New Lions' edge rusher Za'Darius Smith is showing he totally understands what he can be for Detroit before he even takes the field
Way back in February of 2004 the Detroit Pistons were a pretty good team, but just needed one more piece to get them over the hump and make them a championship team. They got that piece when they traded with the Atlanta Hawks to get Rasheed Wallace. They won the championship a few months later. […]
Way back in February of 2004 the Detroit Pistons were a pretty good team, but just needed one more piece to get them over the hump and make them a championship team. They got that piece when they traded with the Atlanta Hawks to get Rasheed Wallace. They won the championship a few months later.
Since then the idea of a "Rasheed Wallace type move" has been a big thing in Detroit. Any time one of the cities teams is doing pretty good before the trade deadline, you're damn near guaranteed to hear someone say "this team just needs to go get their Rasheed Wallace." It's code for "They're just a player away.
The Detroit Lions have been one of the best teams in the NFL this year and they are surging right now, but after the loss of Aidan Hutchinson, everyone has been talking about how this team needs one more guy. The Lions traded for Za'Darius Smith at the trade deadline and it looks like he fully understands what he can be in Detroit.
The stories seem so similar right now. A really good team with championship aspirations who adds a good veteran player that really wants to win a championship in his career. We've seen this story before and we know how this can play out.
Will Smith be the Lions version of Wallace? We're going to see in just a couple hours when he debuts with the Lions at home against the Jaguars.
Lions’ Brian Branch gets fined by the NFL for the fifth time this season, just one week after ejection
Just one week after Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was ejected from the Lions vs Packers game by the league in New York and was subsequently fined over $20,000, Branch is getting fined once again for a hip drop tackle against the Houston Texans. Per the NFL, the tackle happened with 20 seconds left in […]
