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Shocking Claim: The Detroit Lions Are Not a Well-Run Football Team
Published 6/17/2007 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
I don't mean to alarm you, but an NFL player has made a rather stunning statement: The Detroit Lions aren't going in the right direction. That's the word from Rams defensive end James Hall, who spent his first seven seasons in Detroit before being traded to St. Louis. During those seven seasons, Hall had six head coaches, and he thinks that's a sign of trouble in Detroit : "I personally didn't feel that the organization was going in the right direction, as far as the people they were bringing in to make it a winning team," he said. "I just got tired of, every two years, rotating the coaching staff, guys going in and out, not really having any continuity on the team. I just felt like I wasn't going to have the opportunity to get something done there. "It got to the point where it was so frustrating, disappointing, that (the playoffs were) hard to watch." Now that Hall is on the Rams, he'll get ...

James Hall is not Impressed with the Lions
Published 6/18/2007 at STLSportsMag
... es the positioning of Adam Carriker at defensive tackle is the biggest risk of the off-season.  From King's Monday Morning Quarterback: "I think the biggest risk I've heard about this spring is the Rams' decision to play first-round pick Adam Carriker as the run-stopper on their defensive line. After trading nose man Jimmy Kennedy to Denver, the Rams penciled in Carriker to play alongside La'Roi Glover inside on their 4-3 defense, with Leonard Little and James Hall (acquired from Detroit) as the ends. Carriker played at about 295 pounds at Nebraska, and he's up to 312, hoping to play the season at 310. Risky move, because Carriker's not a naturally wide-bodied run-stuffer. St. Louis has to hope he'll still retain the burst he showed at end with the Cornhuskers." Considering the other options at defensive tackle include Claude Wroten and Clifton Ryan, Carriker will likely have a bigger impact on the Rams than most any other defensive rookie this season -- for better or worse. ...

Ex-Lion Hall: Lions still suck
Published 6/23/2007 by kcudah at kcudah sports
... Finally, asked to compare the Rams and Lions, Hall said, “I can see a huge difference in the team speed. It’s like night and day here.”freep ...