Former #2-overall pick of the Detroit Lions in 2003, Charles Rogers has had some issues over the years. Two unfortunate injuries to start the first two years of his career. Then in 2005, he was suspended for four games for his third violation of substance abuse. But he used this rock-bottom point in his life [...]
During his upcoming “Behind the Lines” segment on ESPN, former Detroit Lions WR and #2-overall pick Charles Rogers admits that he smoked pot “every day” while in the NFL. This is an absolute shocker when you consider that he played in a total of 15 games in three years in the NFL, totaling 440 yards [...]
Detroit Lions third-round pick and former Penn St. Nittany Lion WR Derrick Williams reportedly doesn’t look any better than the undrafted rookie free agents in camp. He obviously lost out of any hopes of being the slot guy once they acquired Dennis Northcutt. In his defense, he really wasn’t expected to do much this season [...]
The St. Louis Rams have traded DT Orien Harris to the Detroit Lions in exchange for WR Ronald Curry. This gives the Rams some size and depth at the position now and he could immediately come in and challenge for the other starting spot opposite second-year man Donnie Avery. Harris was only with the Rams [...]
A source close to the situation tells the Detroit Free Press that the Lions have agreed to send SS Gerald Alexander to the Jaguars in exchange for WR Dennis Northcutt. Alexander is a former 2007 second-round pick who started all 16 games as a rookie, but he suffered a fractured vertebra five games into 2007. [...]
There was a recent report that Roy Williams is lifting weights in Dallas for the first time in his career. This angered Lions fans who were being told that he essentially didn’t try in Detroit. Tom Kowalski (who knows everything about the Lions) of MLive.com says it’s not true: Don’t buy the hype about Roy [...]
Remember Charles Rogers? Michigan St. wide receiver who was taken #2 overall in the 2003 by the Detroit Lions and never did squat? Yeah, that Charles Rogers. Well, surprise, surprise, he’d like another shot at the NFL (so would we). “There’s nothing concrete (about the NFL), just speculative,” Rogers said. “But if a team gives [...]
They say when you take a QB high in the draft and he turns into a bust, it can set back your franchise some five years. By the time it takes you to find out that he’s no good and then address finding his replacement, it’s quite a process. Well we have bad news for [...]
