Details On The Lions Late Night House Calls To Vanden Bosch And Burleson

As many of you know, the Lions sprung right into free agency inking high priced deals within the first 24 hours of free agency.

SBNation’s Pride of Detroit has some details on how the Lions coaches went about acquiring Nate Burleson and Kyle Vanden Bosch.

Burleson (via DetroitLions.com)

“I got a call a little after nine, just relaxing at the house,” said Burleson. “(I) got a call and Scott was in Seattle. I was like, ‘What’s going on? Is this really happening right now? Is this how people do things?’”

“(Linehan) said ‘Do you want to go to dinner, sit down and talk?’” said Burleson. “I called my dad and said, ‘I need you here.’ He’s probably my biggest fan, so we went to dinner, sat down and – to be honest – he didn’t need to sell me.

Vanden Bosch (via the Detroit News)

He was Vanden Bosch’s defensive coordinator in Tennessee from 2005-08 and thought so highly of his talents — and ability to instantly help the beleaguered Lions defensive front — he waited outside Vanden Bosch’s gated community in Nashville with a bottle of Opus One wine, three stuffed Lions animals — for Vanden Bosch’s three small children — and a serious sales pitch as free agency opened at midnight Friday.