Preseason games are meaningless in some respects, but for a guy like Detroit Lions quarterback Tim Boyle, it’s an opportunity to stake his claim as the team’s backup in the competition with David Blough. Nonetheless, he seems to have the edge right now, and the one thing players try to avoid in preseason is injury.
For Boyle, injury was not enough to take him off the field Friday night. Whether that was motivated by a desire to cement himself as QB2, or just to tough it out for the team, Boyle continued to show out in spite of the constant pummeling of the Buffalo defense.