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February 19, 2012, 11:59 AM ET Defensive end Cliff Avril said he will contemplate holding out from the Detroit Lions ' offseason program and training camp if the team uses its franchise tag on him rather than negotiate a long-term deal. Cliff Avril #92...
It’s believed that no NFL player has ever returned from three ACL surgeries on the same knee. Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis is trying to become the first. “Every day I go in I’m looking at it like I’m making history. That’s my goal,” Davis told...
Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril (92) reacts after scoring a touchdown on an interception during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers in Detroit, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. View Photo »
It's good, but you've got to keep it going
"There's a lot of different possibilities, and that's one of the possibilities -- not showing up," Avril said of missing off-season workouts and training camp. "But we don't know. That's not the plan, obviously. But there's a lot of different...
“This is new to me,” Avril told Birkett. “My agent (Brian Mackler) hasn’t called me and told me anything. I mean, we’ll see. We’ll see how it goes. If they franchise me, that doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll be playing under that, because that just gives...
Detroit Lions are willing to do what it takes to keep Cliff Avril, one of the emerging top defensive ends in the NFL. Even if that means putting the franchise tag on the player. The Detroit Free Press is reporting, via two sources, that Avril definitely...
Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril (92) runs in an interception for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers in Detroit, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. Detroit won 38-10 to clinch a playoff spot. View Photo »
Negotiations between the Lions and free agent-to-be Cliff Avril haven't reached an impasse, but you get the sense it's going to end up there. Avril signed autographs for 90 minutes during 97.1 The Ticket's Fanfest Saturday at the Suburban Collection...
Images It sounds like Lions will likely use the franchise tag on defensive end Cliff Avril. And it sounds like Avril won’t be happy about it. Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reports that the team is likely to use the tag on Avril if he doesn’t...
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Chicago Bears running back Marion Barber (24) is gang-tackled by Detroit Lions defenders Justin Durant (52), Cliff Avril (92), Stephen Tulloch (55), and Kyle Vanden Bosch (93) in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 in Chicago.
View Photo »DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 30: Quarterback Tim Tebow #15 of the Denver Broncos is hit by Cliff Avril #92 of the Detroit Lions as he delivers a pass Sports Authority at Invesco Field at Mile High on October 30, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. The Lions defeated the Broncos 45-10.
View Photo »Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (top) is tackled by Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril after Tebow threw a pass in their NFL football game in Denver October 30, 2011.
View Photo »Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) is taken down by Detroit Lions' Cliff Avril (92) and Corey Williams (C, obscured) during the first quarter of their NFL football game in Detroit, Michigan, October 10, 2011.
View Photo »Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler (6) is grabbed by Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril (92) in the first quarter of an NFL football game in Detroit, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.
View Photo »Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back LeGarrette Blount (27) is stopped by Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril (92) and Chris Houston (23) during a second quarter run in an NFL football game on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, in Tampa, Fla.
View Photo »COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photo taken by AP Images for Ubisoft, Detroit Lions center Dominic Raiola, left, challenges teammate, defensive end Cliff Avril to a game of Ubisoft's Driver San Francisco during a private player party in West Bloomfield, Mich. Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011.
View Photo »DETROIT, MI - CIRCA 2010: In this photo provided by the NFL, Cliff Avril of the Detroit Lions poses for his 2010 NFL headshot circa 2010 in Detroit, Michigan.
View Photo »Detroit Lions' Ndamukong Suh (L) celebrates after making a fourth down tackle of Chicago Bears' Matt Forte in the first quarter of their NFL football game in Detroit, Michigan, October 10, 2011. At right is Lions' Cliff Avril.
View Photo »Chicago Bears running back Marion Barber (24) is gang-tackled by Detroit Lions defenders Justin Durant (52), Cliff Avril (92), Stephen Tulloch (55), and Kyle Vanden Bosch (93) in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011 in Chicago.
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