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Detroit Lions vs. Cleveland Browns: Photos from Week 4 of preseason

Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez tackles the tough questions in the Detroit Lions' final preseason game of the year against the Cleveland Browns on Thursday:

How did quarterback Tom Savage look in his return from a concussion?

Not great. It didn’t help that the offensive line was filled with mostly third-stringers and that it generally played poorly. But Savage looked rusty and not very assertive in his game. He took three sacks, which weren’t all his fault.