First-team reps: It’s always interesting to see which young players or veterans who normally play a lot of backup reps, get first-team reps in joint practice. Some of the those names Wednesday were wide receiver Jackson Meeks, wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa, wide receiver Ronnie Bell, cornerback Nick Whiteside, safety Ian Kennelly, and cornerback Erick Hallett II.
Officials: Wednesday’s joint practice marked the first time the Lions had officials at practice. There’s usually so many flags that first day with officials, they’ll have to ice their arms after practice. I was pleasantly surprised by the Lions secondary not making Wednesday a penalty fest. There were a few illegal contact and interference penalties here and there but not as many as we typically see the first day with officials.
Situational football: The team ran an end-of-half situation where both offenses got the football at their own 30-yard line with 54 seconds on the clock and two timeouts in a 10-10 game. Miami’s offense was up first and Detroit’s defense held them to a turnover on downs on four plays that included two short completions, a false start penalty, an Amik Robertson PBU, and an incompletion on fourth down.
Detroit’s offense was surgical moving down the field. St. Brown had a 25-yard reception over the middle on the first play of the period. That was followed up by catches from tight end Brock Wright and Bell to get the Lions to the Dolphins’ 27-yard line with 23 seconds left on the clock. Tight end Shane Zylstra added an 8-yard reception followed by an illegal contact penalty on Miami to give Detroit great field position and time on the clock before the drill was called by head coach Dan Campbell.
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