ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Another player went from Detroit Lions castoff to a member of the New England Patriots in some form or fashion Wednesday when the defending Super Bowl champs claimed offensive tackle LaAdrian Waddle after his release from the Lions on Tuesday.
Maybe, though, this should not have been surprising.
Perhaps it is just a coincidence, but a decent number of discarded Lions players have ended up in New England the past few months and Waddle is just the latest. Some of it, though, has to do with the type of players the Patriots like: Bigger offensive tackles and bigger tight ends.