Hustle play: Late in the first quarter, Miami completed a short screen pass on 3rd & 12 at the Lions’ 37-yard line to wide receiver Dee Eskridge who followed a couple blocks and broke a tackle. He had a clear path to the end zone. Al-Quadin Muhammad came all the way from his edge position on the left side to make the tackle 27 yards downfield at the 10-yard line saving a touchdown. Those kind of effort plays stand out in the film room.
Lynn’s performance: Second-year edge rusher Nate Lynn got injured in training camp last year and wasn’t able to fully show coaches what he could do. Now healthy, Lynn has had a terrific camp and preseason and is making a case to be part of Detroit’s edge depth behind starters Aidan Hutchinson and Marcus Davenport. Lynn was leading Detroit with seven pressures through the first two preseason games and then added four tackles and a tackle for loss in Saturday’s loss to Miami.
“It’s kind of rookie season part two, so to see him kind of take another step here and grow and get a little bit better, it is good,” Campbell said of Lynn after the game. “He’s – like I said, he’s having a pretty good camp.”