Morning Lions Links Saturday 10-24-09

Team/NFL articles:

Bye week practices wrap up in Allen Park: http://www.detroitlions.com/news/article-1/Bye-Week-Practices-Wrap-Up-in-Allen-Park/fd4a5bcf-40dd-48e8-811b-3e385c06f119

Schwartz post-practice quote sheet: http://www.detroitlions.com/news/article-1/Head-Coach-Jim-Schwartz-Post-Practice-Quote-Sheet/ff6208f0-e44c-4422-ad63-301cdc4b1896

Have at it - The Lions future (I'm surprised the Lions starting fielding position is middle of the pack): http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/5128/have-at-it-the-lions-future

Lowly Lions quietly still losing alot of games: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-lions-bye&prov=ap&type=lgns

Lions schedule eases up a bit after break: http://macombdaily.com/articles/2009/10/24/sports/srv0000006684441.txt

Defense vows to get back to basics: http://dailytribune.com/articles/2009/10/23/sports/srv0000006675268.txt

A look at the Lions defense at the bye week: http://www.examiner.com/x-1330-Detroit-Lions-Examiner~y2009m10d23-A-look-at-the-Lions-defense-at-the-bye-week

Teams can stay in shape by running the ball more frequently (this takes a look at running the ball and stopping the run and their effect on the outcome of the game): http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story?id=09000d5d813a23fc&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true

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

Lions Free Press Section: http://www.freep.com/section/sports01

Players articles:

Kevin Smith's blog - I'm ready to relax: http://www.smith34.com/blog.html

Rankings (Lions average ranking is 28.1):

NFL Real GM (Lions ranked 28): http://football.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/14235/20091023/nfl_power_rankings_for_week_7/

Audio:

Schwartz's post practice audio: http://www.detroitlions.com/media-center/audio/Post-Practice-Audio-Jim-Schwartz-10-23-09/895553d8-7b2d-4498-aa5c-34c27ff9c0f9

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