Allen Park, MI (My Sportsbook) - The Detroit Lions have released guard Ross Verba. Verba played just one season with Detroit. He started seven games and was inactive for eight with hamstring and groin injuries. The Iowa product spent his first four NFL seasons with the Green Bay Packers and also played four years with Cleveland. He was out of football in 2005 after leaving the Browns. Verba was an All-Rookie choice by the Pro Football Writers of America after the 1997 season when he started 11 of the 16 games he played for the Packers, who made him the 30th overall pick of that year's draft. He took over as the starting left tackle in the sixth game of the year and became the first rookie to start at that position in a Super Bowl when Green Bay reached Super Bowl XXXII. |
