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David Hearn finished off his second round Saturday morning putting up a couple of birdies to finish up at one-under. That made him one of only six golfers to post a score in red numbers on the round. Hearn said he seemed to get the feel of the greens when he headed out for his 7:15am start, something that was missing on Thursday and Friday. I asked him if it was possible to have any fun on a golf course thats playing as tough as Merion is and he said yes, sort of. "You can have fun out there," he said. "Its just not the kind of fun that most people have on the weekend."Hearns fine round moved him up 87 spots. ---- Mike Weir wasnt thinking hed be battling the cutline when he started out on Saturday, but the lefthander needed to drain a slippery seven-footer on 18 just to get in on the number."I dont know," he said when asked to explain his morning, "I just felt out of sorts. Maybe it had something to do with the 3:45am wake-up time but I sure wasnt expecting this."Weir missed four fairways during his final seven holes and three of them were by only about a foot. But it doesnt matter around here – youre usually just hacking it out of the rough.Hes still glad to be playing the final two rounds. "The way Im hitting it, I would have been really disappointed not to have been playing on the weekend." --- Adam Hadwin was left scratching his head after his U.S. Open performance ended on a down note. Hadwin played just five holes on Thursday and when he came back to resume play on Friday, the wheels seemed to fall off. He went 11 over in a 12-hole stretch. He added a 76 in his second round to miss the cut."I felt as if I was playing pretty well coming in here," said the Web.com Tour regular. "Im going to have to go back and figure out where I am and whats going on."Hadwin was planning on staying around Philadelphia for the weekend and enjoying some time with family and friends whod made the trek to watch him play. --- I asked Ryan Yip what he would take from his experience at the U.S. Open and he said that he has work to do."This place really exposed my flaws," he stated after winding up his last two holes on Saturday morning. "I have a lot of work to do when I get back."Yip finished up at 13-over for his two rounds but was still smiling. "I was looking forward to trying to get back to this place," he said of Merion where he played the 2005 U.S. Amateur. "It was a great week."Yip will head up to his hometown of Calgary on Monday to play in the PGA Tour Canada event there. While a native of the Alberta city, he splits time now between California and Ohio and will be returning to Cowtown for the first time in two years. --- Now that hes seen one of the biggest events in golf, everything else for Mackenzie Hughes is going to seem just a little bit smaller. The native of Dundas, Ont., said hes sure next weeks PGA Tour Canada event in Calgary "will seem smaller" but then, what wouldnt?Hughes was disappointed with his play at Merion, saying he had hoped to play a little better but the experience of being in this event will help him grow as a professional. As with Yip, Hughes is headed to Calgary for his next start but before that, hes hoping to do a little watching."I think my player badge will get me inside the ropes," he stated. "Ill probably go out and walk with some of the final groups this afternoon." Cody Barton Seahawks Jersey . 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ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Three times in the past five years, the Detroit Lions have drafted an offensive lineman in the first round.Now its time for that young group to show some real progress.One of the things youre going to notice is that were bigger and stronger. Its going to be more competitive, coach Jim Caldwell said recently.We have a couple spots were going to be fairly young, but I think in the grand scheme of things if we can keep them all healthy, keep them battled and fighting, were going to come out of there with a really big unit up front. Im certainly convinced of that.With Calvin Johnson lost to retirement, the Lions still have their share of skilled offensive players in Matthew Stafford, Golden Tate and Ameer Abdullah.The big question is whether Detroit can build on its encouraging finish in 2015 -- or whether the offense will look as it did when the team lost seven of its first eight games.A lot will depend on the offensive line.The Lions have had to reshuffle their line quite a bit over the past few seasons, with Jeff Backus, Rob Sims and Dominic Raiola having moved on into retirement.Detroit used valuable first-round draft picks on tackle Riley Reiff (2012), guard Laken Tomlinson (2015) and tackle Taylor Decker (2016) -- and the Lions also took guard Larry Warford (2013) and center Travis Swanson (2014) in the third round.Those five players all figure to play significant roles this season as Detroit tries to recover from its disappointing 2015. Stafford was sacked 44 times last season, bringing his total to 89 over the past two years. The Lions also averaged only 83.4 yards rushing per game, the worst mark in the NFL.Both those stats were a bit of an indictment of the offensive line.We learned from the mistakes we made, and weve moved on, Warford said. Weve got to focus on what were doing now as a group.Reiff has started every game hes played for the past three years, and Tomlinson was a starter for most of last season.dddddddddddd. The Lions have high hopes for Decker -- Caldwell said he could play either left or right tackle.Reiff now seems like the veteran of the bunch, and Caldwell said he expects plenty of intensity from the 27-year-old tackle no matter which side of the line hes on.Riley is a warrior. Riley does not care about anything other than wanting to play his position and play it well and he doesnt care where he plays, Caldwell said.Hes a talented guy thats tough and hard-nosed, the exact kind of guy that youre looking for to lead your group.Much of Detroits resurgence toward the end of last season could be attributed to a schedule that eased up down the stretch, but the Lions hope that improvement was a sign of things to come.In late October, Detroit fired its offensive coordinator and two line coaches. Tight ends coach Ron Prince took over the offensive line.Now the offensive linemen have had a chance to work with Prince for a while and become comfortable with Jim Bob Cooter, who was promoted to offensive coordinator during last years shakeup.That familiarity -- and the natural maturation process with top draft picks -- could pay dividends at the line of scrimmage this season.With offensive line play -- in all of football -- theres two aspects, theres mental and physic