Lions starters completely dominated Dolphins during joint practice

Another starter for Detroit that completely dominated in his reps against Dolphins defenders was Penei Sewell, who apparently shut down star pass rusher Chop Robinson multiple times before Robinson was injured in practice.

Lions starters turning up the heat against Dolphins in joint practice

We're not going to see many of these players until September 7 against the Green Bay Packers in Week 1 - and that's a great thing. With the way injuries have been set up against the Lions this offseason and during training camp, preventing as many injuries as possible to key starters like Sewell or St. Brown is of the utmost importance.

This joint practice comes ahead of a Week 3 preseason bout between the Lions and Dolphins this Saturday afternoon. Linebacker Grant Stuard, who has been an absolute unit for the Lions' defense this preseason with one sack and five solo tackles, was trash talking the Dolphins ahead of today's joint practice. Talk about adding fuel to a pretty non-existent fire.

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"I don't know if they're ready, I'm gonna keep it a stack. I've played at other places and played against that team last year, and joint practiced against that team twice when I was in Tampa. I don't know if they practice how we practice. I'm excited to see our guys for sure, and I'm excited to get out there and do something against somebody else, who doesn't know every in and out of what we're doing," said Stuard to Sports Illustrated's John Maakaron.

It's fair to say that Detroit practices hard - head coach Dan Campbell had to shut down practice momentarily numerous times this offseason because of how rough players were being with one another without pads on. The Lions defense is especially tough going, with Stuard featured heavily as a second team star.

We'll see how the rest of the afternoon pans out for the Lions and Dolphins, but with St. Brown and Sewell already thoroughly embarrassing some of Miami's defenders, we might just be witnessing exactly what Stuard was talking about.

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