Morning Lions Links Wednesday 9-23-09

Team/NFL articles:

Chat with Seifert (there's some lions stuff in there): http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/28483

Lions no longer NFL's worst team: http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/The_Trenches/entry/view/35917/lions_no_longer_nfls_worst_team

The NFL's worst defense ever: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204488304574429293233493218.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Lions must learn how to finish a game: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/09/23/sports/doc4ab89c4f0c75a033965999.txt

19 and counting - what I've learned from the Lions: http://www.studyofsports.com/?p=2847

Gosselin would've started Daunte (at the bottom of the article): http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/092309dnspoinsidethenfl.1a599febc.html

After passive week 1, Lions D gets more aggressive: http://www.profootballweekly.com/2009/09/21/after-passive-week-one-lions-d-gets-more-aggressiv

Glazer guarantees the Lions won't go 0-16 (near the bottom): http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/10112728/Mailbag:-Glazer-rates-Liddell%27s-dancing

NFC North report (The Lions sections has comments from Favre on Stafford - he was impressed with Stafford): http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/news/news.aspx?id=4255604

NFC North team reports (written by Tom): http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/The_Trenches/entry/view/35869/nfl_team_reports:_nfc_north

Lions-Redskins matchup (written by Tom K. and John Keim): http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/matchup.php?game_id=20090927008

Lions Detroit News section: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS0101

Free Press Lions section: http://www.freep.com/lions

Player articles:

Phillip Buchanan Q & A: http://chat.nfl.com/front/archived_chat/452

When will Stafford turn the corner: http://roarreport.blogspot.com/2009/09/tick-tock.html

Rookie Focus - Stafford mindful of Lions' past, out to end losing: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/lions/2009-09-22-rookie-focus-matthew-stafford_N.htm?csp=34

NFC North stock watch (Stafford is in the falling group): http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/3614/how-i-see-it-nfc-north-stock-watch-2

Deck stacked against 0-2 teams: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=4494228

Stafford the right choice as starting QB: http://www.ourmidland.com/articles/2009/09/22/sports/2108108.txt

Loser syndrome - the sad story of Jeff Backus: http://sidelionreport.com/2009/09/22/loser-syndrome-the-sad-story-of-jeff-backus/

Drew Stanton update on his surgery (his blog): http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_My-Surgery/BLOG/793492/42930.html?widgetId=5725

Cliff Avril - hard to cope (his blog): http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Hard-to-Cope/BLOG/794743/65325.html?widgetId=21304

Articles from opposing media:

Jansen is a Lion in winter: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/23/jansen-is-a-lion-in-winter/

Schwartz tries to lift a team that hasn't won squat: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092201972.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Gameday - week 3 info: http://www.redskins.com/gen/games/gameday.jsp

Rankings:

Week 3 rankings (NFL experts 30, community 31): http://fanrankings.nfl.com/#

ESPN's Week 3 rankings (Lions 31): http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings?year=2009&week=3

CBS Power Rankings (Lions 32): http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/12248303

Power Poll from SN (Lions 31): http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/article/2009-09-22/nfl-power-poll-real-tests-await-broncos

Foxsports power rankings (foxsports Lions 30, whatifsports 30, whatifsports gives us a 29.6% chance of beating the Redskins): http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings

USA Today Power Poll (Lions 30): http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2009-power-rankings.htm

MSNBC power rankings (Lions 31): http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32865652/ns/sports-nfl/?pg=32#spt_NFL_powerrankings

National Football Post power rankings (Lions 29): http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/The-NFP-Power-Rankings-2438.html

TSN power rankings (Lions 30): http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/misc/nfl-poll.htm

Video/Audio:

Playbook - Vikings Lions analysis: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-playbook/09000d5d812d6f1a/Playbook-Vikings-Lions-analysis

Stafford interview from WJR: http://wjr.com/getpodcast.aspx?sid=18639&lid=5157&id=1512317&source=1&url=http://wjrpodcasts.com/podcasts/mitchalbom/stafford-092109.mp3

NFC North huddle (Detroit is at the end): http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4496128

MLive Lions home page: http://www.mlive.com/lions/