The Kansas City Chiefs opened the season favored over the Buffalo Bills, but could be looking at many more weekends like the one coming up. The Chiefs are currently nine point underdogs to the Detroit Lions. It’s not often a defending division champion finds themselves nearly double digit dogs the second week of the season, [...]
Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham has seen his fair share of former Chiefs players join his team since leaving Kansas City. The latest is on the offensive side of the ball: center Rudy Niswanger, per his agent. Cunningham won’t be the only former coach of Niswanger on the staff in Detroit. George Yarno, the [...]
After being docked a 7th round draft pick for tampering with then-Kansas City Chiefs safety Jarrad Page, the Detroit Lions are looking at an appeal with the league. In the meantime, Page’s agent, brother John Page doesn’t understand where there was tampering. “I’m baffled by the tampering decision,” John Page said. “Never had any contact [...]
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ruled on Friday that the Detroit Lions violated anti-tampering rules when they spoke publicly about wanting to sign players still under contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. The league announced the punishment for the Lions, which includes the Chiefs improving their position in April’s draft. The Lions will forfeit its seventh-round [...]
The Kansas City Chiefs have filed tampering charges against the Detroit Lions, according to FOX Sports. If found guilty, the Lions could be fined and/or stripped of at least one draft pick. One of the parties believed mentioned in Kansas City’s grievance is Lions defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham, who held the same position with the [...]
Over the past couple of seasons, it seems the Detroit Lions have made a habit of signing former Chiefs players. Today it seems they are ready to add another one. According to PFT, the Lions will sign LB Rocky Boiman. Boiman played six games for the Steelers last year. He has previously played for the [...]
Since Gunther Cunningham moved from Kansas City to Detroit, it seems every member of the Chiefs defense has been linked to the Lions. After losing a linebacker for the season during a game this weekend, the Detroit News thinks the Lions might give Scott Pioli a call. One candidate could be Kansas City’s Derrick Johnson. [...]
The Lions have likely set Justin Medlock back on his return path to the CFL. Detroit released the former Chiefs kicker today, according to Adam Caplan. [T]he Lions waived K Justin Medlock and OT Kurt Quarterman. Medlock got some face time during the Hard Knocks series on HBO a few years ago. Obviously every player [...]
When he was released by the Washington Redskins, former Chiefs kicker Justin Medlock figured he was on his way back to the CFL where he starred last season. Then the Detroit Lions claimed him on waivers and there was some thought that maybe he could challenge incumbent Jason Hanson. Not so fast. “No, Hanson’s doing [...]
After being released by the Washington Redskins, former Kansas City Chiefs kicker quickly found a new team when he was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions. Medlock, a 2007 fifth-round draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs, was one of the top kickers in the CFL last season for the Toronto Argonauts, converting 40 [...]
