| 07 March 2010
The question is: Who is going to play one cornerback position for the Detroit Lions in 2010?
Let's look back for a sec, OK? Bear with me...
The Lions got off to a blockbuster start in free agency. But what's happened since all the excitement?
Once the weekend started...Nothing.
Actually, next to nothing. The Lions are going to meet with a free agent on Monday.
Tim Twentyman of the Detroit News has the details:
Free-agent cornerback Jonathan Wade will visit Detroit on Monday.
Wade, a former third-round pick in 2007 for the St. Louis Rams, was not offered a free-agent tender by the team. He started six games in three years for the Rams, starting the first four games last season before losing his starting job. He's played in all but one game for the Rams the past three seasons.
Good to know the Lions haven't closed up shop. Good to know the Lions also realize they HAVE NO CORNERBACKS! Thinking about it, and it didn't take long, the Lions have only one legitimate NFL defensive back.
Louis Delmas. The rest are just wanna-bes.
(Then the news of the Houston trade broke)
I was going in one direction with this post, expecting the Lions to use the draft to shore up the defensive backfield. They still may do so, but the Lions made a decisive move towards fixing their broken backfield tonight. When I said the Lions had done next to nothing, I didn't know they had another trade up their sleeve.
Nick Cotsonicka of the Freep via Adam Schefter of ESPN:
The Lions have begun addressing their need at cornerback by trading for Atlanta’s Chris Houston, ESPN reports. The Lions sent the Falcons a sixth-round pick, and the teams also flip-flopped fifth-rounders.
Houston, 25, was a second-round pick (No. 41 overall) for the Falcons in 2007. He has started 37 games in three seasons, including all 16 games in 2008. He has three career interceptions.
Is Houston a great player? No. Why else would the Falcons have signed Dunta Robinson, making Houston available for draft chump change? But Houston is better than anyone the Lions currently have on their roster, and becomes, by default, their best corner. It's nothing to be excited about, but it is progress.
The Lions have a long way to go in fixing their old and busted defensive backfield. With the trade for Houston, at the very least, they've taken the first steps towards that fix.
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