Spring Cleaning Continues. Ernie Sims Dealt. Follett Licks His Chops At Shot To Play

Goodbye Ernie, Hello Scheffler


Freep - The Lions have acquired tight end Tony Scheffler and a seventh-round pick from Denver and sent linebacker Ernie Sims to Philadelphia as part of a three-team trade, the Eagles have confirmed. The Eagles sent a fifth-round pick (137th overall) to Denver. The seventh-rounder the Lions received is the 220th overall pick. They now have four seventh-round picks in the draft. Scheffler, 27, played at Chelsea High and Western Michigan, and when reached by the Denver Post this morning, he answered by saying: “Restore the roar!" "It’s going to be surreal walking into that locker room and putting on those clothes for the first time,” Scheffler told the Post.

Another Matt Millen first round dream pick went by the wayside this morning. It's truly amazing how long the ripple effects of Millen will still splash onto the shores of Detroit. Oh Ernie, your lack of tackling ability and almost undecipherable dialect of English will be missed greatly. As will your crippled body that can barely go a preseason without crumpling under the daily pressures of the NFL. Enjoy your new digs in Philly my man. Sorry it didn't work out.

But lets look on the bright side. I like this move for a number of reasons. One, Sheffler is actually a good ass, pass catching tight end who is only getting bounced from Denver cause he was boys with Jay Cutler. Our two tight end sets near the goaline should be pretty lethal with Sheff and Pettigrew.

Secondly, dude is a hometown boy from Chelsea, MI who is jacked to be on the Lions. Guys like that are hard to find. Dude even answered his phone this morning saying "Restore the Roar"? Damn I fuckin love that.

And lastly, this is absolutely, 100% a move to make way for the emergence of Zack Follett as a monster in our linebacking core. The dude is probably running around the Allen Park parking structure right now just putting his head through windshields, Lattimer style. Seat at the head table baby! Seat at the table! The Schwartz knows it, Mayhew knows it, and JBS knows it. Zack is gonna be blowing up backs all over the place behind King Kong Suh and Vanden Bosch. Oh, and don't forget that with Sheff comes another 7th round pick. I ain't good at math but I think that puts us on the clock 4 times in round 7 alone. Just come outta there with 4 more Zack Folletts and I think you can call this draft a raging success.



PS - This picture of Ernie is like a gorgeous oil painting. Stunning.