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Lions vs. Jaguars preseason game earns a national broadcast

Jeff Risdon

Tue, Aug 15, 2023, 3:18 PM EDT·1 min read

The Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars are two of the buzziest up-and-coming teams in the NFL entering the 2023 regular season. The intrigue around the two cats is purring loud enough that their exhibition game will now have a national audience.

The NFL Network revealed its broadcast slate for the second week of the preseason, and the catfight in Ford Field on Saturday will be the featured game on the network. Detroit and Jacksonville will get the national treatment for their 1 p.m. ET kickoff. The exhibition game will also be carried on the Detroit Lions preseason affiliate network on both television and radio (check local listings).

The game did not change on the preseason schedule, just the shift to national coverage. It follows two days of joint practices to be held at the Lions’ training facility in Allen Park on Wednesday and Thursday.

[Iron Lion]

F’ing terrible rule. Absolutely bs


but at the same time why do these guys feel the need they have to bet? You’re a multi millionaire. How much could he possibly have stood to win? It’s retarded

Can't say fucking, but retarded is perfectly fine. 🤔

[-Deborah-]

Well, this is disturbing.

[Cody_Russell]

Classic Madden. The updates for Madden over the last decade has been at a snail’s pace. Frustrating with how profitable it is… they seriously can’t pay another $1M to hire a team of game developers that can make material changes to improve the game?

All that said, the monopoly business in EA Madden has me buying the game in a few days.

[-Deborah-]

There's probably not a lot of appetite to rewatch the game, but here is the alternate Lions broadcast of last week's preseason game. It's basically a bunch of interviews going on while the game is being played. Interviews with folks like Brad Holmes, Golden Tate, Jalen Rose, Kirk Gibson, Glover Quinn, Chris Spielman, and others. Much more enjoyable than the weather girl going on and on during the game.

[CGVT]

There's probably not a lot of appetite to rewatch the game, but here is the alternate Lions broadcast of last week's preseason game. It's basically a bunch of interviews going on while the game is being played. Interviews with folks like Brad Holmes, Golden Tate, Jalen Rose, Kirk Gibson, Glover Quinn, Chris Spielman, and others. Much more enjoyable than the weather girl going on and on during the game.

Even though I am not a fan of in game interviews, I will probably watch that later. I think it is always best to watch your local feed for preseason games, if you can, because you usually get roster insights and the talk and focus is on your team. As well as having the weather broadcast throughout the game, in this sense the Lions announcers are not good at all. Very little insight and inside info. Just a generic football broadcast. It was still better than watching the Giants feed, though. Ha!

When the weather interrupted the Lions feed, I switched over to the Giants feed for a few minutes. It obviously had Giants announcers which was bad enough, but the production was different as well. All cameras and replays were Giants focused. Fuck that shit.
I watched the Lions feed with the weather on half of the screen. It was still better than the Giants' feed.

[-Deborah-]

Saw someone who is at the Lions Training Camp today say that Jameson Williams appeared to suffer an injury.

"Jameson Williams just pulled up running and grabbed the back of his leg. Being evaluated."

"Got up after a few minutes laying on the sideline. Walked into the facility."

[edindetroit]

Observations: Branch Records Interception, Bridgewater Makes Debut Detroit Lions Day 14 training camp observations.

JOHN MAAKARON13 MINUTES AGO

The Detroit Lions are now embarking on a new week of training camp, with another team set to visit Allen Park for a series of joint practices.

While an illness has swept the team over the weekend, a new veteran backup quarterback has the strong potential to be the cure to alleviate any anxiety regarding who is playing behind veteran quarterback Jared Goff.

Monday marked the practice debut of Teddy Bridgewater, a veteran the coaching staff clamored to add to the roster earlier in camp.

The veteran was brought in to be a steadying back up behind Goff and has arrived with much fan fare.

Dan Campbell laid out the plan for the veteran signal-caller moving forward throughout training camp.

"The plan is, and T.B. knows this, let's get him in. He's gonna get some reps today, he's been grinding on the playbook," said Campbell. "Let him go through individual, let him get a few reps and then Jacksonville -- let's get him worked in a little bit. I'm just gonna gauge where he's at, where he feels, what it looks like and then we'll make a determination at the end of the week. But our plan is to get him going in practice this week."


He was asked about the potential challenge of getting Bridgewater up to speed quickly given what he's missed. However, with his experience, Campbell has plenty of faith in a quick transition.

"There is a challenge to it but I think that's, Teddy's a pro, and I go back to this — he's been in every system you can be in. It's all about flipping terminology for him. There won't be one thing he'll be doing with us that he hasn't done with somebody else. It's just the nature of what are we calling it, where do you want the snap point? Little things like that," Campbell explained. "He'll know the progressions, the reads by coverage. I mean he's a smart football player. So, there's a challenge to it, but I have a lot of faith in Teddy picking it up. I know him and the mental part of it, he's gonna be on top of it real fast."


Participation

The Lions are currently dealing with an illness that has sidelined multiple players. Among those who missed practice as a result were Brady Breeze and Cam Sutton.

With Sutton sidelined, Will Harris stepped in to take first-team reps at cornerback.

Defensive end Aidan Hutchinson missed practice as well while dealing with an ankle injury. Wide receiver Trinity Benson was also inactive.


Trinity Benson was not spotted at practice on Day 14.

Fellow wideouts Maurice Alexander and Denzel Mims were both spotted at practice, but were limited.

Alexander did not participate in special teams drills, which allowed Jameson Williams, Kalif Raymond and Amon-Ra St. Brown to handle kick return duties.


Mohamed Ibrahim was not spotted, while Jermar Jefferson was observed working with trainers. Craig Reynolds was not observed during team periods, as his work was limited to individual periods.

Observations

1.) In his first pass as a Detroit Lion, Bridgewater connected with Jameson Williams for a 25-yard gain. It is understandable the veteran was rusty, as he was away from the game following the birth of his child. A couple passes were shaky, including incompletions to Chase Cota and Avery Davis. After practice, Bridgewater and the second-year wideout worked on routes and their timing.



2.) After solid performances in the opener, Romeo and Julian Okwara were rewarded by moving up from the third-team defense. Romeo was observed working with the first-team defense after recording a sack in the preseason opener. Julian Okwara, who tallied three sacks Friday, saw action with the second-team while getting limited first-team reps.


3.) Running back David Montgomery had a strong day at practice. He was impactful in the short-passing game and consistently broke through the first level of defenders. Each run has purpose and their does not appear to be wasted movement in the veteran's runs. In a rare live-tackling portion of practice, Montgomery was the featured number called, eventually finding his way into the end zone during red zone work. Jahmyr Gibbs also blew past John Cominsky and Derrick Barnes on his way to the end zone during red zone periods. His speed and burst to the end zone can become a weapon when Detroit's offense is in the red zone in the regular season.


4.) Rookie Antoine Green, who the coaching staff had wanted to see more consistency from, broke free in red zone work, but could not haul in a solid pass from Nate Sudfeld in the end zone. Campbell has expressed that he wants the rookie wideout to be more consistent in his pursuit of a roster spot. The young wideout was visibly upset regarding the incompletion.


5.) The kickers did not take the field to compete against each on Day 14.

6.) Williams did not have any noticeable drops in practice. Jared Goff even connected deep with the speedy wideout, who tracked the football well, in individual drills. In team periods, Williams was not targeted that often. Sudfeld attempted one deep pass to the former first-round pick that feel incomplete with Steven Gilmore in coverage.


7.) Brian Branch alert! Another day of practice and another special play made by the young rookie. In the second offensive possession for the first-team offense, Goff tossed incomplete to Sam LaPorta. Soon after, Jahmyr Gibbs was the intended target and Branch, who watches an extensive amount of film, sniffed it out instantly, tipped the pass and secured the interception.


8.) Matt Nelson, who struggled in the preseason opener, was on the receiving end of a touchdown toss.

9.) Jared Goff was able to find completions deep to Josh Reynolds and Amon-Ra St. Brown, who jokingly interrupted the media session of Williams, asking his teammate what it is like to play with a player of St. Brown's caliber.


10.) The second- and third-team offense did not fare too well in red zone work. To end practice, Sudfeld would have taken a significant sack by Will Harris, putting the offense at a disadvantage to start. Martinez also would have taken a sack by Jalen Reeves-Maybin, who burst through the offensive line.

I'm not big on preseason football (or the XFL and the USFL because it has the same feel) but I'm going to have to watch to see how Bridgewater does.

[CGVT]

Saw someone who is at the Lions Training Camp today say that Jameson Williams appeared to suffer an injury.

"Jameson Williams just pulled up running and grabbed the back of his leg. Being evaluated."

"Got up after a few minutes laying on the sideline. Walked into the facility."

I saw a reel on FB yesterday. Williams was answering questions and The Sun God got in the middle of it and messed with him a bit. It was pretty funny to watch.

Two things that I took away from it:

The Sun God looks to have taken Williams under his wing and is protecting him a bit (this reel and other things that have happened in camp lead me to believe this)

My God, Williams is just a kid. Hopefully he doesn't get run out of town before he grows up.

[wcfwtf]

I watched some of that last night
Spielman was amped up.
Hes as competitive as ever.
Wants to win every game even pre season
If you don’t want to win we don’t want ya

[Cody_Russell]

Saw someone who is at the Lions Training Camp today say that Jameson Williams appeared to suffer an injury.

"Jameson Williams just pulled up running and grabbed the back of his leg. Being evaluated."

"Got up after a few minutes laying on the sideline. Walked into the facility."

Hamstring maybe? Hope it’s minor, but recurring injuries is a very troubling sign for Jameson Williams.

[jaadam4]

Saw someone who is at the Lions Training Camp today say that Jameson Williams appeared to suffer an injury.

"Jameson Williams just pulled up running and grabbed the back of his leg. Being evaluated."

"Got up after a few minutes laying on the sideline. Walked into the facility."

None of this is surprising

[-Deborah-]

From a better source:

[-Deborah-]

They taped up Amon-Ra's ankle, reportedly, and he did some running afterwards. Hopefully a minor ding.

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