The Detroit Lions had their annual scrimmage on Saturday and Jared Goff was on fire with three touchdowns on three series. Two of the touchdowns went to T.J Hockenson and another went to Amon-Ra St. Brown. The Lions offense showed it can be consistent. The Lions running game showed flashes of speed and power. The Detroit Lions Defense needs to improve and get better in the middle. Romeo Okwara was getting consistent pressure forcing Tim Boyle to throw the ball early. Da’ Shawn Hand was playing great, disrupting the pocket.
Amon-Ra St. Brown
With Tyrell Williams (groin), Breshad Perriman (hip), and Quintez Cephus (head) all out for Saturday’s practice, it was St. Brown’s time to shine. The rookie receiver picked up the other touchdown from the first-team offense, and also had a key fourth-down pickup that extended Goff’s two-minute drill. St. Brown continues to regularly beat Mike Ford in team drills and finds space as a crisp route runner.
Da’Shawn Hand
Hand absolutely blew up backup center Evan Brown on a rep and met Jermar Jefferson in the backfield for a tackle for loss. During the final drive of the game, Hand also tallied a “sack,” forcing the second-team offense to lose valuable time during their two-minute drill (which eventually failed). He continues to look like his old self. If he can stay healthy—and, yes, that’s a big if—Hand can revitalize his career in Detroit.
The kickers
Normally, I save positive observations for my standouts, but the kickers stood out for the wrong reasons on Saturday. Though both Randy Bullock and Matthew Wright were perfect in extra points, they both missed every attempt from 50 yards or longer. Bullock pushed both a 50-yard field goal and a 54-yard field goal wide left. Wright went right on the 50-yard attempt and came up short on the 54-yard attempt.
This shouldn’t exactly come as a surprise, though. Bullock is just 12-of-25 from 50+ yards (48%), while Wright’s career-long—even going back to college—is just 50 yards.
Considering the Lions are coming from Matt Prater, who has converted 75 percent of kicks from 50+ yards, it’s safe to say the Lions won’t be as successful from long distance this year. And if the Lions are smart, they simply won’t try many kicks from beyond 50 yards.
Source:
Jeremy Reisman, Pride Of Detroit
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