The Detroit Lions very clearly don’t want any part of HBO’s training camp documentary series “Hard Knocks,” but they may not have a choice. They are one of five teams that cannot decline being featured on the show should they be chosen, and one recent report suggests that the Lions may actually be the team they’re targeting.
NBC Sports Bay Area reporters Matt Maiocco and Scott Bair were at the NFL Combine last week, where rumors were churning, and they dropped this interesting nugget in a piece from Wednesday.
The 49ers and Raiders are eligible to be featured on “Hard Knocks,” the behind-the-scenes training camp series that airs on HBO.