For the first time this year, the Detroit Lions opened up organized team activities (OTAs) to the media, although it was technically the third practice this week for the team. During OTAs, teams are still not in full pads, but they are permitted to do full 11-on-11 work with the entire squad. So on a mild, cloudy Thursday afternoon, we got our first look at the 2022 team as a (mostly) whole team.
Here are my biggest takeaways from Thursday’s practice.
Participation
Here are the players that I did not see out there at all during practice:
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