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Tuesday Notes: Lions Activate Zack Follett, Waive Darnell Bing

Sean Yuille — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:57:12 -0000

The Lions have activated linebacker Zack Follett from the practice squad. Linebacker Darnell Bing was waived to make room on the roster for Follett, who is being added to the active roster mainly for his special teams skills. He flies down the field on special teams, and during the preseason he had quite a few tackles on kickoffs, so the hope is that adding him to the mix will improve a rather lackluster coverage unit.
Adam Jennings was placed on injured reserve yesterday, as the ankle injury he suffered against Chicago is season-ending. To fill the opening created on the roster, the Lions claimed safety Marvin White, formerly of the Dallas Cowboys and Cincinnati Bengals.
RB Jehuu Caulcrick (of Michigan State fame), OT Isaac Sowells, OG Kurt Quarterman, DE Robert Henderson, LB Vinny Ciurciu, DB Vernon Fox, and S Todd Johnson tried out for the Lions on Tuesday.
Even if Jim Schwartz had challenged Johnny Knox's kick return for a touchdown (it appears Knox threw the ball before he reached the end zone), the Bears still would have ended up with the ball. The original thought was that the play would have been a touchback since the ball ended up in the end zone, but since Knox threw it forward, it would have simply been an illegal forward pass. The penalty would have put the Bears on the 6-yard line at worst, so in hindsight it wasn't quite as big of a deal. Still, it pisses me off that FOX Sports cut off the replay and kept the Lions from seeing if the play was worth challenging. I personally didn't even notice what happened at the time, as I turned away from the TV around the time Knox crossed midfield. I knew it was a touchdown by then and didn't want to see the rest of the play, so I didn't even realize what had happened until someone pointed it out in a FanPost earlier today.
John Clayton thinks the Lions will rest Matthew Stafford for a couple weeks since the bye week isn't too far away.
Don't expect any coaches (I'm looking at you, Stan Kwan) to be fired in the middle of the season, as it doesn't sound like Jim Schwartz rolls like that.
Cliff Avril isn't 100% just yet, but his "hamstring is getting better."
Chuck Darby spent much of the three weeks in between stints with the Lions fishing.
I don't have much to say about the Tigers other than I can't believe they choked that game away. They had so many chances to win the game or pull away, only to blow all of them and let the Twins end it in the 12th inning. I'm also extremely pissed off at the umpire for not realizing Brandon Inge got hit, costing the Tigers a run, but Detroit didn't deserve to win. They choked away the entire season over the last few weeks, and really I think it's time for a change at manager. Sure, there are many problems with this team, from the hitting to the pitchers to the management, but this entire organization needs some changes, starting with replacing Jim Leyland.

New York Giants Cuts: UPDATED Tyree, Evans, Matthews, Wright, Rashad, Woodson, Ingram, Bomar, Thompson, cut

Jim Schmiedeberg — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:00:22 -0000

The Giants have cut SB 42 hero David Tyree

Last year, on the day of final cuts, when the first victims were announced, I posted them on Big Blue View, and wound up sitting in front of the computer all day long as the cuts just kept flowing in.

So here we go again.

We'll leave this thread up all day, and I'll just post the cuts here as the day goes on. If there are any big names cut around the NFL, I will post them here as well.

Beware "The Turk"!

UPDATE:10:30 First cut is in guys, and as we all suspected, its David Tyree. Thanks for the greatest memory David

UPDATE: 10:45 S Sha'reff Rashad cut, may go to the practice squad

UPDATE: 10:50 DE Maurice Evans cut, this one is a surprise

UPDATE: 11:22: Andre Woodson cut, Vacchiano reporting Giants may only carry 2 QB's

UPDATE: 11:25 Michael Matthews and CB DeAndre Wright have been cut

UPDATE: 11:38: DE Robert Henderson has been cut

UPDATE: 11:52: LB Kenny Ingram has been waived, probably to go to the practice squad

UPDATE: 12:00: Ralph Vacchiano and MIke Garafolo are reporting Bomar has been cut, and will go to the practice squad if he clears waivers

UPDATE: 12:00 OL Orrin Thompson is reporting his own cut on his Facebook page. "Cut like a Thanksgiving turkey"

UPDATE: 12:02 S Travonti Johnson has been cut

UPDATE: 12:13 S Vince Anderson waived

UPDATE: 12:40 DT's Jeremy Clark and Antonio Bryant have been cut

UPDATE: 12:41 WR Shaun Bodiford has been cut

UPDATE: 1:50 PM: DL Tommie Hill , FB Dwayne Wright, OL Terrance Pennington have been cut. At least Hill will always have the amazing preseason play to remember.

UPDATE: 2:39 PM RB Allen Patrick has been cut

Who will be the first to go?

Ed Valentine — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:00:11 -0000

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Is today David Tyree's last day as a New York Giant?

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The Giants have to trim their roster from 80 to 75 by Tuesday, as do all of the other teams in the NFL. The first move will be to put running back Andre Brown on injured reserve, meaning they have to drop four players.

Who will go? These are the guys I would cut right now if I was making the decisions -- which, of course, I'm not.

David Tyree -- I still don't see any way this classy hero of the Super Bowl 42 makes this team. Tyree still wants to play, and perhaps the best thing the Giants could do for him is to let go now. That way he has a legitimate shot to hook on somewhere else before teams finalize their rosters.
Orrin Thompson -- The 6-foot-6, 320-pound rookie guard from Duke has zero shot at making the team. Actually, he is one of several backup offensive lineman about whom that could be said. Actually, you could cut several of them rght now and be done with it. The only problem there is you want to get through Thursday's pre-season finale against New England without having to use the starters very much. So, you need to keep some of these guys. Thompson, though, can go now.
Robert Henderson -- The 2008 7th-round pick is a spare defensive end on a team loaded with spare defensive ends. Another guy who has no chance to make the team, and has really done nothing in camp. Time to cut ties.
Shaun Bodiford -- The Giants have 10 receivers on the roster, and Bodiford is No. 10 on the list. He has no shot at making the 53-man roster, and the Giants still have a lot of other guys they need to look at Thursday night. Bodiford is expendable, even if the Giants also release Tyree.

So, what do you think of my list? Let me know what four players you would cut -- and why.