Friday 8-13-10 Afternoon Lions Links

Articles:

Saturday's game matters: http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/08/12/10/Lions-Insider-Saturdays-game-matters/landing_lions.html?blockID=289181&feedID=3862

Lions notes - Jansen competes to start at RT: http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/08/13/sports/doc4c659004ebc3c542429520.txt

Lions, Stafford prepare for opener: http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/08/13/sports/doc4c658d85dac33518228205.txt

Steelers won't say if Ben will play: http://www.freep.com/article/20100813/SPORTS21/8130342/1049/SPORTS01/Will-Big-Ben-will-play-vs.-Lions?

Preseason has one advantage for the Lions: http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/14731/preseason-has-one-advantage-for-lions

Stafford puts rookie season in rearview mirror: http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/Stafford+puts+rookie+season+rearview+mirror/3396686/story.html

Stafford looking forward to facing the Steelers: http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/aug/13/bc-fbn-lions-stafford1st-ld-writethru/?sports&nfl

Live from camp: http://www.4for4.com/fantasy-football/free-content/2010/preseason/live-lions-camp-allen-park-mi-44414199

Ochocinco guarantees that Delmas will be one of the best to play the game: http://detroit.sbnation.com/2010/8/13/1620938/chad-ochocinco-twitter-louis-delmas-best

Wilcot's chat (He answers a couple Lions questions): http://chat.nfl.com/front/archived_chat/1053

Carucci's chat (He picks the Lions as a sleeper team): http://chat.nfl.com/front/archived_chat/1056

Rick Gosselin's Rankings (Lions ranked 24th): http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/080810dnsponflrankings.2596962.html

Blogs:

Follet - This is the time where coach is going to have film and evaluate who you are on the field: http://blogs.detroitlions.com/2010/08/13/follett-this-is-the-time-where-coach-is-going-to-have-film-and-evaluate-who-you-are-on-the-football-field/

Players confirmed out for Saturday's game: http://blogs.detroitlions.com/2010/08/13/players-confirmed-out-for-saturdays-game/

Video:

Lions training camp report: http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/pages/video/?PID=7i0btMKrZBx1MTyRcjHAqkvnqVa7Ygw7

Miscellaneous:

NFL Preseason week 1 is rookies last chance to make first impression: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/ross_tucker/08/13/preseason/index.html

Sims has been an animal in camp: http://www.profootballweekly.com/2010/08/13/eagles-sims-has-been-animal-in-camp

Stacking up the Big Ten - WRs: http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Stacking-up-the-Big-Ten-Wide-receivers.html