As expected, Hendon Hooker had plenty of ups and downs at Detroit Lions’ OTAs. With every moment he showed his raw talent, he struggled with accuracy or held the ball too long and took a “sack.” All expectations are he will be more comfortable when training camp comes, with reps under his belt that he had not had before.
Hooker would have to be awful in camp, or be injured, to cede the No. 2 spot on the depth chart to Nate Sudfeld. Sudfeld has value to the Lions’ quarterback room, but if Jared Goff went down and he had to play the team is in big trouble.
There are obviously some key players the Lions’ can’t afford to lose to injury this season. Goff is probably No. 1 on the list, given the sheer unknown Hooker is and that Sudfeld has barely seen regular season action in his career.
Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports has taken a look at six “quietly concerning” backup quarterback situations around the league, while offering proposed solutions. The Lions are of course on the list
The Lions were planning on using only nine of their 10 allotted organized team activity practices already, but on Friday evening they said they would forfeit Monday’s practice as punishment for the violation, which occurred during the second week of OTAs held May 25-27.
