Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Lions Links for Tuesday 8-27-24

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Lions welcome back many injured players to practice:  https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2024/08/27/lions-injury-update-practice-report-reader-arnold-laporta-gibbs/




Hogan Hatten's Former Teammate: Lions Got 'Best' Snapper in NFL:  https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/why-lions-got-best-long-snapper-nfl-hogan-hatten






PFF's Preseason All-Rookie Team: Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix headlines the offense, Ravens' Nate Wiggins shines on defense (LG: Duke Clemens, Detroit Lions):  https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-preseason-all-rookie-team-2024

Highest-graded quarterbacks by route type in 2023: Jared Goff, Kirk Cousins and more (HITCH: JARED GOFF, DETROIT LIONS (88.3) - No route was targeted more by quarterbacks in 2023 than the hitch route, and no quarterback earned a higher grade when targeting them than Jared Goff.  Goff completed 81.0% of his attempts to hitch routes for 675 yards and one touchdown. Having short-yardage monsters like Amon-Ra St. Brown, who earned the highest hitch route grade in the NFL among receivers (97.1), and Sam LaPorta, who earned an 81.0 receiving grade in his rookie season, makes the job all the easier.  IN: JARED GOFF, DETROIT LIONS (93.2) - So much of the modern NFL is about attacking the middle of the field in the passing game — exactly what in-breaking routes are designed to do. No one did them better than Jared Goff and the 2023 Lions. Goff’s 93.2 PFF overall grade when targeting in routes led the league, as he completed 66.7% of his attempts for 686 yards and three touchdowns, making five big-time throws in the process.  SEAM: JARED GOFF, DETROIT LIONS (98.0)
Goff’s passing performance in 2023 was to be admired. His 85.2 PFF passing grade was the highest of his career and ranked sixth in the NFL, as he threw for 4,575 yards and 30 touchdowns. Having already led the NFL in hitch and in route grades, Goff also paced the league in seam route grade.  He completed 72.7% of his targets up the seam for 200 yards and three touchdowns, and he added six big-time throws. Having weapons like St. Brown and LaPorta who can attack up the middle of the field is key.):  https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-highest-graded-quarterbacks-route-type-2023-jared-goff-kirk-cousins

NFL 2024 preview: 16 NFC QB questions that include Caleb Williams, Dak Prescott and Brock Purdy (Detroit Lions - Will Jared Goff thrive under Super Bowl expectations?  I love what Goff has become in Detroit. He has been everything the team could want from a leadership centerpiece, and his output is once again reaching his best levels as a Los Angeles Ram. That said, he’s now stewarding a Detroit Lions team that arrives in 2024 in a vastly different place. One year ago, they were an upstart franchise with fun Super Bowl potential. Now that potential has been replaced with the target of being expected to be among the NFC’s elite, right alongside the San Francisco 49ers. Make no mistake, they are getting circled on every opposing calendar. Beating Detroit now means something, so the Lions can expect every team’s “A” game from week to week.  That kind of scenario puts leadership at a premium, especially at the quarterback spot, where elite players often have an ability to bring a sense of calm and confidence to an organization. How Goff leads the Lions out of the gate will matter, especially after losing underrated “glue” guy Josh Reynolds from the wide receiver room, and needing 2022 first-round pick Jameson Williams to step up and consistently produce in a No. 2 receiver role. If Williams can do that, and second-year tight end Sam LaPorta can build on an All-Pro rookie season — and Amon-Ra St. Brown can simply replicate his All-Pro season from 2023 — the soon-to-be 30-year-old Goff may still have some ceiling left in his game. Rarely does everything go right in the NFL. Especially under intense expectations. How Goff responds to unavoidable adversity will deeply impact Detroit’s season.:  https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-2024-preview-16-nfc-qb-questions-that-include-caleb-williams-dak-prescott-and-brock-purdy-140051759.html

NFL Backup QB Rankings: How All 32 No. 2 Quarterbacks Stack Up Entering 20242 (9. Nate Sudfeld, Detroit Lions - While 2023 third-round pick Hendon Hooker is competing for Detroit’s backup quarterback job, veteran Nate Sudfeld is QB2 on the Lions’ unofficial depth chart and started the club’s first two preseason games.  Hooker has flashed throughout the preseason, but Detroit reportedly still viewed Sudfeld as its backup quarterback entering Saturday’s exhibition finale (which Hooker started).):  https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-backup-qb-rankings/

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Lions set initial 53-man roster, but have one open spot: Here's who made the team:  https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2024/08/27/detroit-lions-roster-cuts-53-nfl/74972280007/




Lions injury breakdown: Emmanuel Moseley torn pec outlook, possible return from I.R.:  https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2024/08/27/lions-injury-breakdown-emmanuel-moseley-torn-pec-outlook-possible-return-from-i-r/







Tracking NFL cuts for all 32 teams: Who's out as teams trim down to 53-man rosters:  https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41002911/nfl-cuts-tracker-2024-live-roster-updates-all-32-teams

Lions go with Hooker over Sudfeld for backup QB, release DPJ: Here are all the Lions' moves on roster deadline day:  https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-lions/latest-lions-roster-cuts-before-deadline




Detroit Lions keep only 52 on initial roster after wave of cuts:  https://athlonsports.com/nfl/all-lions/detroit-lions-keep-only-52-on-initial-roster-after-wave-of-cuts

Ranking the NFL's top-30 running backs in 2024 (6. Jahmyr Gibbs, Lions (age: 22) - Gibbs saw a gradual expansion of his explosive rookie role to support David Montgomery last season. He is a great receiver with room to grow as a straight-up power runner. He was worth every bit the early first-round pick for this blocking system.  20. David Montgomery, Lions (age: 27) - Montgomery also got his key touches to support a dynamic rookie, as the former Bear shot up to an easy career-high 4.6 yards per carry off the best run blocking in his career. He is also bound to see some TD regression after popping into the end zone 13 times.):  https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-running-back-rankings-2024-rbs/ec3aec3b319830d9bfed2e96

2024 NFL cutdown deadline takeaways: Flurry of trades; lingering questions for 49ers (6. Lions make a decision on QB2: There were a number of fascinating backup quarterback battles across the NFL this August, few more interesting than in Detroit.  The Lions drafted Hendon Hooker in 2023 knowing they were getting a redshirt type of player who was coming off an ACL tear. He spent last season on the non-football injury list while he prepared to battle for the backup job this season with Nate Sudfeld.  Hooker appeared to be the more talented of the two this preseason, although his performance was far from pristine, and Lions head coach Dan Campbell seemed to tip his hand when he previously said Sudfeld had the "upper hand" in that battle because of experience. ."You have to have conviction that whoever that guy is is going to be able to keep this ship afloat," Campbell recently said. .But instead the Lions cut Sudfeld, making Hooker the immediate backup. If Jared Goff went down, the Lions' Super Bowl hopes would rest on the backup's shoulders. .Goff being something of an iron man, having started 35 straight games (38 if we count playoffs), helps. Sudfeld has taken nine regular-season snaps as a Lion. It also would make sense if he landed on Detroit's practice squad. But with the revision of the QB roster rules, "emergency" QBs no longer can be called up as they were last year; they need to be on the 53-man roster on game days.  Hooker was a third-rounder for a reason, and there's even a scenario where he could be the Lions' starter in a few years when Goff's cap number jumps to nearly $70 million. But for now, he remains a highly talented backup who's one snap away from playing on a really good team.):  https://www.nfl.com/news/2024-nfl-cutdown-deadline-takeaways-flurry-of-trades-lingering-questions-for-49ers

10 Most Notable Players Released on 2024 NFL Cutdown Day (Tim Patrick, Denver Broncos - Tim Patrick was a fan favorite in Denver, but the team made the tough decision to part ways with the veteran wide receiver on Tuesday. Injuries have kept Patrick off the field since 2021, as an ACL cost him the 2022 season and an Achilles injury sidelined him in 2023. When healthy he's been extremely productive, but ultimately the team chose to move on after selecting a pair of wide receivers (Troy Franklin and Devaughn Vele) in this year's draft.):  https://www.si.com/nfl/10-most-notable-players-released-on-2024-nfl-cutdown-day-01j6atn0np9k


NFL roster cut deadline winners, losers: Tough breaks for notable names (WINNERS - Hendon Hooker: It’s been a fairly rough 21 months for the 2022 SEC Offensive Player of the Year, who also finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting that year even though his senior season at Tennessee ended prematurely when Hooker tore an ACL. He was a third-round pick last year but effectively took a medical redshirt with the Detroit Lions as his knee recovered. Apparently it’s sufficiently better now that Hooker, who made his preseason debut this year, has evidently won the QB2 job behind Jared Goff after Detroit cut veteran journeyman Nate Sudfeld. Now Hooker is one snap – or some mop-up opportunities – away from showing he could be the prospect the Lions thought he was when they made that 2023 draft investment.):  https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/nate-davis/2024/08/27/nfl-cuts-roster-deadline-winners-losers/74969514007/

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Stephen A. curious whether Lions can live up to lofty expectations:  https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/41013872

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