–Malcolm Rodriguez had a very nice all-around practice, including a sack where he timed his B-gap blitz perfectly.
–Rough day for UDFA safety Loren Strickland. Already facing very long odds to make the roster, Strickland missed two tackles and got absolutely annihilated by a sweet cut from a runner in another drill. On one of the missed tackles, Strickland made a very aggressive read and it paid off with a potential TFL but he grabbed little more than air on the play.
–The Lions ran a lot of two tight end offensive sets early in practice, with Sam LaPorta and Brock Wright both moving around a lot. Wright is effectively unchallenged as TE2. The net effect on the defense was that it took the nickel DB off the field and kept Derrick Barnes and then James Houston on the field more in the SAM role.
–Brian Branch was a starting safety in walkthroughs but did not do team drills. Kerby Joseph took his place next to Ifeatu Melifonwu for the rest of the practice.
–Second-round CB Ennis Rakestraw continues to rep with the third-team defense. So does veteran DL John Cominsky.
–Safety C.J. Moore is not getting any defensive reps, playing strictly on special teams. Keep an eye on that; it could be nothing more than the Lions wanting to see more from the youngsters, but it raises an eyebrow that Moore isn’t mixing it up on defense with the very unsettled safety depth.
–No live kicking in this practice, as the Lions appear to be deploying an every-other-day schedule with the kicking.
–Michael Niese was the second-team center today in the reps I watched and performed better than he has been.
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