<![CDATA[Is Detroit Drunk?!]]>http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2010/...ernie_sims.html

ALLEN PARK -- In the most surprising move of the offseason, according to multiple reports, the Detroit Lions have shipped linebacker Ernie Sims to the Philadelphia Eagles, who will trade a fifth-round draft pick to the Denver Broncos, who will then send veteran tight end Tony Scheffler (and a seventh-round pick) to the Lions.

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@clevelandbigdawg said:

because they didnt like him, and they werent going to end up re-signing him, and he had a big contract, and you dont want a mid-round rookie starting TE for you, especially with a young QB. Remember Pettigrew may not be ready to play in the beginning of the year.

Exactly.

Schwartz is one heck of a coach, especially on defense. He knows what he wants on defense, and Sims evidentially wasn't part of the vision.

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@jnuh said:

I actually like scheffler alot, but trading for a TE doesn't make much sense when you draft a TE pretty high the year before. Oh well can't say I am to suprised about the lions making a questionable move

I couldn't agree more. Scheffler is a very good TE that will help them in there offensive schemes. I think it is a great trade other than the fact that they got a 7th back. I would have wanted a 5th. Also Sims was a Matt Millen pick and the defense that Detriot is trying to implement calls for bigger linebackers and they didn't feel that Sims was big enough.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/169019https://brownsboard.com/post/169019Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:41:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is Detroit Drunk?! on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:17:14 GMT]]>because they didnt like him, and they werent going to end up re-signing him, and he had a big contract, and you dont want a mid-round rookie starting TE for you, especially with a young QB. Remember Pettigrew may not be ready to play in the beginning of the year.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/168995https://brownsboard.com/post/168995Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:17:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is Detroit Drunk?! on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:44:25 GMT]]>Theres gonna be some pretty good TE's available later in the draft, why not draft one and keep your linebacker.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/168993https://brownsboard.com/post/168993Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:44:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is Detroit Drunk?! on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:35:09 GMT]]>They got a pretty good rookie from last year that they were high on. His performance just plateued after his rookie year, maybe even went down. They werent going to re-sign him next year, and wanted to get some trade value. Pettigrew tore his ACL, and so Sheffler brings them a good TE while he is recovering and wont need to come back before he is ready.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/168990https://brownsboard.com/post/168990Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:35:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is Detroit Drunk?! on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:08:33 GMT]]>I actually like scheffler alot, but trading for a TE doesn't make much sense when you draft a TE pretty high the year before. Oh well can't say I am to suprised about the lions making a questionable move

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/168983https://brownsboard.com/post/168983Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:08:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is Detroit Drunk?! on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:08:13 GMT]]>They've made some great moves this off season, I am sure they know something we don't.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/168982https://brownsboard.com/post/168982Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:08:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is Detroit Drunk?! on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:51:48 GMT]]>Yeah, I am not sure what they are thinking. Why trade a starting linebacker for next to nothing when you don't have depth?

Maybe they have something up their sleeve or their starting TE isn't healing from his knee problem very well?

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