Detroit Lions Notes

Lions notes: Golden Tate owns the Saints

Golden Tate has been hot in the past month. He’s been even hotter against the Saints.

By Jeremy Reisman@DetroitOnLion Dec 6, 2016, 1:30pm EST

NFL: Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints

Golden Tate has been on a roll as of late for the Detroit Lions, but he has been especially lethal against the New Orleans Saints:

In his three games against New Orleans since joining the #Lions, @ShowtimeTate has 24 catches for 344 yards and 4 TDs. pic.twitter.com/L0OYrNt2R8
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) December 6, 2016

Tate is also an extremely successful human being off of the field. The NFL Players Association named him the Week 12 Community MVP.

Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com calls the Lions the third-most watchable team in NFL, behind the Raiders and Cowboys. Shame no one else in the country ever gets to watch this team on national TV.

Matthew Stafford is up for the FedEx Air Player of the Week. Vote for him here or follow these Twitter instructions (or do both!):

VOTE for the @FedEx Air Player of the Week!

Tweet player's name + #AirandGround:
Luck, Flacco, or Stafford? pic.twitter.com/ZbxUpUBPvz
— NFL (@NFL) December 6, 2016

In case you missed it, cornerback Johnthan Banks was claimed by the Bears, but he wasn’t the only player waived by the Lions that was snatched by another team:

Broncos claimed former Ravens' RB Justin Forsett on waivers today, per source. Broncos' HC Gary Kubiak and Forsett reunited again.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 5, 2016

Graham Glasgow was serving out some pancakes to the Saints defensive linemen on Sunday:

Want some lunch time pancakes? This base block on a 2I is tough and the #Lions LG Graham Glasgow makes it look easy. pic.twitter.com/ZmBRmUTcB5
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) December 6, 2016

Sunday is going to be a lot of fun for Lions fans:

@PrideOfDetroit Sunday is a great day of football for Lions fans.
CHI@DET, 1pm
SEA@GB, 4pm
DAL@NYG, 8pm
— Al Buquerque (@LethalSax) December 6, 2016

The Lions play the Giants in Week 15. It looks like they may be without one of their best pass rusher, Jason Pierre-Paul.

Giants are hoping JPP doesn't need surgery, source says, but it seems likely he'll be out a few weeks regardless. https://t.co/i9yMAmw2Lv
— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoSNY) December 6, 2016

Brandon Copeland was “Wired for Sound” this week and complained a lot about the pregame music.

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