Fans were back in the stands on a sun-soaked Saturday morning in Allen Park for Day 4 of Detroit Lions training camp. After a warm welcome to the season ticketholders from head coach Dan Campbell, the Detroit defense went out and made a lot of fans happy with their performance in practice.
The defense consistently shined. That’s the positive spin. The negative spin is that the offense has been considerably less successful in each of the last two days, and it’s hard to ignore the anemic success of the passing attack.
There was considerable thought placed upon if the defense is really that good or if the offense is just not playing well thus far. Both of them are rooted in truth, but it’s hard not to see just how easily the defense stymies the passing offense, from the first team through the third string.
Here are the top five takeaways from Saturday’s practice session.
