Morning Lions Links for Thursday 9-12-19

Articles:

NOTEBOOK: Lions turning the page to Chargers:  https://www.detroitlions.com/news/notebook-lions-turning-the-page-to-chargers-stafford-diggs

Week 2 opponent: What the Chargers are saying:  https://www.detroitlions.com/news/week-2-opponent-what-the-chargers-are-saying

Now Lions LT Taylor Decker is limited by back injury:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/09/lions-lt-taylor-decker-limited-by-back-injury.html

Lions’ Matthew Stafford on ill-timed timeout: ‘I’m over it’:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/09/lions-matthew-stafford-on-ill-timed-timeout-im-over-it.html

Lions rookie Will Harris takes ‘full responsibility’ for blocked punt:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/09/lions-rookie-will-harris-takes-full-responsibility-for-blocked-punt.html

Lions safety Quandre Diggs excited to face Chargers: ‘I freaking love, love Philip Rivers’:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/09/lions-safety-quandre-diggs-excited-to-face-chargers-i-freaking-love-love-philip-rivers.html

The Chargers are hurting heading into Lions game:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2019/09/the-chargers-are-hurting-heading-into-lions-game.html

Iron men QBs Stafford, Rivers square off Sunday at Ford Field:  https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2019/09/11/detroit-lions-matthew-stafford-los-angeles-chargers-philip-rivers-ironmen/2294167001/

Here are some final thoughts on the Lions' ill-fated timeout:  https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2019/09/11/detroit-lions-football-timeout/2289393001/

Lions' Davis trending in right direction, Decker hurt:  https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2019/09/11/detroit-lions-jarrad-davis-trending-right-direction-practice/2288915001/

'Underappreciated' Rivers, streak awe Stafford:  https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27595843/underappreciated-rivers-streak-awe-stafford

Lions Week 2 opponent: TE Hunter Henry is latest Chargers injury:  https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019/09/11/lions-week-2-opponent-te-hunter-henry-is-latest-chargers-injury/

NFL Week 2 PFF Preview: Players to watch, fantasy football advice and betting projections (Los Angeles Chargers @ Detroit Lions:  NFL Players to Watch - The Chargers will be in bad spot offensively for as long as Trent Scott takes the field as the team’s starter at left tackle in place of the injured Russell Okung. Scott allowed five total pressures and was beat an additional two times against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 1, earning a dismal 48.3 single-game pass-blocking grade in the process. Including his poor performance this past week, Scott has earned just a 48.7 overall grade, a 42.3 pass-blocking grade and a 54.2 run-blocking grade across 198 career offensive snaps. Expect Matt Patricia and the Lions’ defense to seek out ways to expose Scott on Sunday.  Fantasy Football Preview - T.J. Hockenson is here. It’s not a stretch at all to say the Detroit tight end had the best debut game of any rookie tight end ever, and he did it with plenty of deep plays — his average depth of target of 18.2 yards was almost six yards deeper than the deepest tight end’s last year (Rob Gronkowski, 12.5 yards). He won’t maintain that aDOT, and he probably won’t continue to haul in 131 yards a game, but he’s definitely now on the TE1 radar.  PFF Greenline Preview - Spread: DET +2.5 | Total: 48.  The Lions played three and a half quarters of solid football in Week 1 before letting Arizona climb back into the game. With 20 places between these two teams’ ELO rankings, is 2.5 points too great of an obstacle for the road favorite Chargers?):  https://www.pff.com/news/pro-nfl-week-2-pff-preview-players-to-watch-fantasy-football-advice-and-betting-projections

2020 Draft:

NFL DRAFT PROSPECT SHOWDOWN: WEEK 3:  https://www.rotoworld.com/article/prospect-vs-prospect/nfl-draft-prospect-showdown-week-3

2020 NFL draft: Stock report for top prospects after Week 2:  https://draftwire.usatoday.com/2019/09/11/2020-nfl-draft-stock-week-2-joe-burrow-shea-patterson/

Stanford OT Walker Little out for 2019 season:  https://draftwire.usatoday.com/2019/09/10/stanford-ot-walker-little-2019-season/

PFF Rankings: Highest-graded wide receivers in college football through Week 2:  https://www.pff.com/news/college-pff-rankings-highest-graded-wide-receivers-in-college-football-through-week-2

PFF Rankings: Highest-graded defensive linemen in college football through Week 2:  https://www.pff.com/news/college-pff-rankings-highest-graded-defensive-linemen-in-college-football-through-week-2

PFF Rankings: Highest-graded quarterbacks in college football through Week 2:  https://www.pff.com/news/college-pff-rankings-highest-graded-quarterbacks-in-college-football-through-week-2

Video:

Stafford on confidence heading into week 2:  https://www.detroitlions.com/video/stafford-on-confidence-heading-into-week-2

Diggs on moving forward to the Chargers:  https://www.detroitlions.com/video/diggs-on-moving-forward-to-the-chargers

Tavai on first career sack:  https://www.detroitlions.com/video/tavai-on-first-career-sack

Harris on preparing for first home game:  https://www.detroitlions.com/video/harris-on-preparing-for-first-home-game