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While the Detroit Lions reached a five-year contract agreement with running back Jahvid Best -- the 30th overall pick -- late Friday night, they haven't signed their top choice, defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.

The NFL suspended Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand for 30 days and fined him $100,000 on Friday for violating its personal-conduct policy.

The Detroit Lions have agreed to terms with backup quarterback Shaun Hill.

Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand has pleaded guilty to driving while impaired.

Former Pro Bowl cornerback Dre' Bly is returning to Detroit. The Lions said Friday that the unrestricted free agent has signed a two-year deal. Additional terms weren't released.

A force counted on to dominate at the next level? Ndamukong Suh knows the pressure, having exceeded expectations from high school to college. Now the No. 2 overall pick is ready to do the same in the NFL.

The Detroit Lions, once believed to be interested in trading for Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, no longer consider that an option, a team source said Wednesday.

The NFL will review the conduct of Lions president Tom Lewand, who was cited over the weekend for drunken driving after telling authorities he was a designated driver picking up a friend before a test showed his blood-alcohol level was twice Michigan's legal limit.

The Detroit Lions went back to work Wednesday -- starting a three-day minicamp -- after the team's final two organized team activities were canceled because previous ones were deemed too intense by the NFL and players' union.

Longtime radio broadcaster Ernie Harwell, known mostly for his Detroit Tigers work but no stranger to NFL games, died Tuesday at his Novi, Mich., home after a months-long battle with cancer, the Detroit Free Press reported. He was 92.

Bob Karmelowicz, a football coach with three-plus decades of experience, died Saturday. He was 60.

Bengals coach Marvin Lewis wouldn't say much Sunday about his team's interest in cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones, but he did confirm that talks have taken place.

Citing sources close to the situation, MLive.com reported Friday that the Detroit Lions don't plan to sign cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones anytime soon.

Adam "Pacman" Jones is still searching for a way back into the NFL and thinks the Detroit Lions would be a good place to make his return.

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NEW YORK -- Teams that pick in the NFL Draft's top 10 have at least one thing in common: None of them want to be doing it again next year. A top-10 pick (unless you can get one for somebody like Richard Seymour) means you're coming off a bad year.

And teams that pick up near the top every year -- teams like the Rams and the Lions -- start to get sick of it. So with that in mind, let's take a look at the teams that had this year's top ten picks and the extent to which their performance in the first three rounds helps them in their respective missions to be picking much later next year.

St. Louis Rams (1-15 in 2009)

Picks So Far
1. Sam Bradford, QB
33. Roger Saffold, OT
65. Jerome Murphy, CB

Well, they're all in with Bradford, because these days when you have the No. 1 pick, it seems like you're almost required to spend it on a quarterback. It's going to cost them big money, which may be the reason they picked the massive Saffold to help keep Bradford from getting killed. But if I'm Bradford, I'm sitting around wondering who I'm going to throw the ball to. The Rams passed on Arrelious Benn and Golden Tate with the first pick of the second round, and they took a defensive back to begin a third round that saw eight wide receivers taken. Whether Bradford starts right away or sits behind A.J. Feeley, the Rams should expect to be back in the top ten in the 2011 draft.

Odds of Escaping top 10 in 2011: 150-1

 

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