... the Detroit Lions deserve an A for effort.

What about performance?

Well, that remains to be seen.

General Manager Martin Mayhew managed to bring in some big names—Kyle Vanden Bosch, for instance—and the talent that goes along with the nameplates. Yet, at least one of the Lions’ marquee additions is a head-scratcher.

Why, oh why, did Detroit cough up serious cash for wide receiver Nate Burleson?

Since drafting super-stud Calvin Johnson in 2007, the Lions have been looking for a No. 2 receiver to take some of the defensive pressure off of the best receiver to play for Detroit since Herman Moore.

Burleson, who will turn 29 before the start of the 2010 regular season, had the second-best sea...

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