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Detroit Lions - Team Notes

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2017/05/lions_cut_michael_burton_to_ma.html#incart_river_index
Lions cut Michael Burton to make room for Matt Asiata.
Mlive

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2017/05/30/detroit-lions-michael-burton/354167001/
Detroit Lions waive fullback Michael Burton to make room for Matt Asiata.
Freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...michael-burton-add-g-connor-bozick/102308360/
Lions cut FB Michael Burton, add G Connor Bozick.
Detnews

https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-lions-release-burton-to-make-room-for-asiata/
LIONS RELEASE BURTON TO MAKE ROOM FOR ASIATA.
The Detroit fullback saw his role in the team's offense mostly vanish in 2016.
PFF

http://www.detroitlions.com/news/ne...r-Bozick/8b556ef4-a8ad-4047-aa63-c1972c09006c
Lions sign free agents RB Matt Asiata and G Connor Bozick.
Lions.com

The Lions announced Tuesday they have cut Burton to make room for the addition of running back Matt Asiata.
They also added guard Connor Bozick, and waived-injured linebacker Brandon Chubb.

Burton was as effective player, including ranking third at the position as a rookie according to ProFootballFocus.
But he was drafted to fit in the Joe Lombardi offense, and simply didn't fit into Jim Bob Cooter scheme.
 
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http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp.../30/lions-lang-playing-suh-nut-job/102324478/
Lions’ Lang on playing against Suh: ‘He was a nut job’.
Detnews

http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2017/...tj-lang-calls-ndamukong-suh-psychopath-nutjob
T.J. Lang calls Ndamukong Suh a ‘literal psychopath,’ ‘nutjob’.
T.J. Lang, Graham Glasgow and Travis Swanson joked around with the boys from “Pardon My Take.”
PrideOfDetroit

https://www.podcastone.com/episode/TJ-Lang-And-The-Detroit-Lions-Offensive-Line
Podcast TJ LANG AND THE DETROIT LIONS OFFENSIVE LINE.
TJ Lang, Graham Glasgow and Travis Swanson join the show to talk about playing for the Lions, Coach Caldwell Dead or Alive, and how funny Aaron Rodgers actually is (20:39 - 45:37).
 
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Matthew Stafford is taking his leadership to a new level in 2017.
Matthew Stafford appears to have taken his leadership to a new level.
MMQB?s Albert Breer made an interesting observation in his Tuesday column.
It appears the Detroit Lions have entrusted Matthew Stafford to teach the offense to his players.
Here?s a snippet: During the ?16 season, the coordinator and quarterback held Tuesday game-planning sessions (like Manning used to) designed to give the triggerman ownership of the plan for Sunday. And now, as I understand it, the coaches are actually teaching the offense through Stafford. What does that mean? Stafford gets coached, and he coaches his teammates through that coaching, which would seem to be that process coming full-circle.

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/05/30/nfl-otas-odell-beckham-skips-johnny-manziel-los-angeles
5. I think Matthew Stafford has a big year coming, and it?s a culmination of the process coordinator Jim Bob Cooter put in motion after being elevated from quarterbacks coach in the middle of the 2015 season. The idea was to make it Stafford?s show, the same way the Colts and Broncos offenses were Peyton Manning?s show during Cooter?s stops in Indy and Denver. Down the stretch in ?15, Cooter cut back the verbiage and ramped up one- and two-word calls to allow Stafford more flexibility at the line. Last offseason, the Lions emphasized putting Stafford out in front of his teammates. During the ?16 season, the coordinator and quarterback held Tuesday game-planning sessions (like Manning used to) designed to give the triggerman ownership of the plan for Sunday. And now, as I understand it, the coaches are actually teaching the offense through Stafford. What does that mean? Stafford gets coached, and he coaches his teammates through that coaching, which would seem to be that process coming full-circle.
MMQBSI
 
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