NFL free agency kicked off yesterday, and the Lions have something like half their roster up in the air. So far they've let Gosder Cherilus slip away (thank God again), one supposes to open the door for Riley Reiff, and re-signed DeAndre Levy (ok), Amari Speivey (meh), Corey Hilliard (... can I get more apathetic than "meh"?), and are in the process of re-signing Chris Houston to a 3-year deal. They also tendered Willie Young, which means they're probably going to keep him.
The big(ish) news is that Reggie Bush and Glover Quin are both visiting Allen Park today. If a deal gets done, the Lions' running game AND secondary should look better than it ever has this century (which isn't saying a whole lot, but...). With Stephen Jackson likely going to Green Bay, Reggie Bush is a necessary upgrade now more than ever. And now Louis Delmas is probably headed to St. Louis, so the safety position leap-frogged CB as the biggest off-season need. Getting Quin would more than make up for the loss of Delmas.
In Pistons Tanking News, the Pistons were off last night but several teams that are currently ahead of them in the lottery running pulled off semi-miraculous wins. Cleveland won the "well, someone has to win this" battle between them and Washington, putting them less than a 1/2 game ahead of the Pistons for the lottery. Unfortunately New Orleans lost, keeping them 1/2 game ahead of Detroit. However, Minnesota pulled off the upset against San Antonio's 'C' team, sliding them to the 9th spot & Detroit into 8th. A Piston loss tonight (VERY likely) along with wins by Philly (unlikely), Minnesota (slightly more likely), Washington (getting warmer), and/or Sacramento (nope, nope, ice cold... Antarctica cold) would also help their lotto cause.
I haven't posted much about the Wings, mainly because they're mediocre & boring this year. The only thing I'm really tracking (other than their point total) is this phenomenal road power play scoreless streak they've got going on. They've played in 10 road games, and they're 0-36 in those games. They've got another chance to break the streak tonight at Calgary. I'm not holding my breath. Detroit has among the league's worst special teams units, although Calgary is quite poor also.
*UPDATES -
- The Lions signed Chris Houston to a 5-year deal. I'm cool with that
- The Tigers released Brennan Boesch, which hopefully means Castellanos goes north with the team when they break camp
- This is pretty close to what the Tigers' lineup will look like Opening Day, with the only differences being Avila at C instead of DH & batting 8th, and Victor Martinez at DH & batting 5th
- Reggie Bush is getting wined and dined, so to speak
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