Towards the end of the Detroit Lions first joint practice with the New England Patriots, things were becoming hard to watch. The offense was pretty rough in red zone drills, and their two-minute offense looked downright bad. The defense’s poor finish to practice was a little more excusable, considering over half of the projected starters were sidelined against that Tom Brady guy.
So while I think my overall observations from Monday’s practice probably had a negative spin to it, I wanted to make sure I gave the good performances some credit, too.