This coming Friday, the Detroit Lions will take on the Buffalo Bills in the first preseason game of the Dan Campbell/Brad Holmes/Jared Goff era.
In advance of the game, the Lions media relations team has released the team’s first unofficial depth chart of the 2021 preseason, and as you can see two rookies are listed as starters.
Offense
WR Tyrell Williams, Quintez Cephus
TE T.J. Hockenson, Alize Mack
LT Taylor Decker, Tyrell Crosby
LG Jonah Jackson, Evan Boehm
C Frank Ragnow, Evan Brown
RG Halapoulivaati Vaitai, Logan Stenberg
RT Penei Sewell, Matt Nelson
TE Darren Fells, Brock Wright
WR Breshad Perriman, Kalif Raymond
QB Jared Goff, Tim Boyle
RB D’Andre Swift, Jamaal Williams
Defense
DE Michael Brockers, Da’Shawn Hand
NT Alim McNeill, John Penisini
DE Nick Williams, Jashon Cornell
OLB Trey Flowers, Charles Harris
ILB Alex Anzalone, Shaun Dion Hamilton
ILB Jamie Collins Sr., Jahlani Tavai
OLB Romeo Okwara, Julian Okwara
CB Jeff Okudah, Quinton Dunbar
CB Amani Oruwariye, Mike Ford
S Tracy Walker, C.J. Moore
S Will Harris, Dean Marlowe
Special teams
K Randy Bullock, Matthew Wright
P Jack Fox (Also holder for kicks)
LS Don Muhlbach, Scott Daly
PR/KR Kalif Raymond, Victor Bolden
