5 players who impressed at 2022 Detroit Lions minicamp practices

3. QUARTERBACK DAVID BLOUGH

Blough and Tim Boyle alternated reps with the second-team offense this week as the Lions foster the competition to see who will be Jared Goff’s backup in 2022.

Boyle had some good moments during the week, especially in some of the competitive periods on Wednesday, but watching from afar, I thought Blough was more consistent throughout the week. He made some amazing throws to win some competitive periods on Tuesday, and he’s put himself in a position to really push Boyle for the backup job with a good camp and preseason.

4. DEFENSIVE END AIDAN HUTCHINSON

Again, with no pads it’s pretty tough to evaluate defensive line play, but it doesn’t take long watching Hutchinson to see there’s a lot of things to like about his game. In individual periods with the defensive linemen, he’s relentless and often garners praise from not only defensive line coach Todd Wash, but also his fellow line mates for some of the technique work he shows off.

He was disruptive in team periods and nearly had an interception on a screen pass Wednesday. He worked himself into first-team reps pretty quickly this week, and he’s expected to play a big role.

“He’s been all business,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said of Hutchinson Thursday. “I told my wife this last night, what’s great about him is he just is quietly getting better right in front of us. He doesn’t say anything, he listens, he’s like a sponge in there, he absorbs the information, he watches how things are done and the way coaches want them done.

“Then he’s got a motor and he goes, he just learns and gets better every day, you just see it and so I love that about him. He’s just – everyday man, there’s growth right in front of us.”