Afternoon Lions Links for Tuesday 9-3-13

Lions Articles:

O'Hara - Raiola is keeping pace in the race against time:   http://www.detroitlions.com/news/ohara/article-1/OHara-Dominic-Raiola-is-keeping-pace-in-the-race-against-time/4069c2e5-d864-4507-a36d-eb33f38173d5

Ansah attends practice, but doesn't participate for 11th straight day:   http://mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/09/detroit_lions_ezekiel_ansah_at.html

Schwartz shrugs off concerns about Ansah:   http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/09/jim_schwartz_shrugs_off_concer.html

Suh is ready to be a captain:   http://mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/09/analysis_detroit_lions_ndamuko.html

Ansah does not practice; CJ, Delmas and Suh back at work:   http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/09/03/sports/doc5225fe922f45a451473659.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Owens to short-term IR:   http://espn.go.com/blog/detroit-lions/post/_/id/185/owens-to-short-term-ir-no-ansah-update

Rant Sports writer doesn't think Suh deserves to be Captain:   http://www.rantsports.com/nfl/2013/09/03/detroit-lions-rumors-ndamukong-suh-a-captain-what-a-disgrace-and-joke-to-the-nfl/

32 Observations - Roster Surprises (Waddle had a pass blocker efficiency of 99.0):    https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2013/09/03/32-observations-roster-surprises/

SI predictions on awards and playoff teams (Klemos picks the Lions to be a #3 seed in the playoffs; Berard picks CJ to win offensive player of the year; Vrentas picks Ansah for defensive rookie of the year.   Lions are picked as a team that might surprise.   Mayhew and Schwartz are discussed in the coaches on hotseat section):    http://mmqb.si.com/2013/09/03/the-mmqbs-2013-predictions-and-preview-spectacular/8/

2013 NFL Predictions:     http://www.examiner.com/article/2013-nfl-season-predictions

Power Rankings:

ESPN Power Rankings (Lions ranked 21):   http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2013/week/1

The Shutdown Corners pre-regular season power rankings (Lions ranked 16):   http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/nfl-preview-week-shutdown-corner-pre-regular-season-131607988--nfl.html

Prisco's Power Rankings (Lions ranked 28):   http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/23445633/nfl-power-rankings-clip-and-save-for-mocking-purposes-later

MLive Power Rankings (Lions ranked 23):   http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/09/nfl_power_rankings_1.html

Foxsports Power Rankings (Lions ranked 18):    http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings

Walterfootball Power Rankings (Lions ranked 22):   http://walterfootball.com/nflpowerrankings.php

TSN's Power Rankings (Lions ranked 26):   http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/misc/nfl-poll.htm

CBS Local Power Rankings (Lions ranked 18):    http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012-nfl-power-rankings/

NFL.com's Elliot Harrison's Power Rankings (Lions ranked 21):   http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000237674/article/power-rankings-49ers-broncos-seahawks-rule-to-start-season

Game Previews and Predictions:

Game 1 Lions vs Vikings Previews and Predictions (6 experts pick the Lions to win, 2 pick the Vikings to win):   http://captainbluelionslinks.blogspot.com/2013/09/game-1-lions-vs-vikings-previews-and.html


Season Predictions:

Detroit News Katzenstein's game by game predictions (he has the Lions going 6-10):    http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130903/SPORTS0101/309030086/1004/

MLive game by game predictions:   http://mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/09/game-by-game_predictions_for_d.html

Videos:

CJ and Diddy made a weird football commercial:   http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/09/calvin-johnson-and-diddy-make-a-weird-football-commercial/