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PITTSBURGH -- A pair of draft picks helped the Detroit Lions defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-17 Friday.Chris Boswell briefly put Pittsburgh in front with a 37-yard field goal, but Dwayne Washington, the Lions seventh-round pick, gave Detroit the lead for good with a 96-yard kickoff return.Quarterback Jake Rudock, the Lions sixth-round pick, later led an 11-play, 74-yard scoring drive. Rudock, who finished 8 of 11 for 72 yards and a score, hit Jace Billingsley with a 27-yard touchdown on third-and-9.The Steelers sat Ben Roethlisberger, running backs LeVeon Bell and DeAngelo Williams, wide receivers Antonio Brown and Markus Wheaton, and center Maurkice Pouncey. First-round pick cornerback Artie Burns missed the game with a nagging thigh injury, while linebackers Bud Dupree and Jarvis Jones -- former first-round picks -- also sat out.Detroits Matthew Stafford went 4 of 6 for 58 yards in his only series. Stafford converted three third downs -- one a 30-yard pickup to the newly acquired Anquan Boldin -- before James Harrisons sack and forced fumble halted the drive.Lions tight end Eric Ebron, who suffered an undisclosed injury to his lower right leg last week, was in street clothes. Cornerback Darius Slay missed Wednesdays practice and sat out Fridays game. Starting running back Ameer Abdullah and defensive tackle Haloti Ngata were also out.Doran Grant opened the scoring when he picked off Dan Orlovskys throw and returned the interception 39 yards. Steelers receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey made it 14-3 in the second quarter when he hauled in a 29-yarder in the corner of the end zone from Landry Jones.Jones finished 6 of 12 for 55 yards and a score.Andre Roberts scored on a 28-yard pass from Orlovsky before the two-minute warning. Orlovsky finished 16 of 25 for 164 yards with a touchdown and an interception.ROOKIE WATCHLions: First-round pick Taylor Decker struggled in his preseason debut. Decker committed a holding penalty on third-and-2 from the Pittsburgh 17 and was beaten on the next snap by Harrison, which resulted in the sack and forced fumble recovered by the Steelers.Steelers: Second-round pick Sean Davis settled in after a shaky start. Davis, a safety out of Maryland, was elevated to first-team slot cornerback when Senquez Golson suffered a Lisfranc mid-foot injury. He missed a tackle during the opening drive that led to a 30-yard gain and later committed a 15-yard penalty, but he also snuffed out a screen pass in the red zone that ultimately forces Detroit to settle for a field goal. Davis started the second half at safety.POSITION BATTLESLions: Rafael Bush started at strong safety and is the front-runner for the starting job next to Glover Quin. Bush played just one game last season for New Orleans, suffering a torn pectoral muscle. Tavon Wilson, a backup in New England, and Isaiah Johnson, who played six games last season, are also in the mix.Steelers: Alejandro Villanueva got the start and played two series in his battle with Ryan Harris at left tackle. Villanueva was called for a 10-yard penalty on third-and-3 during the first drive that ended in a punt. Devin Taylor beat Villanueva for a sack on the first play of the ensuing drive, which also ended with a punt. Harris, who has alternated with Villanueva, started all 19 games at left tackle for Denver last season.INJURY UPDATELions: Linebacker Zaviar Gooden suffered a head injury in the third quarter.Steelers: Backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski left at the end of the third quarter with a left hamstring injury. Safety Ross Ventrone (right hamstring) left in the first quarter, while linebacker Anthony Chickillo suffered an ankle injury, and lineman Brian Mihalik an MCL sprain.FUMBLED AWAYSteelers second-year wide receiver Sammie Coates has impressed during training camp practices, but he fumbled twice against the Lions. He bobbled a pass to start a second-quarter drive and fumbled two plays later, which led to a Lions field goal. Coates fumbled later in the game on an end-around.QUOTABLENot the type of performance we had hoped for. Some big-time negligence in all three phases. -- Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.We were trying not to huddle as much as we could. It was an OK night. Theres stuff to clean up in all aspects. -- Lions QB Matthew Stafford.LADARIUS GREENTomlin confirmed tight end Ladarius Green is on the physically unable to perform list because of his ankle. 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The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A veteran team that sees the big picture, the Los Angeles Clippers were a bit subdued following their latest victory.Blake Griffin had 29 points, seven rebounds and six assists as the Clippers built a large lead and then held off the Sacramento Kings 121-115 on Friday night.The Clippers (11-2) have won eight of nine and own the NBAs best record. They led by 26 points in the opening half and are unbeaten in six road games this season. But no one in the Los Angeles locker room felt good about letting the struggling Kings back in the game.A win is a win, but its kind of frustrating, Chris Paul said. We expect more from each other.Trailing by 19 points entering the fourth quarter, the Kings cut the margin to 117-115 on Matt Barnes free throw with 2:03 remaining. Los Angeles responded with a dunk by DeAndre Jordan before Paul made two free throws to push the lead back to six.Sacramento never scored again.They went small and it felt like they scored every time down, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. It felt like we were in the North Carolina four-corner offense. Its great to win, but we want to be better than that.DeMarcus Cousins helped fuel the comeback with 38 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for the Kings.Barnes had 10 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, when Sacramento outscored Los Angeles 30-17.Once again, were just waiting at the last minute to play with energy, Cousins said. Its all fun and exciting in the end, but these games are going to continue to get harder for us if we wait until the last quarter.Ty Lawson added 18 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Kings, and Darren Collison scored 16. Barnes had 10 fourth-quarter points and made four of Sacramentos 10 3-pointers to finish with 15.J.J. Redick hit six 3s and scored 22 of his 26 points in the first half for the Clippers. Jordan had 16 points and 12 rebounds, Austin Rivers finished with 12 points and Paul added 11 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds.Redick, who connected on his first six 3-point attempts, has made a 3 in 69 consecutive gammes, the longest active streak in the NBA.ddddddddddddJ.J. got it going (in the first quarter) and we did whatever we could to get it back to him, Rivers said.It was the fourth straight loss for the Kings. They are 2-4 at home, where they face Toronto, Oklahoma City and Houston the next three games.Kings coach Dave Joerger experimented with a smaller lineup that featured Lawson and Collison in the backcourt.Im going to play small going forward. Ive seen enough, Joerger said. DeMarcus is going to play center. I dont know who else is going to play with him, but it gives us more zip.TIP-INSClippers: Los Angeles shot 5 of 18 in the fourth quarter, yet still wound up shooting 52.6 percent overall. ... Playing his first game of the season, Paul Pierce made his first two shots, a pair of 3-pointers in the second quarter. ... Paul missed his first five shots and didnt have a basket until late in the third.Kings: Lawson hit a 3 and converted a free throw for a four-point play in the first quarter. ... Taking turns guarding Griffin in the first quarter, Kosta Koufos and Willie Cauley-Stein combined for five fouls. Griffin made seven of eight free throws. ... Cousins made a shot from near halfcourt to end the first half.HOT STARTLos Angeles enjoyed its most productive half of the season, shooting 70 percent and leading 73-54 at the break. The Clippers had 17 assists and went 10 of 13 from 3-point range. They got superior play from their starters -- and the reserves were productive as well, contributing 23 points.That first half was beautiful. I dont know if we can play any better than that, Rivers said.MAIN MANGriffin was too much for the Kings, shooting 7 of 15 from the field and making 15 of 16 free throws. He also had two steals and a block in just under 37 minutes.UP NEXTClippers: Los Angeles hosts Chicago on Saturday night.Kings: NBA scoring leader DeMar DeRozan and the Toronto Raptors visit Sacramento on Sunday night. ' ' '