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13 overall pick in this year's draft Zorn knows him well. "There are two sides to look at and he does well on both sides," Zorn said.

Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan has given rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford a simple instruction.

Detroit linebacker Ernie Sims was listed as doubtful for Sunday's home game against the Washington Redskins.Sims, who has 14 tackles on the young season, suffered a shoulder injury in last week's loss against Minnesota.

Eric King and the Lions have allowed 511 passing yards and eight touchdowns through the first two games of the 2009 season.

Rookie safety Louis Delmas put his whole game on display last week -- the good and the bad.

Not surprisingly, among the readership here we have a couple guys who do game charting for FO.

It was a new season and a new roster and a new coach and a new start, but for Lions fans, it was a new quarterback.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Here's a bad sign for a Detroit defense that will need every advantage Sunday at New Orleans: Cornerback Phillip Buchanon won't play because of a neck injury.

After the Lions settled for a 24-yard field goal from Jason Hanson to make it 31-20 with 3:22 left in the third quarter, Saints quarterback Drew Brees countered quickly.

Buchanon, an eight-year veteran who played the Saints often while with Tampa Bay for the past three seasons, had been limited in practice by a sore neck.

Jim Schwartz's coaching career began as a chauffeur. But even then, in 1993, Gil Brandt, the pioneering personnel man affectionately known as 'The Godfather' around the NFL, knew this young Georgetown grad was headed in the right direction.

Sept. 11 vs. New Town, 7 p.m. The program's latest success story is 2009 graduate and former standout running back Carl Flemming, now a linebacker at the University of Pittsburgh.

Quarterbacks: Can rookie Matthew Stafford seize the starting job? Will veteran Daunte Culpepper want to show what he can do despite the cut on his foot? How much can newcomer Brooks Bollinger do after one practice? Cornerbacks: Keith Smith was released Wednesday, and starters Phillip Buchanon and Anthony Henry likely won't play.

The remnants of Matt Millen's draft classes continue to dwindle on the Lions' roster.

Lions coach Jim Schwartz said today he still has not ruled out quarterback Daunte Culpepper for the exhibition finale Thursday night at Buffalo.