Lions, Raiders Staffs To Coach Senior Bowl
Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz and his assistants will direct the South squad in the Senior Bowl, and Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen and his staff will run the North team.
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Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz and his assistants will direct the South squad in the Senior Bowl, and Oakland Raiders coach Dennis Allen and his staff will run the North team.
When the Lions placed WR Titus Young on injured reserve with a knee injury in Week 14, it was assumed the second-year player's many behavioral and disciplinary issues had seen him play his last game in Detroit.
2012 started with the Lions gearing up for their first playoff game in over a decade and the belief that the future was bright.
In 2011, Detroit players held well-attended workouts during the lockout.
It was addressed early at Monday's press conference as Lions head coach Jim Schwartz stood at the podium for the last time this season answering questions about his future.
And, then it was all over!
The Lions have been in a vertical dive for much of the season and nothing has impeded it.
Detroit coach Jim Schwartz says the progress made last season, when the Lions reached the playoffs, has been sidetracked by its 4-10 record this year.
So we want Jim Schwartz fired now. That was fast.
This year's Lions season has definitely not gone the way many had hoped it would be and serious questions have to be asked as to why.
With Michigan basketball being a perfect 9-0 on the season and ranked 3rd in the country a lot of people seem to be getting credit, as the team prepares for Binghamton at Crisler Center tonight.
Over their last three home games, the Detroit Lions have been good enough to be ahead of some of the NFL's better teams — Green Bay, Houston and Indianapolis — with less than 2 minutes to go.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz has to laugh to keep from crying.
Calvin Johnson for having another great game for the Lions with 13 catches for 171 yards and a TD.
"We've moved on from him, if he wants to be a f*** a**hole, let him be a f*** a**hole," Raiola said.
There can be carryover from a strong finish to a strong start the next season.
"It didn't warrant any kind of suspension," Schwartz said about the hit on the Texans Matt Schaub. "Suh has done an excellent job of avoiding penalties this year ... That has been commendable."
Champ: Cass Tech for winning their second straight State Championship.
Schwartz throws a flag on a scoring play, Suh kicks a QB in the jewels on the anniversary of his stomp -- what's happening! Am I in bizarro land? Tell the world which gaffe was more maddening from the Thanksgiving game loss vs. the Texans. Vote and tweet now!
The immediate reaction among NFL coaches and executives to the events of the Thanksgiving game between the Texans and Lions was decisive, as many expressed to me a strong belief that the rule negating replay review when a coach throws a challenge flag on a scoring play needs to be changed.
The NFL is America's pastime, hands down.
The Houston Texans took advantage of a big mistake by Detroit Lions coach Jim Schwartz.
Comments on the Detroit Lions by the AP Pro32 panel
When Schwartz was about if this will be a redemption story for Titus Young, he said, "Well, I think that is gonna be up to him. The ball is totally in his court."
"We're not trying to make the playoffs," Schwartz said. "We're trying to beat the Green Bay Packers. We can't be thinking about the playoffs. I can't be thinking about the Thanksgiving game. I have to be thinking about the Green Bay Packers."
