In less than a week, the Detroit Lions will open up the 2025 NFL preseason with the Hall of Fame Game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night. While the game result is completely meaningless, it will be both team’s first opportunity to get their rosters some valuable game reps.
As always, though, the question is which players will actually be on the field. If tradition follows, neither team will play any of their big-time starters, but Lions coach Dan Campbell did give some insight into how he’ll treat their young players.