Lions Planning Joint Practices with Jaguars

Detroit Lions add another NFL team to hold joint practices with during 2023 preseason.

The Detroit Lions are planning to conduct joint practices with the Jacksonville Jaguars during the preseason. 

Jaguars coach Doug Pederson let the cat out of the bag during a media session with reporters last week that Detroit is hosting another set of practices against an opponent from the 2022 season. 

Recall, Detroit is also holding joint practices with the New York Giants at the team's Allen Park practice facility. 

Lions head coach Dan Campbell indicated last year, prior to traveling to practice against the Colts in the preseason, that the intensity inevitably ramps up when a new foe is introduced during training camp. 

"I just think you get two real good days (practicing)," Campbell explained. "It's a change in intensity going against another opponent. Sometimes, even as intense as you try to make your own practice, just to be able to go against a different opponent just levels the stakes. 

"Levels the intensity. You need that," Campbell explained further. "Their bodies need that, the competition, just to raise the stakes a little bit goes a long way for your guys. So, to be able to get two really good days against them, and then certainly the preseason game, I think it changes up training camp, but it also raises up the intensity and competition."

Detroit soundly defeated the Jaguars, 40-14, at Ford Field last season.  

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