The inaugural episode of Hard Knocks, this season focused on the Detroit Lions, was bound together by a single Metallica song. Dan Campbell invoked “No Leaf Clover” in the opening minutes during a speech to his team, and the montage at the end of the show brought the strings and harps and guitars all together in a crashing finale.
With the series setting up its cast of characters in the first 40-plus minutes, there’s a lot to unpack, and the inside look on Detroit Lions camp revealed so much in how this team interacts with its players and coaches.