If you are excited to watch the Detroit Lions take on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night in their second preseason game of the year, you may want to lower your expectations.
On Thursday, Lions head coach Dan Campbell revealed that some key players will not see any action including Jared Goff, D’Andre Swift, and T.J. Hockenson.
Quotes via Detroit Free Press:
“I think whatever we do this week will be pretty much the same as next week (for the preseason finale),” Campbell said. “So whatever this ends up being, I think it will probably play out very similar next week. And look, a lot of it has to do with where we’re at with the roster as well. There’s already a couple of areas where I thought it might be good to sit, but we can’t do it with where we’re at, just the roster.”
“This had been in my head for about a week,” Campbell said. “I’m starting to think about now maybe sitting a few of these guys, a select few veterans is kind of what I’m thinking right now. I’m not there yet and I want to see how we get through this practice, too. That’ll play a lot into it.”
