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By Kareem Copeland
Published: December 26, 2012 at 6:01 PM
Tell me if you've heard this one before: An NFL player has called the Detroit Lions "dirty." Shocking, right?
This time it's Chicago Bears defensive tackle Henry Melton taking a shot.
"They're dirty. They've always been a dirty team since I've been here," Melton told ESPN Chicago's Michael C. Wright. "I don't like them. We've just got to hold our composure and play the game we know."
This is not the first beef between the Bears and Lions. Brandon Marshall had choice words for Ndamukong Suh after an aggressive hit on Jay Cutler in the first meeting this season. The two teams had an on-field brawl last year and players were fined a combined $62,500. Bears safety Brandon Meriweather was fined $25,000 for an illegal hit against Lions receiver Nate Burleson in the first game between the teams in 2011. Suh was fined $15,000 for a shove to the back of Cutler two years ago.
"They just try to do all this extra stuff; talking, little cheap shots," Melton said. "If you look at the tape, they've always thrown cheap shots.
"We had a brawl I think last year. So it is what it is. I'm ready."
Melton is apparently worried the Lions could get extra snippy Sunday with nothing to play for. The Bears, meanwhile, are fighting for their playoff lives.
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12-26-2012, 07:15 PM #1
PSD's Renaldo Balkman
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Henry Melton: Lions are dirty...
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12-26-2012, 07:26 PM #2
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Meh. Doesn't even rank as good bulletin board material, not that either team needs it. Lions/Bears has been ugly since the early 1930's.
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12-26-2012, 07:54 PM #3
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Sounds like something that isn't important enough for its own thread...
Originally Posted by BDawk4Prez
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12-26-2012, 07:54 PM #4
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Seems like the Lions have gotten this reputation when Suh and Schwartz came around
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12-26-2012, 07:58 PM #5
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This Originally Posted by SenecaValley46
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12-26-2012, 07:59 PM #6
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4-11 is what you get when you try playing "meaner and nastier"
Five rounds went by in the 2000 draft... After 198 other players had been chosen, the Patriots drafted him in the sixth round.
Owner Robert Kraft recalls the night he was leaving the old Foxboro Stadium when he saw "this skinny beanpole" carrying a pizza. "He comes up and says, 'Mr. Kraft, I'm Tom Brady.' I said, 'I know who you are, you're our sixth-round draft choice from Michigan.' "And he looked me right in the eye and he said, 'and I'm the best decision this organization has ever made.' "
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12-26-2012, 08:19 PM #7
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Detroit has a football team?
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12-26-2012, 08:22 PM #8
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Nope, jut a basketball team. Originally Posted by NYSPORTS98
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12-26-2012, 08:31 PM #9
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Detroit has a basketball team? Originally Posted by brewerboy
Five rounds went by in the 2000 draft... After 198 other players had been chosen, the Patriots drafted him in the sixth round.
Owner Robert Kraft recalls the night he was leaving the old Foxboro Stadium when he saw "this skinny beanpole" carrying a pizza. "He comes up and says, 'Mr. Kraft, I'm Tom Brady.' I said, 'I know who you are, you're our sixth-round draft choice from Michigan.' "And he looked me right in the eye and he said, 'and I'm the best decision this organization has ever made.' "
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12-26-2012, 08:36 PM #10
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nope just a hockey team Originally Posted by Austeezy
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12-26-2012, 08:40 PM #11
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Ok and? Melton is just stating facts that everyone already knows. The lions are dirty, and have the dirtiest player in the league with Suh.
Just chalk this up as another player/coach that stated the fact about the lions. Carry on.
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12-26-2012, 08:43 PM #12
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detroit plays dirty?
newsflash! water is wet! back to you virgins trying to make sense of it!
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12-26-2012, 08:54 PM #13
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12-26-2012, 08:56 PM #14
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They definitely have a Hockey team. My friend is a Red Wings fan Originally Posted by UofAZ420
Five rounds went by in the 2000 draft... After 198 other players had been chosen, the Patriots drafted him in the sixth round.
Owner Robert Kraft recalls the night he was leaving the old Foxboro Stadium when he saw "this skinny beanpole" carrying a pizza. "He comes up and says, 'Mr. Kraft, I'm Tom Brady.' I said, 'I know who you are, you're our sixth-round draft choice from Michigan.' "And he looked me right in the eye and he said, 'and I'm the best decision this organization has ever made.' "
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12-26-2012, 08:56 PM #15
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not currently they dont... well, an active one anyways. Originally Posted by Austeezy
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