The Detroit Lions had about half of the team in attendance for the first of four practices in the final week of Organized Team Activities on Monday morning. The Lions coaching staff sent most of the veteran players home for the rest of June, as the team gears up for training camp at the end of July.
With just about 45 players in attendance, it was definitely a slower-paced practice with a higher emphasis on individual and positional drills over 11-on-11 competitive drills. So here’s an abridged version of observations from Monday’s final practice open to the public prior to training camp.