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- bleacherreport.com

New Front Line for the Lions

Riley Reiff, Larry Warford and a combination of Jason Fox and Corey Hilliard are the

men the Lions will call upon to replace the 2012 frontline. Reiff, Warford and Fox are all original draft picks of Detroit. If the Lions didn't think they

could play they wouldn't have selected them.

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- Detroit Free Press

Warford states:

Update on Warford’s progress as new guard for Lions

“I’m still going to have challenges as far as breaking old habits. I

was doing well for myself for four years and what I did worked in college. A lot of that stuff’s not going to work here, so there’s a

lot of things I have to change about the way I play. That’s

always going to be something I have to work on, and so far it’s

going well.”

“The competition’s been good and what’s going on right now is I think the guys competing for that position are going to

make it difficult on us in a good way. And we hope it continues that way. It’s going to stay fluid for a while and hopefully these guys continue to emerge as we

go through August.”

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- Detroit Free Press

Offensive line coach, Jeremiah Washburn, states:Who will replace Peterman as right guard?

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Fellow teammate, Burleson, on Schilens:

How is WR Chaz Schilens adjusting to being a Detroit Lion?

“He came in right away and he caught the ball

very well, and he’s almost adjusted flawlessly.

When you’re tall, fast and you’re catching the ball

well, in this offense, you’re going to get kept

around.”- Detroit Free Press

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Here’s what the experts are saying:

“If the Lions can get more production out of the

defensive end position in 2013, quarterbacks really won’t have anywhere to go with Suh and Fairley

pushing the pocket back.”

How important was the Lion’s first round pick Ziggy Ansah?

- DetroitLions.com

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66: Rushes that gained negative yards

against the Detroit Lions defense last season.

Did You Know?...

That was the second-highest total in the NFL with the league

average being 42. -DetroitLions.com

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118: The total number of catches made by Lions tight

ends last year out of 435 total completions, or 26.9 percent.

By the NumbersThe 118 completions Stafford

threw to tight ends was second most in the NFL behind Tony Romo.

-DetroitLions.com

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From the sidelinesCoach Jim Schwartz on new Lions Running Back, Reggie Bush

“Reggie is a guy we need to make teams pay when they choose to play us that way.”

-The Detroit News

“What Bush gives, is a guy who can clear the bases, who can exploit a defense that is putting extra defenders 20 yards off the line to contain Johnson.”

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From the sidelinesCoach Jim Schwartz on doubts about veteran tight end Tony Scheffler

“Tony had a great off-season. I think he set himself up to have an outstanding training camp. And if he does that, then he can be in position to have a good season.”

-Detroit Free Press

“Tony’s an important part of our offense. He’s a matchup problem for defenses as a tight end. And he’s a playmaker, particularly around the end zone. I think that, when our offense runs at full effectiveness, Tony’s a big part of that.”

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From the sidelinesHead coach Jim Schwartz says they will hold a higher number of padded practices

“You’ll see us more in full pads this year, there’s a physical nature to it.”

-Detroit Free Press

Lions coach Jim Schwartz said Thursday he plans to practice in full pads rather than helmets or shells (helmets and shoulder pads) more often this year, so players can get used to the new NFL uniform rule requiring they wear knee and thigh pads.

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From the sidelinesLions are 3 days into training camp and Calvin Johnson is in mid-season form

Typical Johnson. He's never satisfied with just being the best receiver on the planet ... even coming off a monster 2012 season that saw him break Jerry Rice's single-season record for receiving yards with 1,964.

It's only three days into training camp and already Johnson is diving for footballs, going up in crowds to catch balls and regularly amazing both the fans and his teammates.

"I didn't really understand what a freak of nature he is until I got here and saw some of the stuff he does," said running back Reggie Bush of Johnson.

- DetroitLions.com

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2,903 yards & 38 touchdowns

By the Numbers

Shy of Bobby Layne’s franchise marks

After throwing for more than 10,000 yards and 60 touchdowns over the past two seasons, Stafford is

Although Stafford is more concerned with the team’s win-loss record: "To tell you the truth, right now I'm just trying to get this team where we need to be before day one," Stafford said. "Those numbers come with wins, that's what I'm looking for." -Mlive.com

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From the sidelinesIs Megatron already better than last year?

"He focuses on things he might not have done so well last year, like with his body language," Houston explained. "One thing I see when he comes to the line, he's getting lower and not so high when he gets tired. Now he's trying to stay low in everything he does, so it makes it harder to read his breaks and everything."

- MLive.com

Cornerback Chris Houston said:

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Here’s what the experts are saying:

DL: Jason Jones, Ndamukong Suh, Nick Fairley, Ziggy Ansah

LB: Ashlee Palmer, Stephen Tulloch, DeAndre Levy

CB: Chris Houston, Darius Slay

S: Glover Quin, Louis Delmas

Camp is in session and the projections are in. Who will start at defense?

- DetroitFreePress.com