ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Bob Quinn stood up at the podium in January, hours after he fired Jim Caldwell following the end of last season, and said he would be making changes to the running back room.
He insisted there would be at least one new back in there. It always seemed, though, like it could have been a bigger overhaul. Then the Detroit Lions went out in free agency and signed big-bodied LeGarrette Blount, the type of power rusher the team has lacked over the past few seasons.
Blount, at age 31, is a veteran.