(Opening statement)- “Good morning everybody. How are we doing? Just a little news, without having the two defensive captains, with both of those guys being on IR, just had the defense yesterday vote for a replacement captain. [They] pretty strongly endorsed David Bowens so he will be serving as the defensive captain through the rest of the season. I personally feel it’s a really good choice. He’s a guy that I’ve known for a while. He’s played multiple positions and he’s played them all well. He’s always been someone that whatever you ask him to do, he is going to do it [and] he is going to do it to the best of his ability. He’s going to try to make those around him better. I think as you’ve seen over the last couple games, with him playing inside, the level of communication. I think Eric (Barton) did a great job with communication and D’Qwell (Jackson). Going from an outside linebacker to an inside linebacker, being responsible for the huddle, being responsible for making all of the checks with the front seven, that’s not easy. I think he’s done it really well. Another strength of his is the mentoring of younger players and just his overall approach to each game, to each day. I was happy with that. Today we will continue to work inside in preparation, obviously, for playing the first game inside this season. [We are] really on our typical preparation path, [there’s] no strong variation there.”
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Lifted from the Lions press release with their injured list… Downloadable PDF below…
- The following players have been listed on the Detroit Lions’ Injury Report: LB Zach Follett (neck), DT Grady Jackson (knee), S Kalvin Pearson(hamstring), G Stephen Peterman (ankle), LB Ernie Sims (hamstring), and DE Dewayne White (toe) did not practice. CB Phillip Buchanon(knee), LB Jordan Dizon (neck), LB Larry Foote (knee), DE Jason Hunter (knee), S Ko Simpson, QB Matthew Stafford (knee), and WR Derrick Williams (hip) were limited in practice. DT Joe Cohen, S Louis Delmas (tooth and jaw) and FB Jerome Felton (ankle) had full practice.
- The following players were listed on the Cleveland Browns Injury Report today: LB David Bowens (knee), DE Kenyon Coleman (groin), WR Josh Cribbs (neck), G Rex Hadnot (knee), RB Jamal Lewis (ankle), DT Shaun Rogers (back), T John St. Clair (shoulder), WR Chansi Stuckey (calf) and FB Lawrence Vickers (shoulder) were limited in practice. C Alex Mack (wrist) and TE Robert Royal (finger) had full practice. P Dave Zastudil(right knee) and TE Steve Heiden (ankle) were placed on INJURED/RESERVED today.
Browns-Lions injury report 11.18-20.09
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(Opening statement)- “Good morning everybody. How are we doing? Yesterday we, I’m sure you guys got the release on Steve Heiden and Dave Zastudil, put them on IR, which is always disappointing. [We] just didn’t think that they were going to be in a position to play moving forward and thought it was the best thing that we could do at this time. The two kids that we claimed off waivers, I think that both of them have chance to come in and compete and see where they fit, whether it be initially on special teams or whether it be special teams and some type of role offensively and defensively. We’ll just have to see how that goes.
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Wide Receiver Joshua Cribbs
(On what was going through his mind after getting injured)- “I was just hoping that it wasn’t too serious that I’d have to miss a game or anything like that.”
(On how he is feeling)- “I feel good. Everything came back negative. I feel good, I’m just going to take a day off [to] recoup a little bit more, give my body a chance to heal and get back out there.” (more…)
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(Opening statement)- “Good morning everybody. How are we doing? Today with the short week, we spent a little bit of time on the Baltimore game with the group and then really moved right into Detroit and the preparation that we have for them. [It is] a little different with the short week, in terms of how much time you can really spend watching the tape of the previous opponent. You try to go through and get the most important points and then during the course of the week as there are some parallels or things that you can draw on from the last game in the teaching of the game plan for the next game, you do that whenever possible. With Detroit, just knowing Jim (Schwartz) and spending time with Jim and working with Jim, I know how they’re working, how they’re preparing. Jim’s a really smart guy. I like the things that he did in Tennessee. I like the things that he’s doing there as well. I can see improvement from the team as the weeks have gone by. (more…)
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Did not participate for the Browns today: Josh Cribbs, John St. Clair, and Lawrence Vickers. Zastudil and Heiden were listed, but later moved to the IR.
For the Lions, S Kalvin Pearson, OG Steve Peterman, LB Ernie Sims, DE Dewayne White, and Derrick Williams didn’t practice.
Download the entire report below:
Browns-Lions injury report 11.18-20.09
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Some updates from a team that couldn’t even win a game last year! Man, they must suck. You know, compared to us… because we won, er, once…. more than them… yeah. Here’s some updates from the Motor City:
TODAY’S NEWS
- The Lions practiced in shorts on the outdoor field today and finished their practice inside Sandoval Field at the team’s headquarters and practice facility in Allen Park.
- The Detroit Lions announced Tuesday, November 17 that they have placed CB Jack Williams on the Reserve/Injured list and signed C Melvin Fowler. Today (November 18), the Lions placed S Marquand Manual on Reserve/Injured and signed CB DeAngelo Smith. (more…)
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Here’s the MP3 file from last night’s OBR Radio Program. Thanks to everyone who wrote and called in!
Click Here for Podcast of the Broadcast
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In his Wednesday press conference, Eric Mangini was asked about the supposed meeting between Randy Lerner and Mike Holmgren and he refused to comment.
“I’m not going to comment on that,” Mangini said. “That’s something you’ll have to talk to Randy (Lerner) about,” he said.
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Here are the media releases from both the Browns and Lions media relations folks. Right click and save to download, or view in your browser:
Browns Media Release 11-22-09 at Detroit Lions
Lions Media Release 2009-10-Detroit
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