--Speaking at an event in northern Michigan, former Lions coach Bobby Ross said of Lions great Barry Sanders: "I don't know if Barry really loved the game, but he worked hard at it. He did what he was supposed to do. I always wanted him to be a leader, but he didn't really want that role. He was the only player I ever coached that whenever he touched the ball, you thought he would run for a touchdown."
--Defensive end Jared DeVries returned to Parkersburg, Iowa, his tornado-ravaged hometown. "This is unbelievable, indescribable," DeVries told a Minnesota TV station. "I don't know what to feel. I didn't expect this. I really didn't. I've looked at the Internet, pictures. You come here, and you don't recognize anything. It's an eerie feeling you have. It's unbelievable."
--Quarterback Jon Kitna has often said that the Lions will be disappointed if they don't win 10 games, and he has often gotten grief about it. What is he supposed to say? That he doesn't have confidence? On the last day of OTAs, he cracked a little joke about it. A reporter asked Kitna if he had confidence this group of players could take the next step. "Yeah," Kitna said. "Simple as that?" the reporter pressed. "Yeah," Kitna said. After an awkward pause, Kitna added: "Well, I mean, you know, I guess I should say, 'No, we'll win three games this year,' something like that."
QUOTE TO NOTE: "You've got to have confidence to play in this league. We have the confidence. We've had it for the past two years. The question is: Are we going to be able to put it together?" - WR Mike Furrey.
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