[CBFF] NNR: LOL - Lions

[Tom Shannon]

I think that its because the press gets a hold of a few unconfirmed names.
There aren't that many and no one ever really knows who the un-named sources
are and whether they are just feeding them crap.  Not even Angelo, who isn't
afraid of letting people know what's going on when it comes to these things,
has ever just gone to the press and told everyone who they are interested in
and who they are inviting.

No, I wouldn't call it a big deal.  Frankly I like to hear NFL people call
the Lions idiots.  I don't question too closely because it makes me smile on
a crappy day.  :)

Tom S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Phil DeNomme
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:28 AM
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] NNR: LOL - Lions
> 
> I don't get the big deal.  It's not like those visits are super secret
> anyways.  We all know who the Bears have brought in for a visit.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> [mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Tom Shannon
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:27 AM
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Subject: [CBFF] NNR: LOL - Lions
> 
> ProFootballTalk.com - LIONS CALLED OUT FOR ANNOUNCING
> VISITS<http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/01/lions-called-out-for-
> announ
> cing-visits/>
> 
> LIONS CALLED OUT FOR ANNOUNCING
> VISITS<http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/01/lions-called-out-for-
> announ
> cing-visits/>
> Posted
> by Mike Florio on April 1, 2008, 10:45 p.m.
> 
> In response to the recent announcement by Lions coach Rod
> Marinelli<http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/03/31/marinelli-opens-up-
> on-dr
> aft-strategy/>of
> the names of ten of the players who'll be visiting team headquarters
> prior to the draft, a league source with extensive experience preparing
> for
> and conducting drafts has shared the following opinion with us:
> 
> "Clearly, he's an idiot."
> 
> Though the media often pieces together, based on discussions with
> players
> and/or agents, the names of guys who make visits to individual teams,
> it's
> rare that teams blare that information to the world.
> 
> The fact that Marinelli did so in conjunction with a media discussion
> in
> which also he declared the team's needs for the 2008 draft is almost
> unheard
> of in the cloak-and-dagger world of the
> NFL<http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/04/01/lions-called-out-for-
> announcin
> g-visits/#>draft.
> 
> "He and Matt [Millen] are made for each other," the source said.
> 
> Then again, it's possible that it's all a ruse, and that the Lions are
> bringing in the guys whom Marinelli said they're bringing in in order
> to
> distract the rest of the league as to the guys in whom they're truly
> interested.
> 
> But these are the Lions.  The team that has burned four top-ten picks
> on
> wideouts since 2002.  They're not playin' dumb; they're plain dumb.
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