A Lions player to watch from every position group when team hosts Miami for a preseason game this weekend
Allen Park — This week’s joint practices between the Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins were eye-opening.
The Lions’ offense, which had battled inconsistency throughout camp, looked far more like the unit that set the franchise record for scoring a year ago, racking up touchdowns in bunches.
Meanwhile, Detroit’s aggressive and promising defense validated some of what we’d been seeing and writing about prior to the shared practices, easily getting the better of a Miami offense that admittedly was down some key pieces.
Joint practices are designed, more than anything, to get your starters the work lost by holding them out of preseason games, in a more controlled environment. The backups take a back seat during those two days, with fewer reps, particularly in full-team settings. The preseason matchup on Saturday will be their time to shine.
With that in mind, here’s who we’ll be focusing on when the Lions and Dolphins meet at Ford Field this Saturday at 1 p.m.