Tim Patrick Experiencing Slow Start to Lions Camp

Detroit Lions wide receiver Tim Patrick entered training camp with high expectations after completing his first fully healthy offseason in years. 

After suffering a torn ACL in 2022 and a torn Achilles in 2023, Patrick spent the entire 2024 offseason rehabbing. He followed that up by playing in 16 games in his debut season in Detroit, finishing with 33 catches for 394 yards and three touchdowns. The veteran wideout also had a productive spring, yet he has struggled to find his rhythm thus far in camp.

It’s made his early-camp struggles all the more frustrating.

“I feel great. That’s why I’m just frustrated that it’s not showing right now, because in OTAs, it did,” Patrick conveyed. “Training camp is a little different, I just gotta pick this ‘s**t’ up.”

Patrick finds himself in the No. 3 slot on the Lions’ wide receivers depth chart, which is headlined by All-Pro Amon-Ra St. Brown and rising talent Jameson Williams. Patrick, for one, believes that Williams is ready to take the next step and become an even more all-around receiver this upcoming season. 

“People looked at him as just a deep threat, but if you’ve been watching this camp, he’s run every single route,” Patrick said of Williams. “I think most of his routes have been short routes that he’s been catching. So, everybody knew he could do it in the deep game, but now he’s finding that short range and that’s what’s going to make him impossible to stop.”

Meanwhile, Patrick, despite his slow start to camp, still believes he has what it takes to win his one-on-one battles against opposing defensive backs.  

“My job is going to be easy,” he said. “I just gotta beat the number, what, 4 cornerback? I should win that every single time.”