The Lions of Detroit learned a lot about their depth in their first pre-season match.
During Thursday’s unbalanced defeat against Los Angeles chargeers, many players competing for roles and places on the list had the opportunity to present their capacities.
Although the score indicates poor performance, there were still players who intensified and owned their chances.
Here is the last stock watch before the third week of the Lions training camp.
Isaac Teslaa
Teslaa has a ready construction for the NFL and a good speed. After the documentary “Inside The Den” of the Lions revealed that coaches staff see an immediate role for him, Thursday’s match provided a sample of the type of impact he can have on the offense at the start of his career.
Although the recruit in no way supplanted Tim Patrick as the third large, it seems ready to contribute immediately. He had two catches of more than 20 yards, one of which presented his capacity and his physicity of Run-A after the withdrawal when he dropped his shoulder in a defender.
Lions will find ways to use it early, whether on the routes or passing funds that would allow it to use its size to make games.
Ahmed Hassanein
Although Hassanein did not have the most flashy performance, the band indicates that he was still in a position to obtain after the quarter. He bought a bag of the first half and was constantly constantly around the ball.
Detroit has its two best rushers on board in Aidan Hutchinson and Marcus Davenport. However, with Davenport’s sustainability problems and the fact that Josh Paschal appears on the NFI list, there is a path for the recruit to make a place on both depths, and it would be ready to contribute at any time.
In an ideal world, lions can play it in service and let it develop behind the scenes. However, there is enough natural capacity within this player so that he can end up having an impact as a recruit. He showed Thursday that his development is in a good place.
Giovanni Manu
Manu had a lot of action, mainly in the second half of Thursday’s match. He showed a certain growth of last year, seeming more confident in his sets of passes and his physique in the race game.
The key to its development has always been to unlock its natural gifts in its game, and its technique seems to have grown since the pre-season last year. With Dan Skipper’s injury, Manu could be in reserve for more rehearsals as the pre-season is progressing, and as such, he will have the chance to demonstrate that what he did on Thursday can be consistent.
Ian Kennelly
Kennelly announced his presence on the ground on Thursday with authority, assuming Nyheim Miller on the lawn during one of his first shots on the ground. The free agent not drafted in division II Grand Valley State has shown a lot of physics, which is a key line for security.
By defending the race, Kennelly showed that he was not afraid to go down and deliver a blow. This trait can result in special teams and, as such, gives it a chance to fight to win a place. Coherence and production will be essential for him throughout the rest of the pre-season.
Special teams
It was a ugly night for the Dave FIPP group Thursday, with several escapes and penalties. The tone was fixed from the start of the opening, while Grant Stuard groped the return to give the loads the ideal starting position.
Jake Bates committed a penalty by kicking the balloon in the landing area, then Dominic Lovett committed an illegal touching penalty when he was the first to touch a ball after getting out of the limits.
The problems have reached a head when Jakobie Keeney-James smothered a shot of clearance inside the 10 yards of the Lions. It is very likely that Stuard and Keeney-James were not the players that Detroit considers men back in the regular season, but it was always an unusual and sloppy performance in this area of Detroit.
Hendon Hooker
With Kyle Allen starting the match, Hendon Hooker only saw action in the third quarter. Although the statistics line was not the worst, because it went 3-en-6 with an interception, there were underlying problems which seem to have postponed its difficulties in training camp a year ago.
Hooker seemed to hesitate to deliver the ball in time throughout its representatives, and sometimes would bail out a clean pocket to rush. The composition of his timing will be important in the future, as is the search for good receivers unlike his first third when he threw incomplete in a crowd of loaders of charge.
The Tennessee product only achieved the first three downs in four series. Although he is likely to obtain the first half in the next outing of Detroit, he will have to be improved a lot by leading the offensive to inspire confidence in his capacities within the coach staff.
BOOTLE DICAPRIO
Bootle was targeted early and often throughout his stay on the ground. The results unfortunately reflected its projection at the start of the training camp, as it was beaten for a touchdown at the end of the first half by Keandre Lambert-Smith.
In the second half, Bootle pulled a penalty flag. He misunderstood via Pro Football Focus, with a class of 30.0, and will have to be well improved to hang a competitive battle for the back-end of the list.
Kingsley Eguakun
With the plans of the center of the lions solidifying, Eguakun had the chance to plead in case of being the team’s rescue center. However, he struggled throughout his 32 snaps and may have opened it to other team backup options.
The unfortunate projection started early because he missed blocks on two points of Craig Reynolds during the first training. With others such as Michael Niese and the veteran Trystan Colon in the rescue battle, Eguakun missed a chance to broaden the gap between him and the field.
