▶ The Lions dominated the first day of joint practices against the Dolphins, full stop. The offense dominated; the defense dominated; even punter Jack Fox put a ball out of bounds at the 2-yard line. It was a bloodbath. The first teams took a majority of reps, since joint practices are in some way a substitute for playing in preseason.

Training camp is heading towards its climax for the Detroit Lions. There's just a bit more than a few weeks left and two preseason games. Most of the position battles that we were all paying attention to have reached their climax.

The Detroit Lions had a big day on Wednesday when they had the Miami Dolphins in for the first day of joint practices. There was a lot to take away from this one. Here are our observations from the day: There's this thing about the Lions not drafting an edge rusher and that being the end of the