I was actually going to link to this story for a different reason, but I forgot what it was when I read the ending quote from Rod Marinelli about how he's not going to trade Roy Williams.

"When you are a beautiful girl, people will keep knocking on the door and asking for dates - but the old dad has to keep coming out and saying 'Nope.'"

If only he really was a beautiful girl, he wouldn't have to worry about spending money to go out to fancy restaurants like Red Lobster. Guys would surely be lined up around the block to take him out for a night on the town. And then after about ten minutes of listening to him drone on and on about himself, they would abandon him somewhere on I-75 without ever coming to a complete stop. And that's on a good day. Chances are if Roy Williams was a chick, he'd quickly find his way face down in a shallow grave.

I think my original intent was to comment on how Marinelli acknowledges that he is basically rebuilding his defense with old Buccaneers that the team didn't want anymore.

"These are all old Bucs, but they have also played in different places," Marinelli said Monday. "These men all have great familiarity with what we are doing and what we are about. I know the type of guy I want, and that is what we are getting with these men."

So far, he has brought Chartric Darby (I refuse to call him Chuck), Dwight Smith, Brian Kelly and Kalvin Pearson to Detroit. But two of them are certainly past their prime and one is on the bubble. Pearson is the only one that I would count on for the future of their team.