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Posted: **Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:14 am**

Makes the 2nd dinner at the Taco Bell DriveThru, all the more interesting...

Detroit Lions defensive line coach Joe Cullen, arrested twice in the preseason, has been suspended for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears and also fined $20,000 for what commissioner Roger Goodell termed "conduct detrimental to the league."

The rare sanctions against a coach are the result of an arrest for nude driving on Aug. 24 and for drunken driving on Sept. 1, both misdemeanor charges. Lions coach Rod Marinelli suspended Cullen for the regular season opener but, after meeting with the first-year assistant on Dec. 1, Goodell decided that further action was required.

Cullen, 39, was ticketed and cited in August, during training camp when he allegedly went through the drive-in window at a fast-food restaurant late at night and the server noticed he was naked. A week later, he was stopped for erratic driving and registered a blood alcohol content of .12 on a breathalyzer test. The legal limit in Michigan in .08.

LINK:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2702095

Posted: **Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:53 am**

Still trying to figure out why he is just now being suspended. Did I miss that somewhere? Why did the meeting with the commish not take place until December???

Posted: **Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:21 pm**

Yeah, it's not like they were waiting for them to finish the playoffs. They should have done it as soon as the Lions were eliminated from contention...in the preseason.

Posted: **Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:17 am**

Sometimes you just REALLY want some Taco Bell..in the shower..

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Detroit Lions Coach fined 20K for nude driving (link)

Detroit Lions Coach fined 20K for nude driving (link)