We’re already beneath two weeks away from Detroit Lions rookie reporting for 2024 coaching camp, so it’s time to start out turning our consideration in that course. Over the following few days, we’ll be rolling out a couple of preview sequence to assist get you ready for the preseason and past.
However earlier than we do this, let’s begin with a extra broad query about Lions coaching camp, which opens to the general public on Saturday, July 27—lower than three weeks away.
Which one Lions participant are you most excited to observe in coaching camp?
My reply: It’s a little bit of a tricky query for me to reply after getting a style in OTAs and minicamp within the spring, however there’s one vital factor that differentiates these practices from those forward: full contact. Whereas you may get a common sense of how talent place gamers and defensive backs are performing within the spring, it’s unimaginable to provide an knowledgeable opinion on the play of offensive linemen, defensive linemen, and linebackers with out the added component of fully-padded practices.
So there are a handful of gamers at these positions who I’m wanting to see forward of the 2024 season. I need to see how Jack Campbell has progressed in Yr 2 of his profession. I can’t wait to see how disruptive DJ Reader and Alim McNeill are collectively (though Reader might not be prepared for the beginning of coaching camp).
However extra so than something, I need to see if there’s any substance to the Levi Onwuzurike hype this offseason. The optimism surrounding the fourth-year defensive sort out ought to be met with a wholesome quantity of skepticism contemplating his points with again well being and relative lack of manufacturing. However we’ve already seen a number of gamers from Brad Holmes’ draft lessons bloom after a few seasons of restricted manufacturing. Moreover, it does seem Onwuzurike’s well being has not been a lot of a difficulty in a full calendar 12 months.
Lastly, there’s the addition of defensive position coach Terrell Williams, who is taken into account among the finest coaches at that place. If he can get extra out of Onwuzurike, the Lions’ inside defensive position abruptly seems to be considerably stacked with Reader, McNeill, Onwuzurike, and kids Mekhi Wingo and Brodric Martin.
Which Lions participant are you most excited to see at coaching camp this 12 months?
