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Detroit Lions teammates call Nick Bawden a 'maniac.' Here's the evidence

Three keys Lions should worry about vs. Raiders, and why Oakland has a big home-field advantage, Nov. 1, 2019. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press

Nick Bawden had a stream of blood on his nose and a wide-eyed look of satisfaction on his face.

It was the third quarter of the Detroit Lions' loss to the Green Bay Packers last month and he had just thrown his face into a block, crushing the top bar of the titanium face mask on his helmet.

"He came off the sideline, he was like, 'Look,' and he was like smiling," Ty Johnson recalled.