Lions practice notebook: Tuesday night lights bring the intensity

Detroit Lions practice news and notes from August 23 under the lights

For the first time all summer, the Detroit Lions held a night practice at the team’s training facility in Allen Park. With the sun fading and the lights peeking on, the Lions practiced in full pads with considerable reps focused on the starting offense versus the starting defense. It was the last fully padded practice of the training camp season.

There are so many things to note from a very coordinated and well-engaged session. I’ll elaborate more on a couple of specifics later, but here’s the initial notebook.