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Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert We've spent a good portion of this season evaluating the downfield production of our NFC North quarterbacks.

The Vikings might have the look of a Super Bowl team if they can pull off a victory at Green Bay today.

The intention is clear. The results are not. Coach Jim Schwartz lamented his team's reliance on "small ball" offensively after their 17-10 loss to the Rams on Sunday.

We're going to call this a blessing in disguise. I'm referring of course to the fact that Sunday's comical impersonation of an NFL game between the Detroit Lions and St.

The Detroit Lions will have the services of quarterback Matthew Stafford on Sunday against the Rams, but wide receiver Calvin Johnson will sit out the contest with a knee injury.

Which Lions will show up? The Lions who ran the ball relatively well against Minnesota and Washington? Or the Lions who struggled to run it against New Orleans, Chicago and Pittsburgh, even against seven-man fronts? The Lions are going to have to be at their best today.

NFL parity has disappeared in a sea of disparity this season. Three NFL teams are spotless and three are winless.

Here's a fill-in-the-blank Halloween quiz: the Detroit Lions have scored twice as many points this season as the _ _ . If your answer is the St.

If the Detroit Lions need to resort to their backup quarterback, will it be Daunte Culpepper or Drew Stanton, middle, lining up under center? Here are today's Lions links: Is Stanton Lions' backup quarterback? Peter King's common denominators among five bad NFL teams Offensive line needs some help? No kid-ding Lions coaches to DBs: Limit mistake ...

Matthew Stafford took part in the early part of Detroit Lions practice Tuesday as he continues to recover from a knee injury.

Booth Newspapers ALLEN PARK -- Clearly, there is nothing wrong with his arm. Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford did not practice Thursday due to his injured right knee, but he looked pretty comfortable throwing the ball.

Jim Schwartz is head-on with the first must-win crisis in his brief tenure as head coach of the Lions.

That's more like it, Packers. Your 31-3 broasting of the Browns, and the way you did it, was a lot better than the performance you provided against the lowly Lions.

Daunte Culpepper left Sunday's game against the Packers with an injured hamstring.

When: Noon Sunday. Where: Lambeau Field. TV: Fox. Radio: AM-620. Tickets: Sold out.

There's no good news this week. As Lions head coach Jim Schwartz said, "You'll have a hard time finding the silver lining in this one." Wait, check that.

Allen Park -- Injuries have hit the Lions worse than most teams around the NFL. It's gotten so bad that it's becoming hard just to find enough bodies for practice.

Don't mean to play the role of the Grim Reaper folks, particularly after spending my Sunday afternoon watching the Green Bay Packers rough up the Wilson Middle School Raiders ... err ... Detroit Lions.

Of all the big plays Clay Matthews III made Sunday, one in particular stood out to first-year Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers.

During a bye week that followed a widely-viewed primetime loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the Packers had a chance to get well from a standpoint of injuries.