OT- Steve Breaston released

Sorry. I've apparently become what I hate: idly nitpicking the OP.

I didn't mean he never did; I was trying to say he didnt do it as often as Hester or someone.  Breaston was one of the greats on KOR/PR in M history.  I guess I just hold him to a high standard.  Did not mean to take anything away from him.  

Until you reminded me of that game

just no.

they gave him a chance and he blew it up, BADLY

hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard.

They just released him a few weeks ago. Why in the hell would they want that head-case back?

The Lions are picking up Titus Young??? oh great!

But I thought Burleson was an outside receiver.  (Right now on ESPNs depth chart the Lions 1st stringers are Calvin...and Durham.  They also have Scheffler at TE and Pettigrew as the starting FB. So I'm confused as hell.)  But when everyone was healthy last season, this is how I remember them lining up:

WR: Calvin and Burlson
Slot: Young (or Broyles)
TE: Pettigrew
RB: Leshoure (or Bell or Smith or no RB and put in Scheffler)

As I see Breaston as preferable to Broyles, I'd take him in a heartbeat not that we have Titus "Cancer" Young off of the team.  (And holy hell, that was so sarcastic that the /s tag would have been redundant.  I don't think that there is a single Lions fan who want to try to rehabilitate Young.)  So the Lions fan in me would love to see Breaston become a Lion.  He could be the "starting" slot receiver and might (should) be preferable to Logan in the return game.

However, the Michigan fan in me would hate to see him go to the Lions because they are the Lions.  (I feel like sometimes I watch the Lions just to see them crash and burn.  Does that make me like a NASCAR fan?  If so, is that bad?)

was absolutely great. However he hasn't taken one back in 2 years, and is a drain on the WR spot. He's been totally overpaid for a while too. Consensus here is that he needs a fresh start. Whether that's with the new coaching staff here in Chicago or elsewhere is TBD.

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BREAKING: Detroit Lions intend to switch Tyrann Mathieu to WR.  

I wouldn't put it past  them

Titus Young!?  Are you kidding?  He's been cut twice this month already.

(not using the stupid tag either)

Compound complex sentences can get tricky, and the middle part of my opening sentence was obiviously a subordinate clause, so  I completely understand why you may have thought it was dependent on the clause that preceded it.  However, inserting a comma before the conjunction that seperates the 1st and 2nd clause represents a shift in the sentence's focus, namely that the 2nd clause will most likely be dependent on whatever follows it, which in this was Anquan Boldin.  To put it simply, I was saying Anquan Boldin had won the Super Bowl (a few weeks ago with Baltimore to be specific).

P.S. - Forget that b.s. your teachers told you about "run-on" sentences.  As long as they're not abused, they can be infinitely more effective than what's boringly considered proper.