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All right, let's play it, everybody, on a Wednesday, August 7th, and a Thursday, August 8th.

It is another edition of Lockdown Lions right here on the Lockdown Podcast Network.

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Lions and Patriots went through a Wednesday walkthrough tomorrow night, 730.

We do it for real.

Real in terms of real exhibition games, but the preseason is underway tomorrow night.

Football at Ford Field under the big lights as Detroit will battle the New England Patriots.

Those that have been covering the team all expect guys like Matthew Stafford,

Carry on Johnson, Chondray Diggs.

Some of the bigger name guys, not even a play in this opener.

As the Lions will get to showcase some of their depth and certainly the competition

at some spots that will all take place in this first preseason game.

And look, the practices this week with the Patriots have been tremendous.

The Lions definitely have gotten better.

And we'll talk a little bit about what you should look for.

I'll give you three guys to keep an eye on tomorrow night that I think we'll have big games,

and I think we'll play big roles in this first preseason game.

You'll also hear from Mike Daniels, the newest lion, who was on this morning with the NFL

network's Stacey Dales and Willie McGinnis,

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