Drew Stanton News

Allen Park If you don't mind, Jim Schwartz will take a pass on his first midterm exam as the Lions' head coach.

INACTIVE: WR Mike Hass, S Jamar Adams, G Mike Gibson, G Mansfield Wrotto, DT Red Bryant, WR Ben Obomanu, TE Cameron Morrah.

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.

What the Detroit Lions and St. Louis Rams might lack in Grade-A, championship-caliber football on Sunday at Ford Field could be made up for in the area of competitive fire.

Allen Park -- Calvin Johnson is one of the most physically gifted athletes in the NFL, a guy that completely changes the complexion of a game -- even if he doesn't catch a single pass.

The Lions were on the field for the second practice of their bye week this morning, though a number of players did not participate in the portion open to the media.

Matthew Stafford, left, and Calvin Johnson will have to stay healthy if the Detroit Lions want to be competitive each week.

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 ...

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

How big of a debacle was this? Midway through the third quarter, the Lions asked quarterback Drew Stanton to take a snap, then pretend he was floating overhead in a homemade balloon.

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

Drew Stanton has caught the brunt of the Detroit Lions' recent woes. He was a second-round draft choice in 2007 to be to heir-apparent to Jon Kitna in a Mike Martz-led offensive system.

The Lions were on the field for the second practice of their bye week this morning, though a number of players did not participate in the portion open to the media.

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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.

The Lions finally got their first third-down conversion of the game, sort of, when the Packers' Nick Barnett was flagged for a facemaks penalty on a sack of Drew Stanton on third-and-6 from the Green Bay 26.

Well, I've been tackling this topic for about three straight weeks now and does anybody still feel the need to defend Daunte Culpepper being the number two quarterback? I don't wish injury on any player and I hate that Culpepper had to leave the game that way.

Call me Dr. Doctor this morning, and the doctor is in -- with an evaluation and prognosis on the health and future of Matthew Stafford.

Detroit Lions quarterback Daunte Culpepper left Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers with a leg injury.

It looks like Drew Stanton is all healed up after the arthroscopic knee surgery following the Detroit Lions' preseason win over the Indianapolis Colts.