0-5 looks pretty bad for any NFL team and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to get any better for the Detroit Lions. This past Tuesday, Detroit placed starting quarterback Jon Kitna on the Injured Reserved list for the remainder of the season, which will allow backup Dan Orlovsky a chance to run the show. In addition to that, their best player Roy Williams was recently traded to the Cowboys in return for some key NFL draft picks. Losing the “leader” of the offense and the biggest playmaker on the team is definitely going to affect the strength of the Lions’ offense. Then again, as of this point…what offense?

Tatum Bell has been working hard in the OTA sessions with his teammates and is very keen to be playing more games for the Detroit Lions this season than the seven he played in 2007. Detroit has freed running back Kevin Jones from its grasp and has signed in Kevin Smith from Florida and hence Bell is of the opinion that many more chances will come his way this year. The change in the zone scheme this year is similar to the one that Bell has experienced during his Denver days.

Bell said that the team is fully aware of each other’s positions and are pretty aware of what each one is doing. Bell has been very impressive in the zone running scheme all through his career and it is due to his agility, dodging ability and clear sight. The avid footballer is working on his ball catching and open field running skills expecting to buy more playing time this fall season.

The Detroit Lions have announced that they have re-signed their trusted running back Aveion Cason for one more year. They have also roped in free agent G Corey Hulsey for a one year deal and the additional contract information for signing both the players were not revealed. Cason will be in his second appearance for the Detroit Lions this season and his first stint for the Lions was the 2006 season. The running back is in his eighth year on the NFC and is much valued for the depth he adds in the offensive backfield.

Cason has played in 49 games so far with five starts and has 3 touchdowns and 122 carries for the 552 yards. Cason played six games for the Detroit’s in 2006 season and had two starts in the fag end of the season. He had 24 rushing attempts of 94 yards, 4 returned kickoffs for 110 yards and 5 receptions for 26 yards. Cason got up to the fifth position in the NFC last season for kick off return yards as well as in kick off return average. Cason was first seen on the NFL scene as an undrafted rookie free agent player for St. Louis in the year 2001, and since then has been a dominant force in the NFL.

The Detroit Lions have lost 3 straight games on Thanksgiving Day; they have been outscored in those contests by a composite of 95-26, and to crown it all, they have lost 5 of the last 6 in their traditional holiday timeslot. The losses, though, were notched in the midst of 6 consecutive losing campaigns for the storied franchise, and this season has been so far a different story for the Lions. Detroit enters Week Twelve as a 6-4 NFL team with a corner on 1 of 2 Wild Card slots in the NFC.