ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions running game will look different in 2018, and not just because of the names on the backs of the jerseys.
Yes, they signed LeGarrette Blount in free agency. Yes, they traded up for Kerryon Johnson in the second round of the draft. And, probably, those guys will get the bulk of the carries when the season opens Sept. 10 against the Jets.
But there has been a philosophical change to the running game as well. That was obvious when the club used its seventh-round pick to draft a fullback, Nick Bawden, just one year after they scrapped the fullback from the offense all together.