Lions will host the Dolphins for joint practices ahead of their preseason matchup, and a former Lion will be a part of the fun
Joint practices are a very important thing for the Detroit Lions. This is a team that does not play their starters in the preseason and relies heavily on these joint practices to get those guys their live reps during that time. "Another reason we do these (joint practices) is that I feel like you’ve got […]
Joint practices are a very important thing for the Detroit Lions. This is a team that does not play their starters in the preseason and relies heavily on these joint practices to get those guys their live reps during that time.
"Another reason we do these (joint practices) is that I feel like you’ve got two great days of work, banked a lot of reps, and so I don’t see us playing these starters this week. I don't’ see it,” Campbell told Stoney and Jansen on 97.1 The Ticket in 2023. “We’re going to sit that core group again, and let some of these young guys go. There may be a few select rookies we don’t play. We’ll see where we’re at there as well. But I think that’s the benefit of having this (joint practice session). We had over 40 reps yesterday.”
Last year, the Lions had a pretty memorable joint practice session with the New York Giants, and there was quite a bit of fighting. So much that the league fined both teams multiple times. Campbell really credited New York after the season for showing the Lions how hard they would have to work.
"I felt like the biggest adjustment for us was training camp out at New York, you know, that was the first real taste of, you know, kind of the perception. And, you know, I thought the Giants man, they practiced hard, they brought it, you know, it was a lot of energy, a lot of juice. And I thought that was good for us to get that, and it's like now, you know what it's going to be like all season, and we've handled it. I mean, we handle it well. We know we're going to get everybody's best shot."
It's now official that the Lions will host the Miami Dolphins for a set of joint practices ahead of their preseason matchup on August 16th. This is a good team to go up against, especially for the Lions' defense.
One fun note here is that former Lions safety Ifeatu Melifonwu just signed with the Dolphins during free agency, and this will be his return to Allen Park. It's going to be interesting to see if Jared Goff and company look to go after him in these practices.
Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press reported that the Lions could possibly be going for a second set of joint practices. Earlier in the month, we predicted the Dolphins and Texans would be the two teams they would work with. We're still sticking with the Texans.
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