Marinelli Adamant on Getting Starters

In a perfect world,  Joey Harrington and Charles Rogers would just be entrenched as starters for the Detroit Lions by now. Didn't work out that way. And that's part of the reason why the Lions annually have a top-10 selection. This year is an exception. They went 7-9 and select 15th.

Lions coach Rod Marinelli just finished talking and said, "I've got to have a starter. The first day, first two rounds, we need guys who will eventually be starters for you. Good starters. Guys you want to re-sign a year before they come up. You want to keep them for 8 to 10 years. That's when you get humming and you get really good continuity."