KEY QUESTIONS: What is the injury update on Swift?: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/key-questions-what-is-the-injury-update-on-swift
Lions RB D’Andre Swift expected to miss Vikings game with shoulder sprain: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/11/lions-rb-dandre-swift-expected-to-miss-vikings-game-with-shoulder-sprain.html
Detroit Lions hope to learn valuable lesson from ‘crazy amount’ of holding calls on Thanksgiving: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/11/detroit-lions-hope-to-learn-valuable-lesson-from-crazy-amount-of-holding-calls-on-thanksgiving.html
Dan Campbell understands the criticism: ‘When you don’t win a game, I should be getting criticized’: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/11/dan-campbell-understands-the-criticism-when-you-dont-win-a-game-i-should-be-getting-criticized.html
Winless Lions looking to play 'spoiler' in final six games: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2021/11/29/winless-detroit-lions-looking-play-spoiler-final-six-games/8800188002/
$.10 After NFL Week 12 ($.02--Thanksgiving is a special football day. There is no tradition like gathering around the tube with your family and watching the Detroit Lions in the Turkey Day matinee. As is their yearly custom, the Lions lost. As is their 2021 custom, the Lions lost on a last-second field goal thanks in no small part to clock mismanagement from rookie head coach Dan Campbell. Chicago’s Cairo Santos nailed the game-winner after the Bears had trailed the entire fourth quarter. I’ve generally been a fan and a supporter of Campbell. He’s done a very good job at developing talent and trying to install a positive but tough culture, something his predecessor actively rallied against. But Campbell’s offensive decision-making as the playcaller has been stunningly bad. There is plenty of blame to go around here for the Lions' unacceptable offensive performance on Thanksgiving. The patchwork line didn't block well, D'Andre Swift was too passive before leaving with a shoulder injury, penalties of all types stymied some success, all of that is true. But the playcalling and play design just aren't good enough. That's been true on a weekly basis in 2021, but it was magnified under the national spotlight against the Bears. One sequence in particular was infuriating. The Lions got 1st-and-10 at the Bears 29-yard line after some nice runs by Jamaal Williams and a couple of good, timely throws from Jared Goff. Here is the sequence from the NFL's official scoring; it's too painful to type it out and relive the agony. Two pre-snap penalties, a valid holding call and then three absolute give-up play calls. Note the short pass to Williams on second down. Every single Bears defender sniffed out that play as soon as the Lions stepped to the line. It had no hope. In a situation like that, Goff as the quarterback either needs to kill that play and option to something else or call a timeout. If he doesn't have that ability — and based on comments from press conferences he might not — because the coaches don't trust him or empower him with it, Goff shouldn't be on the field. That's an epic fail of offensive scheme and coaching. Sadly, it was far from the only instance in this game where the offensive talent, as modest as it may be, was held back by Anthony Lynn's play designs and Dan Campbell's playcalling. This team badly needs a fresh, modern offensive mind to revamp the fundamental roots of an offense that is way too predictable and conservative.): https://football.realgm.com/analysis/3417/$10-After-NFL-Week-12
Vikings place Patrick Peterson on COVID-19 list: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/11/29/vikings-place-patrick-peterson-on-covid-19-list/
2022 NFL Draft:
LT Petit-Frere Projected to First or Second Round: https://walterfootball.com/nflhotpress/article/Petit-Frere-Projected-to-First-or-Second-Round
2022 NFL Draft: Here's the perfect Lions draft plan, and it's all about upside: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2022-nfl-draft-heres-the-perfect-lions-draft-plan-and-its-all-about-upside/
It's time to start talking about Aidan Hutchinson at No. 1 overall: https://draftwire.usatoday.com/2021/11/28/nfl-draft-aidan-hutchinson-michigan-kayvon-thibodeaux-oregon-college-football/
2022 NFL Draft Stock Report: Risers and sliders from college football in Week 13 include Hassan Haskins and Tyler Allgeier: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/2022-nfl-draft-stock-report-risers-and-sliders-from-college-football-in-week-13/
2022 NFL draft: Winners and losers from the second half of the college football season: https://sports.yahoo.com/2022-nfl-draft-winners-and-losers-from-the-second-half-of-the-college-football-season-203710733.html
Jim Harbaugh: Aidan Hutchinson should go No. 1 in NFL draft: https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2021/11/jim-harbaugh-aidan-hutchinson-should-go-no-1-in-nfl-draft.html
2022 NFL Draft Big Board: PFF's Top 100 Prospects: https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2022-nfl-draft-board-big-board
Video:
Onwuzurike on importance of practice: https://www.detroitlions.com/video/onwuzurike-on-importance-of-practice
Hockenson on getting on the same page offensively: https://www.detroitlions.com/video/hockenson-on-getting-on-same-page-offensively
Campbell on ignoring critics: https://www.detroitlions.com/video/campbell-on-ignoring-critics
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