Saturday, October 31, 2020

Morning Lions Links for Saturday 10-31-20


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Detroit Lions sign running back Jonathan Williams from Washington’s practice squad:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2020/10/detroit-lions-sign-running-back-jonathan-williams-from-washingtons-practice-squad.html

Taylor Decker, Desmond Trufant among 4 Lions players officially questionable against Colts:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2020/10/taylor-decker-desmond-trufant-among-4-lions-players-officially-questionable-against-colts.html



Five Sneaky Teams That Could Make a Run in the Second Half (Detroit Lions (3–3):  The Lions, a team that we expect will be somewhat active at the trade deadline, are working with a playoff mandate and have little choice but to throw everything they can at their remaining opponents. Detroit has won two straight and has a point differential close to even, reflecting some of the strange ways in which they’ve lost games late. They’re also disproportionately bad at home, which should change over the course of a longer season. Over Matthew Stafford’s last four games, he has averaged a quarterback rating over 100, completed 65% of his passes and posted a seven-to-two touchdown to interception ratio. Another interesting nugget there, via Pro Football Reference’s Advanced Passing stats: His on-target passing percentage is near 80%, but his dropped pass rate is almost 8%. That could even out over the second half of the season. Think about how much differently we’d be viewing the Lions if, say, D’Andre Swift had caught that ball in the end zone against the Bears in Week 1. At some point, the Lions are going to have to steal a game or two against top-tier opponents. Despite having one of the more favorable remaining strengths of schedule in the NFL, there are still more games that are perceived as difficult (Green Bay, Tampa Bay, Chicago, Tennessee and Indianapolis) than more obviously winnable (Houston, Minnesota twice, Washington and Carolina).):  https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10/30/sneaky-second-half-teams-lions-chargers

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