IRVING, Texas -- On Sunday, Ernie Sims returns to the place where he was a first-round pick and part of a disastrous time in franchise history: Detroit. It's not the first time, Sims, the ninth-overall pick of the 2006 draft by the Lions, has played there. But in four seasons with the Lions, Sims started every game for three seasons before he was traded to Philadelphia for tight end Tony Sheffler and a seventh-round pick in 2010. Fans in Detroit felt Sims was part of some rough times.
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