KEY QUESTIONS: Where does Campbell want to see improvement the second half of the season?: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/key-questions-where-does-campbell-want-to-see-improvement-the-second-half-of-the
O'HARA'S MONDAY COUNTDOWN: Breaking down the Lions' remaining games: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/o-hara-s-monday-countdown-breaking-down-the-lions-remaining-games-x3898
Lions return to work, and reinforcements (like David Montgomery) are on the way: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2023/11/lions-return-to-work-and-reinforcements-like-david-montgomery-are-on-the-way.html
Lions signed former SVSU star linebacker out of fear of practice-squad poaching: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2023/11/lions-signed-former-svsu-star-linebacker-out-of-fear-of-practice-squad-poaching.html
Lions' Jahmyr Gibbs will get 'fair share' of touches in RB rotation going forward: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2023/11/06/detroit-lions-jahmyr-gibbs-touches-rb-rotation-david-montgomery-healthy/71476946007/
Eyeing improvement after strong start, Lions' Campbell shares 4 areas team aims to fix: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2023/11/06/detroit-lions-coach-dan-campbell-shares-4-areas-team-aims-to-fix/71477926007/
Meet the Lions fan who pulled Jahmyr Gibbs into the stands post touchdown: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2023/11/06/meet-the-lions-fan-who-pulled-jahmyr-gibbs-into-the-stands-post-touchdown/71474256007/
Old friend alert: Former Lions on the Los Angeles Chargers: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2023/11/06/former-detroit-lions-on-los-angeles-chargers-covington-marlowe-parham/
Dan Campbell gives an update on rookie QB Hendon Hooker: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2023/11/06/dan-campbell-gives-an-update-on-rookie-qb-hendon-hooker/
Herman Moore offers a plan to get Jameson Williams more involved: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2023/11/06/detroit-lions-herman-moore-plan-jameson-williams-more-involved/
Lions Film Review: Alim McNeill has career day against the Raiders: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2023/11/06/lions-film-review-alim-mcneill-has-career-day-against-the-raiders/
NFC North Rundown for Week 9: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/lists/nfc-north-rundown-for-week-9/
First Week 'Big' for New Lions WR Donovan Peoples-Jones: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/first-week-big-for-lions-donovan-peoples-jones
Lions Seeking to Improve in Three Key Areas: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-seeking-to-improve-three-key-areas
With Veteran Returning, Gibbs Will 'Get His Touches': https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/jahmyr-gibbs-will-get-touches
Dan Campbell Betting Favorite to Win NFL Coach of the Year: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/dan-campbell-betting-favorite-nfl-coach-of-year
Aidan Hutchinson Hopes Lions Play on MNF Every Year: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/aidan-hutchinson-hopes-lions-play-mnf-every-year
Lions Winning NFC North Now More Challenging: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-winning-nfc-north-more-challenging
Jason Cabinda now eligible to return to Detroit Lions active roster: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2023/11/6/23948462/jason-cabinda-now-eligible-return-ir-detroit-lions-active-roster
1 stat explains why the Detroit Lions were modest at the trade deadline: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2023/11/6/23948431/one-stat-explains-why-detroit-lions-modest-trade-deadline-snap-adjusted-age-brad-holmes
Week 10 opening odds: Lions road favorites at Chargers: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2023/11/6/23944787/nfl-week-10-opening-odds-detroit-lions-road-favorites-los-angeles-chargers
Detroit Lions mid-season recap: 10 winners and 6 losers: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2023/11/6/23946334/detroit-lions-10-winners-6-losers-midseason-mark-2023
NFC Playoff Picture update: Detroit Lions get help, but division tightens: https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2023/11/5/23947773/nfc-playoff-picture-update-detroit-lions-get-help-but-division-tightens
2 games that went the Detroit Lions’ way this weekend, and 4 that didn’t: https://www.clickondetroit.com/sports/2023/11/06/2-games-that-went-the-detroit-lions-way-this-weekend-and-4-that-didnt/
OK, Detroit Lions’ blowout loss to Ravens doesn’t feel so bad anymore: https://www.clickondetroit.com/sports/2023/11/06/ok-detroit-lions-blowout-loss-to-ravens-doesnt-feel-so-bad-anymore/
Ranking NFL MVP candidates, awards picks through Week 9 of 2023 (Coach of the Year - This is typically an award that goes to the coach who exceeds his team's preseason over/under by the largest number of wins and takes a moribund team to the playoffs. By that criteria, the obvious candidate should be DeMeco Ryans, who has the Texans competing every week and winning well ahead of schedule in the AFC South. He's a viable candidate, but it's tough to pick a defensive-minded coach when the Houston defense ranks 25th in expected points added (EPA) per play. (If you're an unhappy Texans fan, there's good news coming later in the column.) I'm more inclined to give this award to coaches who have been around and either continue to do great work, bring through young talent or get more out of players who struggled elsewhere. All three of my coaches have been in their jobs for at least two full seasons, and they're impressing again in 2023. 2. Dan Campbell, Lions: One of my favorite things about soccer is how players will sign for new teams and refer to those teams as "projects." There's a beautiful pretentiousness there. Manchester City is a project. No player in the United States gets traded to the Brewers, Hornets or Coyotes and talks about being excited to join their project. It's one team to another. If there's any NFL team that feels like a project, though, it's Campbell's Lions. We've seen them develop in real time, from the hopelessly frustrating 2021 team to their 2022 breakthrough in the second half. And now, in 2023, they're off to a bright start. At 6-2, the Lions have an 83.4% chance of winning the NFC North for the first time since the league moved to the eight-division format in 2002 (via ESPN's Football Power Index). It would be Detroit's first division title since 1993, when Campbell was a high school junior in Clifton, Texas. Are the Lions a little worse than their record indicates? Maybe. Five of their six wins have come against teams with losing records that are collectively 15-27. They've gone 1-2 against likely playoff teams and been outscored by 37 points in those three games, with their one win coming over the Chiefs in a game in which Kansas City seemed allergic to catching the football and one of the drops turned into a Brian Branch pick-six. Tips and overthrows count, though, and the Lions have improved dramatically on defense, even without offseason additions Emmanuel Moseley and C.J. Gardner-Johnson for most of the snaps. That's one of the most exciting things for the Lions and a good argument for why Campbell deserves consideration as one of the best coaches in football: His players continually get better. Last season, it was Jared Goff, Penei Sewell and Amon-Ra St. Brown taking the leap on offense. This season, it's Aidan Hutchinson turning into one of the league's best edge rushers. Branch looks like an impact player. Alim McNeill looks like a new man. Even veteran Alex Anzalone is making more plays and looks more confident than he has in years past. The Lions are a complete team, and I'm willing to give a fair amount of credit for that to their coach.): https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38826896/ranking-nfl-mvp-candidates-awards-picks-week-9-2023-lamar-hurts-mahomes-tua?platform=amp
Grades:
Lions midseason grades: Top-10 offense, improved defense fuel rise to first place: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2023/11/lions-midseason-grades-top-10-offense-improved-defense-fuel-rise-to-first-place.html
Video:
Campbell on cleaning up mistakes: https://www.detroitlions.com/video/campbell-on-cleaning-up-mistakes
SportsWorks - 11-5-23 -- Woody talking Lions, college football, Pistons & Tigers with Mike Stone & Pat Caputo: https://www.fox2detroit.com/video/1306882
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