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Detroit Lions Week 1 OTA observations: Rookies being brought along slowly

The Detroit Lions opened up OTAs to the media on Thursday for a well-attended practice. You can see the full attendance and injury report here, but it sounds like the few absences were all accounted for, and the injury list remains relatively small.

As we’ve seen in previous years, the Lions were not in the business of handing any rookies a starting job. Of their eight drafted players, none of them started the day with the first team offense or defense. That’s no surprise, but at the same time, don’t expect that to last long.