<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Lions release guard Verba NFL.com wire reportsDETROIT (Feb. 28, 2007) -- The Lions released guard Ross Verba after one season with the team.Verba, 33, played his first four NFL seasons with Green Bay. The Packers drafted him 30th overall in the 1997 draft, and he played there through the 2000 season.He spent the next four years with Cleveland, then did not play football in 2005.During his only season in Detroit, Verba started seven games before a groin injury ended his season.</div>http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/DET/10028865
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Feb 28 2007, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Money had to play into it. Before the injury, Verba was the best OL on the team this season.</div>Or maybe the injury is more serious then they are letting on....Could be any number of things.