Fellas -
I just seem to remember Suh and Fairley lined up together and being awesome! Do I have that right? Fairly played inside and Suh on his right shoulder? So did that make Suh a DE or another lineman or backer? and who lined up as backer behind Suh?
Really liked that defense with Glover Quinn and help me out, who was the other Safety that I think Patricia ran out?
AND MY QUESTION IS - -
What truly led them to skipping town? Was it Mayhew as GM who couldn’t keep them here? And why? Just loved those two guys torment QB’s!!! This includes one of my favorite moments of Suh stepping on Erin Rodgers!!!
\thats true we were stuck as team with huge contracts from draft. There was no limit first rd got super money. Being a bad team we took top players but the cap was a killer with the big contracts . I think the last of the huge contracts was Matt
Then league switched to system we have now. Lions had very good players just couldn’t afford them all. I agree Suh left for the money.
Suh was left DT and Fairley was the right DT.
There’s a lot of LBs to name. Tully, Durant, Levy, Whitehead, Bynes, Palmer, Van Noy
The Safety pairing with Quin was always a weak link. Delmas, Carey, Ihedigbo
The DT pairing fell apart because;
a) Fairley was inconsistent and Mayhew rightly couldn’t pick up his option or extend him at the money he was looking for.
b) Suh drew more money from Miami than anyone was willing to pay. It was a desperation move on their part and structured in a way that he would be out in 3 years, which he was. We were just under their offer and willing to make him a long-term foundational piece, but he and his camp were intent on leaving.
It was pretty simple IMO. Fairley kept getting hurt and didn’t play with consistent effort. Suh got offered more money than the Lions could or would match. Losing Suh sucked, but it was like when Ben Wallace left for the Bulls. Their contracts were absurd and they both got shipped out of town half way through.
I thought Mayhew was a poo , and a big part of the Millen poo also. But I remember him offering Suh a contract extremely close to what the Dolphins offered (like 5@100). Suh just wanted out … I don’t put that totally on Mayhew.
What I do put on mayhew is knowing both your starting defensive tackles are free agents and drafting a tight end instead of a replacement. He arrogantly thought he could or would keep one or both and he was dead wrong. Once again instead of building upon a good roster we were back to trying to upgrade a mediocre one. Often with desperation moves.
He screwed up on that. We could have drafted Donald and let Suh walk minus the big money it would have cost to keep him… Ebron was a waste of a pick . And it set this team back like so many other blunders our front office done.
, and a big part of the Millen poo also. But I remember him offering Suh a contract extremely close to what the Dolphins offered (like 5@100). Suh just wanted out … I don’t put that totally on Mayhew.