Morning Lions Links for 7-7-13

Lions Articles:

Joe Schmidt - Lions need to experience winning to get the flavor of it:    http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/Joe-Schmidt-Lions-need-to-experience-winning-to-get-the-flavor-of-it/94200236-d7f1-4f8d-9d12-a16f8a7de2c8

Week in review - Defending the read option, Burleson's workout and offseason workouts:    http://www.detroitlions.com/news/article-1/Week-in-Review-Defending-the-read-option-Burlesons-return-and-offseason-workouts/d4037a4b-f669-4c93-861e-0d9a6ae7faa0

Five position battles that could be settled at training camp:    http://www.freep.com/article/20130707/SPORTS01/307070083/Detroit-Lions-training-camp-battles

Lions still want no part of hard knocks:    http://www.freep.com/article/20130707/SPORTS01/307070074/Lions-HBO-hard-knocks

Your turn to rank the most important players to the Lions 2013 success:    http://mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/07/your_turn_to_rank_most_importa_1.html

Help is on the way (An article about Lions rookie punter Sam Martin):    http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/Sports/story/Help-is-on-the-way-id-011896

Eagles week 14 preview vs. Lions:    http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Season-Preview-Week-14-Vs-Lions/5d26c7e2-66dd-4ca6-b9da-e3884f9aebDE

NFP Sunday Blitz (the short yardage paragraph talks about the Lions passing game):    http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/NFP-Sunday-Blitz-1730.html

Ranking NFL teams by skill positions (Lions ranked 15):    http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/07/05/ranking-nfl-teams-by-skill-positions-atlanta-falcons-rank-among-the-games-greatest-quartets/

Miscellaneous:

NFL considers banning academically ineligible players from scouting combine:        http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/06/nfl-considers-banning-academically-ineligible-players-from-scouting-combine/