NOTEBOOK: Peterson excited to be back in the NFC North: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/notebook-peterson-excited-to-be-back-in-the-nfc-north-golladay-vaitai
Uh-oh: Kenny Golladay downgraded to out for practice, Jeff Okudah suffers hamstring injury too: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2020/09/uh-oh-kenny-golladay-downgraded-to-out-for-practice-jeff-okudah-suffers-hamstring-injury-too.html
'I'm not that salty': Top takeaways as Adrian Peterson meets Detroit media for first time: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2020/09/10/im-not-salty-top-takeaways-new-lions-rb-adrian-peterson-meets-media-first-time/3461531001/
Lions have itch to switch, with three shifting to other side of the ball: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2020/09/10/detroit-lions-have-itch-switch-3-shifting-other-side-ball/3458731001/
Matt Patricia happy with Adrian Peterson's 'good first start' in Detroit: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/10/lions-coach-matt-patricia-happy-with-adrian-petersons-good-first-start-in-detroit/
Treash: The most overrated and underrated NFL teams ahead of the 2020 NFL season (THREE UNDERRATED NFL TEAMS
Detroit Lions: The Lions have a realistic shot at winning the NFC North with a healthy Matthew Stafford. The veteran signal-caller was a new man under center for Detroit in 2019, and before getting hurt, he was legitimately producing at an MVP level. The Lions signal-caller was the seventh-highest-graded passer in the NFL before going down, while the Lions offense as a whole ranked fifth in EPA per pass play. From Week 10 on, Detroit's rank dropped to 29th. Stafford's average depth of target increased by over 4 yards from 2018 to 2019 (11.4), and it was 2.5 yards more than any other single season of his career. That aggressive playstyle clearly paid off for Detroit's offense, and it also helped the Lions passer produce 25 big-time throws through Week 9, second among quarterbacks over that span. The Lions were 3-4-1 with Stafford under center last year, but three of those four losses were within one score. Stafford will enter 2020 with a terrific wide receiver duo in Kenny Golladay and Marvin Jones, who were the NFL's 15th- and 18th-highest-graded receivers, respectively, with Stafford on the field in 2019. That offense is good enough to compete for the NFC North crown. If anything is bringing them down, it'll come from the defensive side of the ball.): https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-overrated-and-underrated-nfl-teams-week-1-kickoff
Final PFF analyst predictions for the 2020 NFL season (4 pick the Lions to win the division. 2 pick the Lions to be a wildcard. 1 picks Stafford to win comeback player of the year and 1 picks TJ Hockenson to win breakout player of the year): https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-final-pff-analyst-predictions-for-the-2020-nfl-season
PFT’s 2020 Season Predictions (Cabtree picks the Lions to win the division. Williams picks the Lions to be a wildcard playoff team): https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/09/09/pfts-2020-season-predictions/
2020 NFL predictions: Our picks for Super Bowl LV, MVP, rookie of year and more (Roscher picks the Lions to benefit most from no fans in the stands. Robinson picks the Lions winning the division as the biggest surprise.
NFL Bold Predictions: Long Shots, Brady, Goodell and More (Lions and Rams and wins, oh my! The Lions and Rams will topple last year’s 13-win teams to win their respective divisions. In the Rams’ case, it has a bit to do with the injury-ravaged 49ers. But it also has a lot to do with their coach, who is both good at coaching as well as youthful and handsome, and because of some luck finally comes their way. Ty Schalter had a great breakdown of “coin-flip games” over at FiveThirtyEight last year—games in which each team had more than a 40% win probability in the final five minutes of regulation, much more telling than “one-possession wins”—and the Rams were 0–4 in those games (and yet still would have been the NFC’s seventh seed if it had existed). As for the Lions, they'll take advantage of a division that isn’t very good, but this is mostly on Matthew Stafford, who will put together the same elite performance he did in the first half of 2019 before his back injury. This time, however, the defense will actually get a few stops here and there, so people finally take notice of what Stafford is doing. —Gary Gramling. The NFC North's not bad. The NFC North won’t have a team with double-digit losses. And it’s possible all four teams will finish 8–8 or better. I’m saying that for a few different reasons. I think both Minnesota and Green Bay, coming off playoff years, are good but not great. I think Stafford has an MVP run in him, and that Detroit's roster is aligned in a way it hasn’t been in years. I think the Bears’ 12-win year of 2018 wasn’t a total fluke, the defense has a run in it and Mitchell Trubisky has tremendous coaching infrastructure around him after Matt Nagy’s staff makeover. Also, the North drew the two South divisions, which is, at least, manageable schedule-wise. Not bold enough for you? Well, it was tough to come up with a bold prediction this year, with all the time we had to pick everything apart. Stafford as an MVP contender, Kyler Murray's having a huge breakout season and the Steelers' bouncing back big … all seemed like mainstream takes. So the NFC North being super balanced is what I got for you. —Albert Breer): https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/09/10/nfl-bold-predictions-tom-brady-buccaneers-detroit-lions
Previews:
Power Rankings:
Week 1 Power Rankings: http://captainbluelionslinks.blogspot.com/2020/09/week-1-lions-power-rankings.html
Articles from Opposing Teams Media:
Hoge: Why Mitch Trubisky seemingly owns Matt Patricia: https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bears/bears-vs-lions-inside-mitch-trubiskys-success-against-matt-patricia
Bears injury report: David Montgomery stays on track to play vs. Lions: https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bears/bears-injury-report-david-montgomery-stays-track-play-vs-lions
Previewing the NFC North and where the Bears stand in Week 1: https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/10/chicago-bears-nfc-north-preview-2020-detroit-lions-green-bay-packers-minnesota-vikings/4/
4 causes for concern ahead of Bears' Week 1 game vs. Lions: https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/10/4-causes-for-concern-ahead-of-bears-week-1-game-vs-lions/
What's going on with Bears OLB Robert Quinn?: https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/10/chicago-bears-outside-linebacker-robert-quinn-did-not-practice-wednesday/
Report: Tom Brady nearly signed with the Bears this offseason: https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/10/report-tom-brady-nearly-signed-with-the-bears-this-offseason/
2021 NFL Draft:
College Football Week 2 Preview: Picks, predictions and advanced stats you need to know: https://www.pff.com/news/college-football-week-2-preview-picks-predictions-and-advanced-stats-you-need-to-know
NFL draft: Best Week 2 prospect matchups to watch in college football: https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-draft-best-week-2-prospect-matchups-to-watch-in-college-football-170819234.html
2021 NFL Draft: Who are the top Alabama Crimson Tide prospects?: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/alabama-top-prospects-2021-nfl-draft/
Mississippi State WR Osirus Mitchell set to make the leap in 2020: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/mississippi-state-wr-osirus-mitchell-set-to-make-the-leap-in-2020/
Two Washington Huskies cornerbacks battle for superiority: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/two-washington-huskies-cornerbacks-battle-for-superiority/
Video:
WATCH - Woody Woodriffe with a report on the Lions first practice of week one of the NFL: https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/849173
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