Morning Lions Links for Friday 11-1-13

Lions Articles:

Cutler unlikely to be ready for the Lions:    http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/10/31/cutler-unlikely-to-be-ready-for-lions/

Charlie Sanders going into hometown HOF:    http://www.freep.com/article/20131031/SPORTS01/310310110/detroit-lions-charlie-sanders

Lions midseason awards - writers split on Fauria, Mathis:   http://mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/11/detroit_lions_midseason_awards_5.html

CJ becomes first WR to win NFC offensive player of the month multiple times:    http://mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2013/10/calvin_johnson_becomes_first_w.html

Five keys for Lions continued success, trip to the playoffs:    http://www.theoaklandpress.com/sports/20131031/paula-pasche-five-keys-for-lions-continued-success-trip-to-playoffs

Not even playing in every game, CJ wins player of the month:    http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/10/31/not-even-playing-in-every-game-calvin-johnson-wins-player-of-the-month/

Schwartz - We doubled Dez all day and he still scored two TDs:   http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/31/jim-schwartz-we-doubled-dez-all-day-and-he-still-scored-two-tds/

Midseason Review - Dline:   http://espn.go.com/blog/detroit-lions/post/_/id/2552/midseason-review-defensive-line

Jags worse than the 2008 Lions:   http://espn.go.com/blog/jacksonville-jaguars/post/_/id/1807/jags-worse-than-2008-lions

Do the Detroit Lions inspire Will Ferrell or does Will Ferrell inspire the Lions:    http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9903605/flem-file-do-detroit-lions-inspire-ferrell-does-ferrell-inspire-detroit-lions

QOTW - Best Halloween costume:    http://espn.go.com/blog/detroit-lions/post/_/id/2584/qotw-best-halloween-costume

Fauria's and Martin's Halloween Costumes:   http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2013/10/31/5052946/sam-martin-and-joseph-fauria-win-halloween

Film Review - Welcome back, d-line:   http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2013/10/31/5051256/film-review-detroit-lions-defensive-line-welcome-back

Nine biggest surprises of the NFL season (One of the surprises is that Stafford is elite): http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000274143/article/matthew-staffords-rise-falcons-fall-top-biggest-nfl-surprises

Playoff prophecies: Analysts make their picks (2 out of 11 pick the Lions to win the NFC North. 6 out of 11 pick them to be the second wild card): http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000274270/article/nfl-midseason-predictions-varied-opinions-on-nfc-north-west

NFL.com's Individual Award Predictions (5 out of 11 pick CJ to win Offensive Player of the Year and and one picks Suh for defensive player of the year): http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000273772/article/nfl-midseason-predictions-mvp-rookie-of-the-year-and-more

NFL.com's Midseason Report: Top 5 position rankings (Bush is #4 for RBs, CJ is #1 for WRs and Suh is #2 for DTs): http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000274226/article/midseason-report-top-5-rankings-for-each-position

Shutdown Corner Mailbag (there's a question on whether Deion would be able to stop CJ):   http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/shutdown-corner-mailbag-did-golden-tate-deserve-more-213456219--nfl.html

Ranking the teams by QB needs (Lions are ranked 26):   http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/2014-nfl-draft-report-teams-quarterback-most-rank-193456708--nfl.html

Lions will have chance to make statement after week 9 bye:    http://www.rantsports.com/nfl/2013/11/01/detroit-lions-will-have-chance-to-make-statement-after-week-9-bye/

Miscellaneous:

Avril update:   http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/10/26/2857678/seahawks-defensive-rotation-top.html

Videos:

Sport Science - Never Say Never (Stafford's TD broken down):    http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9908265

Debate: Most impressive Week 8 QB (Mike Garafolo picks Stafford): http://msn.foxsports.com/video/NFL?vid=d84695c2-32ee-42af-9f12-4f857529b43d&from=foxsports/nfl/home_gallery