DETROIT -- Observed and heard in the locker room after the Detroit Lions' 19-7 win over Green Bay.
Cornerback Cassius Vaughn -- one of the long line of Lions' nickelbacks so far this season -- was spotted with a walking boot on his left foot after the game. When he was asked about how the foot was feeling, he responded with a simple "it’s good" before heading on his way. Vaughn missed two practices this week with what was listed as an ankle injury. The Lions have played six players at nickel this season: Bill Bentley, Nevin Lawson, Vaughn, Don Carey, Danny Gorrer and Mohammed Seisay. Carey re-injured his hamstring in the first quarter Sunday.
Linebacker Stephen Tulloch, who injured his knee in the game, had posted on Instagram earlier in the day about the death of his former teammate in Tennessee, Rob Bironas. Tulloch played with Bironas for five seasons and said the two went to country music concerts together. "It hurt me big time, man," Tulloch said of the news.
The Lions didn’t seem to be making a big deal about beating Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers for the first time in his career, when he played a full game. Instead, they brushed it off as just another win early in a season. That is a mantra Jim Caldwell started in his postgame news conference when he said "I didn’t pay much attention to it."
