The Detroit Lions on day two of full padded practice for training camp. The Detroit Lions Defense continues to be the better 3rd of the team with very good coverage from the secondary. Jeffrey Okudah shows that he is a more vocal leader than last year. The Lions Defensive Line continues to have Alim McNeil steal the show with impressive play from the interior of the defense. Lions Offense showed some flashes today with good ball placement and consistent run play. Jared Goff continues to have a solid camp and D’Andre Swift shows he can be a player to build around.
The Lions continue to try to generate a lot of pressure from the second and third levels, and on this day it was Shaun Dion Hamilton who was the benefactor. During one play, he blitzed up the A-gap, just completely trounced the running back, and was able to get in the quarterback’s face for a “sack.”
After a few very good days in camp, today was a small step back for Anthony Pittman. Twice during team drills, he was just a step late breaking on a route. On one play, he bit on play-action, allowing fullback Jason Cabinda to slip out of the backfield and catch a pass with room to run.
Secondary
There was a drill early in practice that had the offense and defense go up against each other, but with no receivers or cornerbacks. It appeared to be designed to work on the run game/run defense. Why I mention it here is because I found it interesting that at safety, C.J. Moore replaced Tracy Walker during this drill.
Where was Walker? With the other defensive backs doing one-on-ones with receivers. Just another sign that the Lions value Walker the further away from the line of scrimmage he is.
Ifeatu Melifonwu picked up his first interception of camp during those one-on-ones. During the rep, he waited patiently for Tyrell Williams to make his break. When he finally did, Melifonwu showed good reaction time and short-area speed to step in front of the Goff pass.
Special teams
If you’ve been dying for some punt talk, here it is! The Lions worked on pinning the opponents deep in the territory, and Jack Fox was nearly perfect in getting each punt to drop inside the 5-yard line. But here’s the catch: the Lions were punting from the opponent’s 42-yard line. I hope they don’t plan on punting from that spot on the field very often.
As for the gunners looking to pin the ball deep, Mike Ford once again proved that he may be the best on the team at doing that.
St. Brown and Victor Bolden both had muffs during punt return drills, but both looked otherwise clean.
Source:
Jeremy Reisman, Pride Of Detroit
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