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The Detroit Lions sign Nate Burleson

Blogged under Big Lions News,Bloglockers,Free Agent Additions,Front Page by admin on Friday 5 March 2010 at 9:54 am

The Lions have signed 28-year old WR Nate Burleson to a 5-year, $25 million dollar deal.  Burleson played in 13 games for the Seahawks last season and he caught 63 passes for 812 yards (12.9 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  Burleson also returned 30 punts for 254 yards (8.5 avg) last season.  Burleson has now played in 90 games in his NFL career and he has caught 263 passes for 3,547 yards (13.5 avg) with 27 TD grabs.  He has also returned 156 punts for 1,523 yards (9.8 avg) with 3 TD returns and 56 kickoffs for 1,286 yards (23.0 avg) with a TD return.  The Lions might have overpaid a bit for Burleson but he will take some of the pressure off Calvin Johnson starting this season.  He is a good receiver and punt returner so I like this move for the Lions.

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