saturday. It seems like players helped others get on the roster by playing poorly. That still makes Mularkey’s job difficult for some decisions. My 14 cuts would be 1) Kevin Thompson, 2) Jim Leonhard, 3) Jon Goldsberry, 4) Lawrence Richardson, 5) Ryan Neufeld, 6) Liam Ezekiel, 7) Wendell Hunter, 8) Jasen Esposito, 9) Justin Geisinger, 10) Dylan McFarland, 11) Josh Reed 12) Constantin Ritzmann, 13) Lauvale Sape and 14) Jonathan Smith.’

‘The Bills appeared to tie the game on a Willis McGahee touchdown run, but a Ryan Neufeld holding penalty wiped it out. Then Rian Lindell’s 32 yard field goal attempt hit the post.’

Give us a break! (Detroit Free Press)

Remote hideaway a haven from Lions (Detroit Free Press)

Lions win, but lose Garcia (Detroit News)

Garcia breaks leg, sprains ankle (Detroit News)

Sanders deserves Hall, maybe more than Madden (Detroit News)

Photo Gallery (Detroit News)

Lions may look for another QB after Garcia injured (Booth Newspapers)

Lions deny Harrington-to-Chiefs trade rumor (Booth Newspapers)

Garcia sustains broken leg (AP)

Lions QB Garcia fractures left leg in preseason finale (Sportsticker)

Lions’ Garcia suffers broken leg (The Sports Network)

Living Up To Expectations (DetroitLions.com)

Coming Through in the Clutch (DetroitLions.com)

Steve Mariucci Quotes (DetroitLions.com)

Player Quotes (DetroitLions.com)

Photo Gallery (DetroitLions.com)

Play-By-Play (NFL.com)

‘”He has a broken fibula up high on his left leg and a possible ankle sprain as well,” Lions head coach Steve Mariucci said at halftime. “We did an X-ray in the locker room already. We are going to get an MRI in the morning just to see how badly the ankle might be sprained. Keep your fingers crossed. We should get him back sometime this year. It looks like it will be several weeks to heal that fibula, but he will be back. He is a tough guy.”‘

Jeff Garcia

Shawn Bryson

Shaud Williams

Jeff Garcia

Jeff Garcia

Jeff Garcia

Price had his best season in 2002, his only year catching passes from new Dallas quarterback Drew Bledsoe in Buffalo. He parlayed his 1,252-yard, 94-catch season into a $37 million, seven-year contract with Atlanta but never lived up to expectations and was cut this week.

Garcia was hurt at the end of a 23-yard run when he caught his left foot on the turf as he was hit across the neck by Bills cornerback Terrence McGee. Garcia, who scampered into a wide-open hole, was just beginning to slide when he was hit.