Morning Lions Links for Sunday 3-16-14

Lions Articles:

WEEK IN REVIEW: Remembering William Clay Ford; free agency begins: http://www.detroitlions.com/news/article-1/WEEK-IN-REVIEW-Remembering-William-Clay-Ford-free-agency-begins/93eae958-f986-4941-bbfe-547f6cd3d43c

Ross could have competition for punt return duties: http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/Ross-could-have-competition-for-punt-return-duties-in-Tate/b11613db-5b0d-4139-8b53-d0c2d4c026ee

Where did Lions' Golden Tate's first name come from? His grandfather: http://www.freep.com/article/20140315/SPORTS01/303150074/detroit-lions-golden-tate-and-his-name

Mitch Albom: After Ford's passing, Lions' operations likely business as usual: http://www.freep.com/article/20140316/COL01/303160071/mitch-albom-detroit-lions-william-clay-ford-bill-ford-jr-tom-lewand-martha-ford

Lions do substantive work without working a deal with Suh, what next?: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140315/SPORTS0101/303150040/Lions-do-substantive-work-without-working-deal-Suh-what-next-

Detroit Lions' Brandon Pettigrew expects receiving production to pick up under new coaching staff: http://mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2014/03/detroit_lions_brandon_pettigre_4.html

New Lions WR Golden Tate wants to challenge Jeremy Ross for return duties: http://mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2014/03/new_lions_wr_golden_tate_wants.html

Detroit Lions - Three smart moves made in NFL free agency: http://oplions.blogspot.com/2014/03/detroit-lions-three-smart-moves-made-in.html

Lions notes: Brandon Pettigrew, Darryl Tapp, more: http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2014/3/15/5510454/lions-notes-brandon-pettigrew-darryl-tapp

Lions Mailbag: Free agency remnants, draft: http://espn.go.com/blog/detroit-lions/post/_/id/6547/lions-mailbag-free-agency-remnants-and-draft

2014 NFL Draft: The free agent signings likely to impact the draft: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfl-draft-scout/24485434/nfl-draft-the-free-agent-signings-likely-to-impact-the-draft

2014 Pro Days:

Andre Williams shows big improvement as pass catcher at Boston College's Pro Day: http://blogs.nfl.com/2014/03/15/andre-williams-shows-big-improvement-as-pass-catcher/

Joel Bitonio worked out as tackle, guard, center at Nevada Pro Day: http://blogs.nfl.com/2014/03/15/joel-bitonio-worked-out-as-tackle-guard-center/

Two to watch from South Dakota State pro day: http://blogs.nfl.com/2014/03/15/two-to-watch-from-south-dakota-state-pro-day/

Bengals QB coach attends North Dakota State pro day: http://blogs.nfl.com/2014/03/15/bengals-qb-coach-attends-north-dakota-state-pro-day/

Rising stock report (Ford, Mack, Barr, Shazier, Dennard and Ward have helped themselves): http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Rising-stock-report.html

2014 Draft:

Man vs. Machine: Assessing defensive backs' NFL comps (he thinks Gilbert will be drafted first based on his exceptional play on tape and his superior physical dimensions. He also thinks the margin between Clinton-Dix and Pryor is small, but Clinton-Dix will be drafted first): http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000329921/article/scouts-take-blog-draft-observations-by-an-exnfl-player-scout