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Detroit Lions stock watch: Rookie Ty Johnson makes plays, OL needs help

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Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez discuss the fallout from the Lions' preseason loss against the Bills, Aug. 23, 2019. Carlos Monarrez and Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press

Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett highlights three players who helped and hurt their stock in the Detroit Lions' preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills on Friday night at Ford Field.

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RB Ty Johnson

Johnson gets a green arrow in stock watch for the second straight week, and while he didn’t do much in the ground game Friday – 9 yards on four carries – he scored the Lions’ first touchdown on a nice 11-yard catch from Matthew Stafford.