Wednesday 8-31-11 Morning Lions Links

Lions Articles:

Lions LB Doug Hogue learning on the fly:  http://www.detnews.com/article/20110831/SPORTS0101/108310364/1126/Lions-linebacker-Doug-Hogue-learning-on-the-fly

Best will return in exhibition finale:  http://www.freep.com/article/20110831/SPORTS01/108310365/Lions-RB-Jahvid-Best-will-return-exhibition-finale

Lions position battles include punter:  http://www.freep.com/article/20110831/SPORTS01/108310465/Lions-position-battles-include-punter

Peter King downgrades Lions pick to wild card:  http://www.freep.com/article/20110831/SPORTS18/108310399/Ticker-SI-s-Peter-King-downgrades-Lions-pick-wild-card

Starters to play in Lions' final exhibition:  http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/08/30/11/Starters-to-play-in-Lions-final-exhibiti/landing_lions.html?blockID=556332&feedID=3862

Final cuts loom as Lions ready for the Bills:  http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/sports/final-cuts-loom-as-lions-ready-for-bills

Vanden Bosch to sit Thursday, Best to play:  http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/sports/football/lions/vanden-bosch%2C-burleson-to-sit%2C-best-to-play-thursday

Lions hysteria is spreading:  http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/08/30/eric-thomas-lions-hysteria-is-spreading/

Detroit's winning culture finally in place:  http://det.scout.com/2/1100978.html

Defensive Lions - Detroit's front four in a rush to help revamped team succeed:  http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/08/30/083011-sports-nfl-lions-defense-feature-1-2/

Chat wrap - Raji and Suh:  http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/30427/chatwrap-b-j-raji-and-ndamukong-suh

Reducing NFC North rosters to 80:  http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/30432/reducing-nfc-north-rosters-to-80

Lions team report - Suh to be feared, respected:  http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2011-08-30/detroit-lions-team-report-ndamukong-suh-to-be-feared-respected

Don Banks winners and losers of week 3 (He mentions Tom K):  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/don_banks/08/30/winners.losers/index.html?sct=nfl_wr_a1

Prisco's Power Rankings (He has the Lions ranked 20th in the preseason ranking, 21st in the projected turnover differential rank, 28th in projected yard differential rank, and 24th in the prisco and Accuscore projected average rank):  http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/15503794/power-rankings-or-stat-analysis-go-with-my-gut

PFW's Mike Holbrook's 2011 NFL predictions (He picks the Lions to finish 2nd in the North):  http://www.profootballweekly.com/2011/08/30/mike-holbrooks-2011-nfl-predictions

2012 Draft Articles:

Rob Rang's big board:  http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/story/15504917/rangs-big-board-luck-a-no-1-staple-burficts-temper-costly

Articles from opposing team's media:

Logan Mankins Article (He says some nice things about Suh.  He doesn't think Suh is a dirty player and he's everything that he'd want in a teammate.  It's in the last paragraph.):  http://blog.masslive.com/patriots/2011/08/is_logan_mankins_a_dirty_playe.html

Video:

Best QB from 2009 (He picks Stafford):  http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d821d762f/Best-QB-from-2009-class