Week 4 Predictions and Previews

Previews:

Articles:

Week 4 Preview - Is it time for Stafford's big game:   http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/Week-4-Preview-Is-it-time-for-Staffords-big-game/e6bcdaca-06af-49cd-88d9-700d51de50e5

Detroit News Lions-Vikings Preview:   http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120929/SPORTS0101/209290316/1126/sports0101/Preview-Vikings-Lions

Vikings - Lions Preview:   http://sports.yahoo.com/news/vikings-lions-preview-201228388--nfl.html

Week 4 Capsule - Lions vs Titans:   http://www.lionsgab.com/2012/09/25/vikings-at-lions-week-four-capsule/

TSN's Preview (He has the Vikings winning 31-30):   http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/scores/live/preview.aspx?id=4032

Vikings Rapid Report Lions-Vikings Preview (He picks the Vikings to win 24-20):   http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/nfl-rapidreports/20385745/vikings-game-preview-week-4-vs-lions

Lions Rapid Reports Lions-Vikings Preview (He picks the Lions to win 31-24):   http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/nfl-rapidreports/20397557/lions-game-preview-week-4-vs-vikings

Lions Examiner's Preview (He picks the Lions to win 31-28):   http://www.examiner.com/article/week-4-preview-detroit-lions-v-tennessee-titans

Birkett's scouting report (He picks the Lions to win 31-17):   http://www.freep.com/article/20120929/SPORTS01/120929021/1049/sports01/Scouting-report-prediction-Lions-Vikings

Video:

Lions-Vikings Preview:   http://www.nfl.com/videos/detroit-lions/0ap2000000066831/Preview-Minnesota-Vikings-vs-Detroit-Lions

Coach speak - Minn/Det Preview:   http://msn.foxsports.com/video?videoid=690333af-1302-46b5-ad3e-69798e7bb438&src=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink

Playbook - Vikings at Lions:   http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-playbook/0ap1000000067289/Playbook-Vikings-at-Lions

NFL on Fox Minny/Det Preview:   http://msn.foxsports.com/video/NFL?vid=49c21774-e93a-494d-8968-f763d7100e7c&from=foxsports/nfl/home_gallery

CBS' Lions-Vikings Preview (Kirwan picks the Lions to win 24-23):   http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/popout/qy_cdwt7_A_y/17/480/393/300/60/43

Predictions:

Articles:

NFL's ATL's Picks for Week 4 (4 out of 5 pick the Lions to win):
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000066551/article/picking-winners-for-nfls-week-4-games

CBS expert picks (7 out of 9 pick the Lions to win):   http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks/straight-up/4

ESPN Week 4 Picks (11 out of 14 experts pick the Lions to win):   http://espn.go.com/nfl/picks

USA Today Staff Picks (6 out of 7 pick the Lions to win):   http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/story/2012-picks/57848030/1

NFL Expert Picks for week 4 (All 6 pick the Lions to win):   http://challengegames.nfl.com/pickem/experts

Yahoo Expert Picks for week 4 (All 4 pick the Lions to win):   http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/picks

PFF's week 4 picks (6 out of 8 experts pick the Lions to win):   https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/09/28/pff-pickem-week-4/

Playbook week 4 picks (All 3 pick the Lions to win):   http://challengegames.nfl.com/pickem/experts#playbook

Wooley's Weekly Winners (He picks the Lions to win):    http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/09/28/wooleys-weekly-winners-9-28-12/

Peter King's Week 4 Picks (He has the Lions winning 29-20):   http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/09/27/nfl-week-4-picks/index.html?sct=nfl_t12_a0

Schrager's Week 4 cheat sheet (He picks the Lions to win 24-21):   http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-week-4-cheat-sheet-cutting-through-the-chaos-of-2012-parity-092612

PFT's week 4 picks (MD picks the Lions to win 28-24, Florio picks the Vikings to win 24-16):    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/pfts-week-four-picks-3/

RealGM's Week 4 Predictions (He picks the Lions to lose 29-27):   http://football.realgm.com/src_article/2174/20120927/football_meteorology_for_week_4/

Prisco's score predictions (He picks the Lions to win 23-16):   http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/prisco/picks/week4

Walterfootball's week 4 picks (He picks the Lions to win 30-27):   http://walterfootball.com/nflpicks2012_04early.php

NFL's Elliot Harrison's week 4 predictions (He picks the Vikings to win 21-13):   http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000067004/article/week-4-predictions-49ers-patriots-eye-bounceback-road-wins?module=HP11_content_stream

SN's Week 4 Picks (He picks the Lions to win 34-31):   http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/feed/2012-09/hot-reads/story/nfl-week-4-picks-predictions-packers-saints-giants-eagles-patriots-bills

Gridiron Gab's week 4 Lions-Vikings Preview (He picks the Vikings to win 27-21):   http://www.nflgridirongab.com/2012/09/28/gridiron-gab-week-four-preview-minnesota-at-detroit/

LionsGab Lions-Vikings Sabermetrics (He picks the Lions to win 30-29):   http://www.lionsgab.com/2012/09/28/vikings-at-lions-week-four-sabermetrics/

MLive Staff predictions for week 4 (Both pick the Lions to win by scores of 24-23 and 35-31):    http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2012/09/mlivecom_nfl_staff_predictions_2.html

Pioneer Press Staff Predictions (3 experts pick the Lions to win by scores of 24-14, 31-26 and 34-23;  2 experts pick the Vikings to win by scores of 23-20 and 21-20):   http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_21654872/vikings-at-lions-pioneer-press-predictions

Star Tribune Expert Prediction (He picks the Lions to win 28-21):   http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/blogs/171781041.html

Detroit News Staff Picks (All 4 pick the Lions to win by scores of 34-27, 31-27, 27-20 and 27-20):   http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120929/SPORTS0101/209290315/1126/sports0101/Detroit-News-predictions-Vikings-Lions

5 things the Lions must do to beat the Vikings (She predicts the Lions to win 38-24):   http://oplions.blogspot.com/2012/09/5-things-detroit-lions-must-do-to-beat.html

The Call - Vikings at Detroit (He picks the Lions to win 27-23):   http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/171832361.html

Free Press Staff Predictions (All 3 pick the Lions to win by scores of 30-21, 28-24 and 31-21):   http://www.freep.com/article/20120930/SPORTS01/309300189/Free-Press-columnists-predict-today-s-Lions-Vikings-game?

Video:

Art Regner's Picks (He picks the Lions to win):   http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/09/28/12/Video-blog-Regners-football-picks/landing_lions.html?blockID=797001&feedID=3867

Video - Shek to the future predictions (He picks the Lions to win 28-17):
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/0ap2000000066057/Shek-to-the-Future-Week-4?module=HP11_content_stream

Countdown Daily Predictions (Two pick the Lions to win, One picks the Vikings to win):   http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=8430706

Total Prediction:  74 experts pick the Lions to win and 21 experts pick the Vikings to win.   The average predicted score (959-822/35) is 27-23.