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TWENTYMAN: 5 Lions with fantasy potential

Training camp is right around the corner, which means we’re not too far away from fantasy football drafts going down all over the country.

Here are five Detroit Lions players with fantasy potential in 2017:

Ameer Abdullah, RB

Abdullah enters the season as Detroit’s No. 1 running back, and the expectation is that he gets at least 200 touches as a runner -- at least that was GM Bob Quinn's plan heading into last season.

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The third-year back has only four career games with at least 15-plus touches, so it’s kind of hard to project what his fantasy outlook could be.