Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez share what stood out to them most in the Detroit Lions-New England Patriots joint practice on Aug. 6, 2019. Carlos Monarrez and Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
This day was supposed to come a year ago. That’s when the rest of Detroit Lions fullback Nick Bawden’s rookie classmates made their NFL debut, at least.
Kerryon Johnson, the running back for which he was supposed to block. Frank Ragnow, the offensive lineman he was supposed to run behind.
Bawden should have been on the field with them last August – would have been if not for the torn ACL he suffered two months earlier.