▶ The Lions dominated the first day of joint practices against the Dolphins, full stop. The offense dominated; the defense dominated; even punter Jack Fox put a ball out of bounds at the 2-yard line. It was a bloodbath. The first teams took a majority of reps, since joint practices are in some way a substitute for playing in preseason.

Well that was a really fun opening day of joint practices, huh? The Detroit Lions absolutely outclassed the Miami Dolphins on Day 1 of joint practices on Wednesday. And while that was so lopsided that it’s easy to believe that Detroit simply has much better talent,