http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. We're Black and Blue All Over: Good mid-Friday morning and let's get straight to our morning tour: Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune answers se...]]> May 17, 2013 05:30:05 PDT In the still of a Thursday in May, Nick Fairley's suggestion that he is part of the NFL's best defensive tackle duo qualifies as a worthy football dis...]]> May 16, 2013 12:00:27 PDT We're Black and Blue All Over: Good morning. It's the Friday after draft weekend, which means rookie minicamps in some NFL locales (including Minne...]]> May 03, 2013 06:07:51 PDT Last week, the Detroit Lions executed a relatively minor restructuring of receiver Calvin Johnson's contract, freeing about $3.4 million of salary-cap...]]> March 19, 2013 11:30:31 PDT I try not to saturate you with contract details at this or any other time of year, figuring most of you don't care how much a player makes unless it i...]]> March 15, 2013 09:00:50 PDT Another free-agent signing has most of you beating down my virtual door and demanding to know how a team that is tight against the salary cap can affo...]]> March 13, 2013 09:38:43 PDT On the eve of free agency, the Detroit Lions are being linked relatively credibly to a number of significant free agents. ESPN's Adam Schefter reporte...]]> March 11, 2013 20:30:54 PDT At the NFL scouting combine last month, I asked Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew if he could accomplish his goals in free agency without fi...]]> March 11, 2013 07:45:13 PDT I updated our earlier post to confirm that the Detroit Lions had released their third player in two days, this time the highly respected defensive end...]]> February 05, 2013 14:12:39 PST As many of you have pointed out, the release of Detroit Lions receiver Titus Young pretty much wrapped up the "Have at It" debates we generated a few ...]]> February 05, 2013 09:15:43 PST We're Black and Blue All Over: Over the past few weeks, I've received as many questions about DuJuan Harris as any other NFC North player. Specific...]]> January 31, 2013 05:00:48 PST We're Black and Blue All Over: The Detroit Lions' decision to hire respected veteran coach Jim Washburn, confirmed this week by coach Jim Schwartz,...]]> January 24, 2013 05:30:56 PST OK. As of Monday afternoon, here is the most updated look at the election, withdrawal, addition and participation of NFC North players in Sunday's Pro...]]> January 21, 2013 13:30:17 PST We're Black and Blue All Over: Good Monday morning to all of you. I snuck out the back door late last week after the Chicago Bears completed their ...]]> January 21, 2013 03:30:54 PST We're Black and Blue All Over: In our fantasy dramas, we expect all hands on deck for our Wild Week 17, in which two of our teams need victories to...]]> December 27, 2012 04:20:36 PST