- BLEACHER REPORT lists the six most surprising players so far in the NFL, including the Bengals’ Cedric Benson.

- THE DRAFT ZOO has a complete recap of Week 4 in college football, including five things they learned, who was the weekend’s top performers and what the Heisman race now looks like.

- SPORTSbyBROOKS fills everyone in that driver Danica Patrick will appear in ESPN The Body issue.

- DEADSPIN has the hilarious (but sad) story of a Lion fan who enjoyed himself so much that he got drunk, then choked out by his buddy, then caught with his pants down. (With horrifying photos.)

- UNCOACHED dedicates its “NFL Weenie Move of the Week” to Jets wideout David Clowney, who actually tweeted about his lack of playing time.

- REAL CLEAR SPORTS compiles its ranking of the Top 10 Worst Franchise Moves.

How many different ways can the Detroit Lions manage to lose games? Better yet, how many daggers to the heart can Lions fans continue to endure?

The Lions outplayed the Vikings for 59 minutes and 51 seconds on Sunday, yet Ryan Longwell’s 26-yard field goal with nine seconds remaining gave Minnesota a 12-10 win and dropped Detroit to 0-5 on the season.

What’s worse for Detroit is that this safety by quarterback Dan Orlovsky (who was making his first career start) proved to be the difference (at least in terms of the final score) of the game:

The sad thing is that Orlovsky was dangerously close to running out of the back of the end zone on the play before the safety.

As if Lion fans needed to be kicked in jewels anymore than they already have.