On Monday, the Detroit Lions donned pads for the first time, and it was just about as physical a practice as you could reasonably expect. Coach Dan Campbell purposely opened Monday’s session with a one-on-one tackling drill, not only due to the importance of tackling to football, but to set a tone for the rest of practice.
And it did. There were plenty of “oohs” and “ahhs” from the crowd throughout the morning thanks to physical reps from the likes of Penei Sewell, T.J. Hockenson, and others.
But this was just the tip of the iceberg.