Charles Rogers admitted on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” that he smoked marijuana every day during his three years in the NFL.

He’s a small clip of the segment (via the Detroit Free Press):

This is a classic example of a player who just wasn’t dedicated to developing his game in order to become great. Rogers had all the talent in the world, but he clearly wasn’t willing to work on his craft and excel. I’m not about to suggest that marijuana derailed his career because 1) I don’t have enough facts to make a generalized claim like that and 2) something tells me it was a collection of things that contributed to Rogers being a bust, including drugs, a poor work ethic and injuries.

I just hope he’s the minority and that there aren’t more players like Chuck Rogers, who smoke the hippie lettuce on a regular basis. I’d like to believe that more players are dedicated to the game than he was.

Both MLive.com and BleacherReport.com speculate that since the Bears are looking for receivers and Charles Rogers is looking to get back into the NFL after spending some time recently in the clink, that the two could be a match.

bleacherreport.com: One other option is a 28-year-old, former No. 2 overall pick, who measures up at 6’3″ and 207 pounds. Sounds great until you hear his name: Charles Rogers.
Clearly, there is at least one reason that no NFL team has even called him looking for a tryout. He is undoubtedly a step or two slower than the 4.28 40-yard dash he ran back at the NFL Combine, but seeing as how he would have the third-most career receptions on the current Bears’ roster, it might make sense to at least give him a look.

Outside of giving him a quick tryout, the Bears shouldn’t waste much time on Rogers. God might have given him outstanding athletic ability, but he also cursed Rogers with a peanut-sized brain.

This is the same guy who was arrested in 2008 and charged with assault and battery of a female friend. He also received jail time in March of this year after violating probation. When the Lions eventually gave him the boot (which should tell you something in and of itself) in 2006, he worked out for the Dolphins, Patriots, Bucs and Chiefs, but they all declined after coming away less than impressed by his auditions. He also reportedly brought some of his friends along to the workout in Tampa, which didn’t sit well with then-Bucs head coach Jon Gruden.

If I’m the Bears, I’d be more interested in trying to develop Devin Hester, Earl Bennett and Juaquin Iglesias than trying to sign Rogers. I know the Bears’ receivers won’t exactly keep defensive coordinators up at night, but Rogers is done.

Newspaper columnist Jason Whitlock is a bit miffed about NBC’s recent hire of former Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen as their lead studio analyst for the NFL playoffs. And he wondered if O.J. Simpson was available from his Las Vegas jail cell.

Seriously, O.J. on “Football Night in America” is the only thing that could top Millen’s inclusion. And NBC is promising to foist Millen on its Super Bowl audience. If this happens, I will confront Millen and NBC executives at the Super Bowl and go Rob Parker-Rod Marinelli on the responsible parties.

Look, the Lions haven’t won a NFL championship in over 50 years, and Millen was in charge for only eight seasons. Though under his leadership, the Lions did own the NFL’s worst winning percentage (31-81, .277) and became the first team in league history not to win a road game in three consecutive seasons (2001-2003). And, of course, there was the whole 0-16 thing. At the core of this failure are some pretty bad drafts that included guys like quarterback Joey Harrington, and wide receivers Charles Rogers and Mike Williams.

Lion fans surely grew tired of Millen’s time as the team’s CEO, but I can’t imagine them longing for the Eric Hipple years.

The son of Detroit Lions’ owner Bill Ford Sr., Bill Ford Jr., publicly stated Monday that GM Matt Millen should be fired.

Bill Ford Jr. finally said publicly what he has told people privately for some time now: He would like to see Matt Millen fired.

“It was an embarrassment,” Ford said Monday when asked about the Lions’ 31-13 loss at San Francisco. “The fans deserve better. And if I had the authority, I would have fired the general manager.”

Ford’s feelings are no secret to people who know him. He soured on Millen a long time ago, for the same reason Lions fans soured on Millen: total incompetence. But Ford, like Lions fans, has not been able to do anything about it. His father, William Clay Ford Sr., has the keys to the kingdom.
So why did Ford say it now? Why did Ford explicitly ask reporters to quote him on the record? Two reasons.

And all Lion fans collectively shout, “Amen!”

Millen should have been gone years ago. He couldn’t help that Charles Rogers and Mike Williams turned out to be lazy or that Kevin Jones got injured. But somebody has to take responsibility for the lack of overall talent that the Lions have produced over the years and he’s the one that ran the drafts. Drafting four wide receivers (arguably the most overrated position on draft day) in the first round on four separate occasions aside, the rest of Millen’s drafts have been atrocious. Not one defensive player that Millen selected in this past draft was active last Sunday against San Francisco. Not one. That’s brutal.