Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Morning Lions Links for Tuesday 9-20-22

Articles:

KEY QUESTIONS: Which plays made the difference in Sunday's win?:  https://www.detroitlions.com/news/which-plays-made-the-difference-in-sunday-s-win-harris-raymond-goff


Lions’ Taylor Decker makes instilling confidence a priority for makeshift O-line:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2022/09/lions-taylor-decker-makes-instilling-confidence-a-priority-for-makeshift-o-line.html

Lions’ John Cominsky undergoing testing for injured hand; Frank Ragnow improving:  https://www.mlive.com/lions/2022/09/lions-john-cominsky-undergoing-testing-for-injured-hand-frank-ragnow-improving.html




Lions win validates Dan Campbell’s vision, plan moving forward:  https://lionslowdown.com/2022/09/19/lions-win-validates-dan-campbells-vision-plan-moving-forward/

Look out: Lions 'haven't even tapped into' St. Brown's full abilities:  https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-lions/amon-ra-st-brown-can-do-even-more-for-detroit-lions

Ben Johnson, Lions put on 'coaching clinic' against Commanders: 'New day in Motown':  https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-lions/detroit-lions-put-on-coaching-clinic-against-commanders




FMIA Week 2: Mike McDaniel’s ‘F— You’ Play Powers Dolphins’ Comeback and How 49ers Adjust Without Trey Lance (Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, with 116 yards receiving and 68 yards rushing, continued to make a huge mark on the NFL in Detroit’s 36-27 win over Washington. A smooth route-runner with excellent hands, St. Brown has the Justin Jefferson-like ability to find a way to be open enough; even when the defense knows he’s going to be targeted 10 or 12 times every game, he finds enough space to make play after play. In the last eight Lions’ games, Detroit’s a surprising 4-4, and look at the production St. Brown has in catches in those eight games: 10, 8, 8, 9, 8, 8, 8 and 9 receptions.  Talking to St. Brown, what I found interesting was how big a factor in his life the 2021 draft was. He’s from Anaheim and went to USC, and he expected (and was told by NFL people) he’d likely be a day-two pick. So he had a party with family and friends on Friday of draft weekend; the NFL had a camera there. But the day came and went, and St. Brown wasn’t picked till round four, on Saturday.  “Even today, talking to you, I still get really emotional just thinking about it, talking about it,” St. Brown said from the Lions’ locker room. “It was a day I’ll never forget. I was furious. But it changed who I am, the way I work, the way I see things. When I get tired in a workout, I won’t quit — I’ll do extra. When I think about that day, that flips the switch for me, and it makes me work harder and longer.  “On the way home that Friday night, I was crying. I got on the Jugs machine late that night, Friday night in California. I got on the machine till I was exhausted, then I went to bed. At that point it was go time for me. I didn’t care who picked me. I was just going to prove myself from that day on.”  Nineteen games and 107 catches into his NFL career, he’s off to a great start.  Offensive players of the week - Amon-Ra St. Brown, wide receiver, Detroit. If the first two weeks of the season have catapulted one player to stardom above any other, it’s St. Brown, the 112th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. He caught nine balls for 116 yards and two touchdowns in the win against Washington and added 58- and 10-yard runs for a 184-yard day. These are not your father’s, uncle’s or grandfather’s Lions. They’ve scored 71 points in two games, and as St. Brown told me postgame, “We will compete like no other team in the league.”  Defensive players of the week - Aidan Hutchinson, defensive end, Detroit. After a quiet first week, Hutchinson made his presence felt early in the win over Washington. On Washington’s first, fifth and seventh possessions, all in the first half, he had a sack that either forced a punt or soon led to a punt. When a foe has 13 drives (except one kneel-down drive) and one player terminates three of them, that’s a very good day for the player.):  https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/09/19/tua-tagovailoa-dolphins-peter-king-fmia-week-2/

32 things we learned from NFL Week 2: Comebacks galore (22. Goff had plenty of help from a young man who's emerging as one of the league's top receivers. Amon-Ra St. Brown led Detroit with 68 yards rushing, which was the cherry on top of a nine-catch, 116-yard, two-TD day. It was St. Brown's sixth consecutive game with at least eight grabs and a TD, a feat never before accomplished during the Super Bowl era (since 1966).  23. Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson made early hay in the defensive rookie of the year race, dumping Wentz for three first-half sacks.):   https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/nate-davis/2022/09/18/nfl-week-2-32-things-we-learned/10420120002/


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'GMFB' awards Week 2 game balls (Dan Skipper gets picked):  https://www.detroitlions.com/video/gmfb-awards-week-2-game-balls
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