Morning Lions Links for Sunday 8-26-12

Articles:

Lions hobble away from 31-20 preseason loss at Oakland:   http://www.detroitlions.com/news/gameday/2012-pre3/article-1/Lions-hobble-away-from-31-20-preseason-loss-at-Oakland/ab9af4b0-a78f-40b6-b8e8-c1d8a729009a

Lions post game quotes:   http://www.detroitlions.com/news/gameday/article-1/Lions-Postgame-Qotes-08-25-12/6cf1a686-30d6-4151-81ed-50c9c58259c7

Four Downs - Leshoure's first action, Willie Young's playmaking and Titus Young's punt return:   http://www.detroitlions.com/news/gameday/2012-pre3/article-1/Four-Downs-Leshoures-first-action-Willie-Youngs-playmaking-and-Titus-Youngs-punt-return/cae2ef53-636b-4cad-896f-e0e581ac8c40

O'Hara's burning questions - How concerned should fans be regarding Lions' injuries:   http://www.detroitlions.com/news/gameday/2012-pre3/article-1/OHaras-Burning-Questions-How-concerned-should-fans-be-regarding-Lions-injuries/85cec25d-fa1e-4fd8-8b54-642c43be8e7c

Lions fans can breathe easier - Stafford is alright:   http://www.detroitlions.com/news/gameday/2012-pre3/article-1/OHara-Lions-fans-can-breathe---Stafford-is-alright/63b80d63-8404-48bf-9c37-0539d3ed1462

Oakland 31 Lions 20 - Lions suffer painful loss to Raiders:   http://www.freep.com/article/20120826/NEWS01/308260298/Oakland-31-Detroit-20-Lions-suffer-painful-loss-to-Raiders?

Delmas injury does not impact the Lions gameplan:   http://www.freep.com/article/20120826/SPORTS01/308260260/Louis-Delmas-injury-does-not-impact-the-Lions-game-plan?

Leshoure runs aggressively in Lions debut:   http://www.freep.com/article/20120826/SPORTS01/120826002/Mikel-Leshoure-runs-aggressively-in-Lions-debut?

Lions starters and backups shine on o-line:   http://www.freep.com/article/20120826/SPORTS01/308260231/Lions-starters-and-backups-shine-on-offensive-line?

Three questions with Birkett:   http://www.freep.com/article/20120826/SPORTS01/308260296/Three-Lions-questions-with-Free-Press-sports-writer-Dave-Birkett?

Before Megatron, CJ was simply 'Butterfingers':   http://www.freep.com/article/20120826/SPORTS01/308260147/Ticker-Before-Megatron-Lions-Calvin-Johnson-was-simply-Butterfingers-?

Lions avoid serious injuries in exhibition loss to Raiders:   http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120825/SPORTS0101/208250406/1126/sports0101/Lions-avoid-serious-injuries-exhibition-loss-Raiders

Lions notebook - Lions keep Leshoure's workload conservative:    http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120825/SPORTS0101/208250412/1126/sports0101/Lions-notebook-Lions-keep-Mikel-Leshoure-conservative-workload

Stafford leaves game with injury on non-throwing hand:   http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120825/SPORTS0101/208250399/1126/sports0101/Lions-QB-Matthew-Stafford-leaves-game-injury-non-throwing-hand

Lions can't stop Pryor, lose at Oakland 31-20:   http://blogs.detroitnews.com/lions/2012/08/25/lions-cant-stop-terrelle-pryor-lose-31-20-at-oakland/

Lions loss to Raiders not pretty, marred by injuries:   http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/08/26/sports/doc503995d3cef4e644170634.txt

Tom's take from the Lions loss to the Raiders:   http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/sports/football/lions/toms-take-from-lions-loss-to-raiders

Stafford injures hand; Lions lose to Raiders:   http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/08/25/12/Stafford-injures-hand-Lions-lose-to-Raid/landing_lions.html?blockID=780821&feedID=3862

Lions outgunned in loss to Raiders:   http://www.examiner.com/article/lions-outgunned-loss-to-raiders

Stafford's injury said to be minor:   http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/62196/matthew-staffords-injury-said-to-be-minor

Stafford injures hand, Lions lose to Raiders:   http://sports.yahoo.com/news/stafford-injures-hand-lions-lose-023626928--nfl.html

Leshoure makes debut, Stafford, Smith and both starting CBs leave game with injuries:   http://www.nationalfootballauthority.com/2012/08/detroit-lions-mikel-leshoure-makes.html

What we learned from Saturday's preseason games:   http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000055013/article/lessons-learned-from-saturdays-preseason-games

Articles from Opposing Team's Media:

Raiders beat the Lions 31-20:   http://www.mercurynews.com/raiders/ci_21402274/oakland-raiders-beat-detroit-lions-31-20?

Raiders batter the Lions:   http://www.timesheraldonline.com/sports/ci_21404157/raiders-defense-hits-hard-win-over-lions

Raiders defense tames Megatron and Lions' run game:   http://www.sbreport.net/raider_news/008/9458.html

Miscellaneous:

For those that wanted the Lions to draft DeCastro, he suffered a potentially serious knee injury:   http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2012-08-25/david-decastro-injury-update-steelers-rookie-lineman-carted-off-with-knee-issue