Cliff Avril News

Wake Forest's Brandon Ghee is among the possible cover cornerback candidates near the top of the 2010 draft's second round.

Allen Park -- The coach yells because he cares. Cliff Avril has to remind himself of that every so often when he hears it from Gunther Cunningham, the Lions' volatile defensive coordinator.

The Lions actually got a head start on their lengthy postgame injury report Sunday.

Three players who were expected to play significant roles for the Detroit Lions this season are listed as inactive for today's game against the Minnesota Vikings.

Originally published November 15, 2009 at 11:11 a.m., updated November 15, 2009 at 11:13 a.m. MINNEAPOLIS a ' Middle linebacker Larry Foote is in the lineup for the Detroit Lions at Minnesota.

Neither athletes were on the Detroit Lions week 10 injury report. Both practiced the entire week.

While Sunday's inactive list included a couple of surprises on the defensive line -- end Cliff Avril and tackle Landon Cohen, both of whom will sit due to coaches' decisions -- the idle time for rookie Aaron Brown was expected.

Detroit running back Maurice Morris tries to break away from St. Louis' Oshiomogho Atogwe.

Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham said he doesn't blame the officials for calling "soft'' roughing the passer penalties, he blames the league for not putting him on the NFL's Competition Committee.

Oh, what it's like to be a Lions fan. What a maddening thing when you live in a world of high draft picks and low scores.A When management consistently misses on can't-miss prospects and possible late-round gems turn out to be polished coal.

Of all the embarrassing plays the Lions have experienced this season -- and in recent seasons -- this was one of the worst.

As a center, Dominic Raiola is used to defending quarterback Matthew Stafford. So when Detroit Lions fans started heckling the rookie during a 17-10 loss to the St.

There is a class system in the NFL, and the Lions are the bottom dwellers. There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the place the Lions inhabit.

DETROIT a ' By at least a couple of measures, this was the worst matchup in NFL history.

Lions defensive end Cliff Avril, whose "Life of a Lion" journal entries chronicled his rookie season last year, has returned as a Free Press correspondent.

The proceedings of Sunday afternoon were rather difficult to digest. Sort of like when there are too many peas in the goulash.

A couple of weeks ago, after the loss at Chicago, Lions coach Jim Schwartz called it 'one of the worst second halves of football I've ever been associated with.' Now he has one of the worst first halves ever to add to his scrapbook, too.

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It was only one word, but it might have been the best word Detroit Lions fans could hear after Detroit was ripped 26-0 by the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday.

Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril, who has been slowed by a hamstring pull for a couple weeks, should see a lot of action Sunday against the Green Bay Packers.

This Sunday, the Detroit Lions will suit up to play the Green Bay Packers on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field.