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Detroit Lions 2022 free agent profile: The Tim Boyle experiment did not work out

Welcome back to our 2021 Detroit Lions roster review series. So far we’ve talked about linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin and defensive lineman Charles Harris. Today we’re going to talk about Lions backup quarterback Tim Boyle, who is set to become an unrestricted free agent in March.

Tim Boyle

Expectations heading into 2021

What were the expectations for Tim Boyle coming into 2021? Well, that depends on who you ask. For most, it was not much. For Packers beat writers—who were the only who had seen him up close outside of a few preseason games—the expectation was that something called the Tim Boyle Laser Show was going to run wild all over Detroit.