Morning Lions Links Wednesday 10-7-09

Team/NFL article:

Lions-Steelers Matchup (written by Tom K. and Gerry Dulac): http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/matchup.php?game_id=20091011008

Lions remain mum on Stafford: http://det.scout.com/2/906618.html

NFC North stock watch (Lions special teams is in the falling group): http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/4345/how-i-see-it-nfc-north-stock-watch-4

Chat with Seifert (there are some Lions questions): http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/28714

King hands out hardware for the first quarter of the season (Delmas is #2 defensive rookie): http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/10/06/mail/index.html

Special teams only partially to blame for Lions loss: http://www.studyofsports.com/?p=2928

Heckendorf to sign with Lions practice squad if he passes physical: http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/63637277.html

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

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

Player articles:

Stafford Q&A: http://www.nflplayers.com/user/content.aspx?fmid=178&lmid=443&pid=4149

Avril's blog - It's in our hands: http://affiliate.kickapps.com/_Its-In-Our-Hands/BLOG/994661/65325.html?widgetId=21304

Top 15 Rookies (Stafford is 15, Delmas is 10, Levy and Pettigrew just missed out): http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/33200069/ns/sports-nfl/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1

Rookie Watch (Delmas is #6): http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4535545

Rankings (Lions average ranking is 26.3):

ESPN's NFL Power Rankings (Lions 27): http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings?year=2009&week=5

NFL Rankings (Lions ranked 25 by experts, 24 by community): http://fanrankings.nfl.com/

Silver's 32 questions (Lions 29): http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-32questions100609&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

CBS Power Rankings (Lions 28): http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/12322160

Foxsports Power Rankings (Lions ranked 26 by Foxsports, 30 by whatifsports, and a 17.5% chance of beating the Steelers): http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings

NFL Real GM's power rankings (Lions 27): http://www.realgmfootball.com/src_wiretap_archives/13965/20091006/nfl_power_rankings_after_week_4/

Profootball Weekly's power rankings (Lions 27): http://www.profootballweekly.com/2009/10/06/week-five-power-rankings

PFT's power rankings (Lions 27): http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/06/week-four-power-rankings/

National Football Post (Lions 23): http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/The-NFP-Power-Rankings-6615.html

TSN's Power Poll (Lions 27): http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/misc/nfl-poll.htm

USA Today's Power Ranking (Lions 27): http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2009-power-rankings.htm

Articles from opposing teams media:

Tomlin's press conference (he discusses the Lions): http://pit.scout.com/2/906501.html

Who is worse - Lions or Pirates?: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/pirates/s_646789.html

Steelers notes: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09280/1003510-66.stm

Tomlin - Ike will shadow CJ: http://www.steelers.com/article/111677/

Cutler on NFC North QBs: http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=4536067

Bears ballboy out ran Lions kick coverage team on Knox's TD return: http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2009/10/bears_ballboy_outran_lions_kic.html

Video/Audio:

NFL Playbooks - Lions Vs. Bears recap: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-playbook/09000d5d81335b28/Playbook-Lions-vs-Bears-recap

Stafford interview: http://wjr.com/getpodcast.aspx?sid=6553&lid=5157&id=1533667&source=1&url=http://wjrpodcasts.com/podcasts/mitchalbom/stafford-100509.mp3

Schwartz discusses when to go for it on 4th down: http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=cbf46a36-3c9c-4710-a962-07e5b795e4ca

Coach speak - inside the helmet (Schwartz discusses pressure packaging): http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=9291f1e0-00d8-455c-a524-f3f237edc2ee

Countdown Daily Huddle - NFC North (Lions discussed at the end. Clayton says Stafford likely out): http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4537838

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