No one knows what type of team the Lions will be in the 2011 season. Like the other NFL teams, they haven’t even gone through free agency yet.

But Willie McGinest, who worked out with the Lions last Friday, likes what he sees from the team.

“I like them, they’re a young team on the uprise, I think they did a great job in the draft, they’re adding key pieces that they need, if they can keep everybody healthy, if they can keep everybody on the field, they can compete with anybody, especially in their division,’’ said McGinest who won three Super Bowls as a linebacker for the New England Patriots.

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