
Could both Urlacher and Jennings no longer be in the NFC North?
Freelance contributor Jeremy Brade takes a look at positions of need for the Lions and their NFC North foes.

Could both Urlacher and Jennings no longer be in the NFC North?
Freelance contributor Jeremy Brade takes a look at positions of need for the Lions and their NFC North foes.

Lions GM Martin Mayhew has made the tough choices needed to progress (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Jeff Risdon, DLD Editor
A day after releasing malcontent wideout Titus Young, the Lions made two more moves with much broader significance on Tuesday. Two longtime starters, right guard Stephen Peterman and defensive end Kyle VandenBosch, were released by GM Martin Mayhew.
On the surface, these moves are all about saving money under the salary cap. The constraints forced on the Lions having to pay over $50M of the approximately $122M cap number to just three players (Stafford, Suh, Johnson) mean that pennies must be pinched. Young’s release did little to impact that bottom line, but the Tuesday moves are a significant step forward in cap reduction.
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Will Gosder Cherilus return to Detroit? (Photo courtesy of mlive)
Right tackle Gosder Cherilus is now an unrestricted free agent, and the Lions face an interesting decision about how vigorously to try and bring him back.
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