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The Lions are still looking for the right backup mix on the offensive line, and rotated their interior linemen, with Wesley Johnson, Joe Dahl and Leo Koloamatangi all playing both guard and center, and Kenny Wiggins seeing time at tackle.

Among the notables who were on the field: Anthony Zettel, A’Shawn Robinson, Teez Tabor and DeShawn Shead.

No projected starters and only a few players expected to play rotational roles this fall played in Thursday’s first half.

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Dontez Ford broke a tackle on his 26-yard catch on the Lions’ two-minute drive, and I thought Dwayne Washington had a couple nice runs, though you wouldn’t know it by the stat sheet (four carries, 7 yards in the first half).

Harold played as a stand-up rusher at left end for most of the night, and he fought off a block from rookie Austin Corbett to make the tackle.

If you’re looking for a bright spot, Eli Harold, in his first action as a Lion, made a nice one-handed tackle to stop a Browns running back for a 3-yard loss.

More observations from Thursday’s first half: Maybe they’ll be fine, but right now there isn’t much reason for optimism. Lions receiver Kenny Golladay: 'I want a breakout season'Ĭassel, to his credit, actually led a nice drive when he replaced starter Jake Rudock before the two-minute warning, but he proceeded to throw a pick-six on a third-and-1 play when he tried to soft-toss a pass to Hakeem Valles in the right flat. Lions to add three former standouts to ring of honor The comedy of errors included four first-half penalties, a Matt Cassel interception returned for a touchdown and the home fans booing their own team in the fourth preseason game. The first-team defense couldn’t stop the run and barely laid a hand on opposing quarterbacks.Īnd on Thursday, with roster bubbles popping all over the NFL, almost no one showed any urgency.

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Matthew Stafford led the starting offense to three field-goal drives (and had a couple of drives stall in the red zone) in his eight series of action this preseason. But so did the Browns, and as anyone who watched the first three preseason games can attest, the Lions’ starters weren’t much better when they were on the field the previous three games. The Lions played a bunch of backups Thursday, most of whom won’t be on this team come Saturday. How bad? In the first 28 minutes of Thursday’s 35-17 loss in the preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns, they had two first downs, and both came on penalty.ĭefensively, they barely got any pressure on rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield despite Greg Robinson - yes, Greg Robinson, the former Lion - starting at offensive tackle. These are exhibition games, after all, so they don’t count for anything and barely matter, and first-year Lions coach Matt Patricia has been clear about his intentions: To work on fundamentals and put players in specific situations where he can evaluate them doing different things.īut that doesn’t change the fact the Lions have been bad this preseason.

I don’t know what that means for the regular season. This is the least encouraging preseason I’ve ever seen.

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I’ve covered the Detroit Lions for nine seasons now at the Free Press.

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