Strong core of young Lions ranked highly in ESPN's All-Youngster team: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2023/11/28/detroit-lions-ranked-laporta-hutchinson-sewell-campbell-all-youngster-team/
Detroit Lions defense is broken by bad fundamentals and coaching blunders: https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2023/11/28/detroit-lions-defense-coaching-blunders-poor-fundamentals-aaron-glenn/
Goff: Lions Don’t Ride the Roller Coaster: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/goff-lions-dont-ride-roller-coaster
Grading all 31 first-round picks after Week 12 of the 2023 NFL season (PICK NO. 12: DETROIT LIONS: RB JAHMYR GIBBS - Overall Rookie Grade: 73.4 (Rank: 3/6). Principal Opponent: Quay Walker. Week 12 Snaps: 60. Week 12 Grade: 60.6. Week 12 was a quieter one for Gibbs, who racked up 73 yards on 15 total touches. Nearly half of his 54 rushing yards came on a toss sweep to start the third quarter. The Packers did an excellent job of cutting off angles for Gibbs to exploit after the catch, resulting in his lowest receiving output since Week 4. He’ll face a similar challenge next week against Demario Davis and the Saints. PICK NO. 18: DETROIT LIONS: LB JACK CAMPBELL - Overall Rookie Grade: 48.6 (Rank: 3/4) - Principal Opponent: A.J. Dillon. Week 12 Snaps: 31. Week 12 Grade: 74.4. Detroit had plenty of defensive issues on Thanksgiving, but Campbell wasn’t one of them. He posted a career-high 74.4 overall grade, buoyed by a 71.0 coverage grade. Campbell allowed just one A.J. Dillon reception for five yards. It was the first time this season that he looked consistently comfortable in coverage. He also made a run stop to continue his solid work in that facet. Campbell’s improvement would be a huge boon to a linebacker unit that currently ranks 23rd in overall grade.): https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-grading-all-first-round-picks-week-12-2023-nfl-season
NFL Week 12: PFF Team of the Week & Player Awards (RT: Penei Sewell, Detroit Lions): https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-week-12-pff-team-of-the-week-player-awards-2023
NFL Week 13 Rookie Stock Watch: Patrick Mahomes Finally Has a Receiver (Holding steady - Sam LaPorta, TE, Lions: Lions tight end Sam LaPorta caught five passes for 47 yards and a touchdown against the Lions on Thanksgiving. LaPorta has 539 yards receiving and five scores on the season. Last week: Not rated. LaPorta has been excellent this year, easily the best tight end of the rookie crop alongside the Bills’ Dalton Kincaid. LaPorta caught five passes for 47 yards and a touchdown against the Packers on Thanksgiving, giving him 539 yards and five scores on the season.): https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/11/28/2023-week-13-nfl-rookie-stock-watch-risers-fallers-holding-steady
8 things we learned in NFL Week 12: Cowboys' offensive leap, Patriots' new low (Lions’ pass defense could be their Achilles’ heel. We covered how impressive Jordan Love’s latest outing was for the Packers; he had his best game (268 yards, three touchdowns) on national television in hostile territory. The flipside of that coin is that the Detroit Lions’ defense allowed it. When the offense scores 40 points a game, it’s not as noticeable. But in the last two weeks, Detroit’s offense — and quarterback Jared Goff in particular — hasn’t been as reliable. Goff and the Lions offense turned the ball over four times against Chicago and three times against Green Bay. The Lions got away with it in Week 11 because the Chicago Bears are, well, the Chicago Bears. But against a team that has started to figure it out in recent weeks and has an upward trajectory, the shortcomings on defense in Detroit were glaring. The Lions gave up chunk plays, many of which went to struggling Packers wide receiver Christian Watson, who had his best game of the season. Watson caught five passes for 94 yards and a touchdown, which included a 53-yard bomb on the very first play of the game. The Packers had eight plays of 15 yards or more. They attacked Detroit’s nonexistent defensive-back rotation. Both starting corners, Cam Sutton and Jerry Jacobs, played 100% of the team’s defensive snaps. Their starting safeties, Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph, were also on the field for the entire game. All four are good players, some even great in Branch’s case, but even great players need a break. Because of key injuries sustained early on, Detroit’s backfield doesn’t at all look like it was supposed to. What’s even more disheartening is that there isn’t much the Lions can do in the way of adding quality depth to get a better rotation for the defensive backfield. The time to do that was a month ago before the trade deadline. Now, all they can do is hope that Gardner-Johnson can return before the postseason. If he doesn’t, the Lions could be looking at yet another early playoff exit. —Carmen Vitali): https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/8-things-we-learned-in-nfl-week-12-cowboys-offensive-leap-patriots-new-low
NFL QB Power Rankings Week 13 2023: Dak Prescott Continues Push for MVP Consideration (14. Jared Goff, Detroit Lions: Jared Goff has been outstanding as a Detroit Lion. But he’s devolved into a pumpkin over the past few weeks. He played well against the Chargers, but he’s turning the ball over at an alarming rate, and it all comes down to struggling against pressure.): https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-qb-power-rankings-week-13-2023/
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