Detroit Lions Notes

Lions notes: Jason Hanson listed as the 4th-best kicker of all time

The Lions have had a dynasty of kickers over the past few decades.

By Jeremy Reisman@DetroitOnLion Jul 7, 2017, 12:30pm EDT

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NFL.com’s Gil Brandt continued his list of the all-time greats by position on Thursday with kickers. Two former Detroit Lions players made the list: Eddie Murray at No. 16, and Jason Hanson—appropriately—at No. 4.

Pro Football Focus took a neat look at Miles Killebrew’s statistics from his rookie year, giving an optimistic look at his potential for an increased role in 2017.

He may have reeled it in as of late, but Matthew Stafford can still throw the long ball:

These guys can chuck it deep

Real deep pic.twitter.com/lxBoScOS4A
— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) July 4, 2017

Erik Schlitt at Lions Wire has an interesting breakdown of the Lions roster, placing all 90 players into categories like “impact players,” “players with a secure spot” and “last 13 in.”

Marvin Jones Jr. and Matthew Stafford were listed as honorable mentions in Bleacher Report’s top fantasy sleepers at each position.

Here’s a slo-mo Sam Martin punt for no particular reason:

Hustle and flow #butta #darts @danornerkicking

A post shared by Sam Martin (@sammartin_6) on Jul 6, 2017 at 11:20am PDT

MLive’s Brendan Savage ranked all 17 Detroit Lions head coaches since their last championship in 1957.

Glover Quin and Darius Slay are two of 10 NFL players who have invested a total of over $800,000 in a 12-year-old’s lemonade business. Check out this amazing story.