Friday 9-9-11 Afternoon Lions Links

Lions Articles:

Freeman's elusiveness could present a challenge for Detroit:  http://www.detroitlions.com/news/article-1/Freemans-elusiveness-could-present-a-challenge-for-Detroit/c46ce122-6654-4f03-93e8-ac49e867ebe8

Johnson-Talib matchup receiving attention:  http://www.detroitlions.com/news/article-1/Johnson-Talib-match-up-receiving-attention/c4cde321-c29b-410c-b213-162588363b6f

Stafford, Raiola, Hanson and Vanden Bosch selected as team captains:  http://www.detroitlions.com/news/article-1/Stafford-Raiola-Hanson-and-Vanden-Bosch-selected-as-team-captains/2eb5cbe9-531c-47c0-bcdf-b0225aa242ea

Stafford, Vanden Bosch among Lions captains:  http://www.detnews.com/article/20110909/SPORTS0101/109090461/1126/sports0101/Stafford--Vanden-Boesch-among-Lions--captains

Improving Lions have outside shot at playoffs:  http://www.detnews.com/article/20110908/OPINION03/109080483/1332/OPINION0317

Facebook fake - Blount says he didn't call out Suh:  http://www.freep.com/article/20110909/SPORTS01/110909045/Facebook-fake-Bucs-Blount-didn-t-call-out-Lions-Ndamukong-Suh

Lions remember 9/11, honored to take part in pre-game ceremonies:  http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/09/09/sports/doc4e6a262babf14767931947.txt

Suh - Lions stole Lawrence jackson from Seattle:  http://oplions.blogspot.com/2011/09/suh-lions-stole-lawrence-jackson-from.html

9/11 made personnel changes irrelevant:  http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/09/09/11/911-made-personnel-changes-irrelevant/landing_lions.html?blockID=561824&feedID=3862

Cunningham anxious to get Fairley back:  http://det.scout.com/2/1104723.html

Final word - NFC North:  http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/44597/final-word-nfc-north-28

5 eye in the sky matchups for week 1 (One of the matchups picked is DE Vanden Bosch Vs. OT Donald Penn):  http://blogs.nfl.com/2011/09/09/five-eye-in-the-sky-matchups-for-week-1/

Adam Schefter's 10 spot (He picks the Lions as one of the 5 potential teams that didn't make the playoffs last year that could make it this year.  He also picks the Lions-Bucs game as game of the week):  http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/10spot-11week1/nfl-always-2011-promises-surprise 

Articles from opposing team's media:

Freeman Flashback - Bucs QB declared himself a better QB than Stafford:  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bucs/content/freeman-flashback-bucs-qb-declared-himself-better-qb-stafford

Young Bucs shun comparisons with improved Lions:  http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/sports/nfl/buccaneers/young-bucs-shun-comparisons-with-improved-lions-090911

Barber, D-line lead defense against Lions (Clayborn says the Lions o-line is good and Stafford's a great QB - near the mid bottom of the article) :  http://www.foxsportsflorida.com/09/08/11/Barber-D-line-lead-defense-against-Lions/landing_bucs.html?blockID=561552&feedID=6914

Season Preview:

Rob Parker's Lions 2011 Preview - Not this year:  http://www.clickondetroit.com/parkersconfidential/29128377/detail.html

Week 1 Preview:

O'Hara's Lions and Bucs breakdown - Time for Lions to turn hype into reality:  http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/09/08/11/Time-for-Lions-to-turn-hype-into-reality/landing_lions.html?blockID=561526&feedID=3862

Week 1 meeting between Lions and Bucs is filled with intrigue (He picks the Lions to win 24-21):  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/kerry_byrne/09/09/week1/index.html?sct=nfl_t11_a3

Wk 1 Preview - Lions Vs. Bucs (he predicts the Lions to lose 24-21):  http://www.examiner.com/detroit-lions-in-detroit/week-1-preview-detroit-lions-v-tampa-bay-buccaneers

Video:

Schwartz post practice video:  http://www.detroitlions.com/media-center/videos/Post-Practice-Video-Jim-Schwartz-9-9-11/1aadc566-c6cd-4734-b1e7-6b877b396c0e

Cunningham post practice video:  http://www.detroitlions.com/media-center/videos/Post-Practice-Video-Gunther-Cunningham-9-9-11/6c3de150-5bdd-4b16-87b4-f160b88ead89

1 on 1 with Schwartz:  http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/29129394/index.html