Tonight is the first episode of HBO’s hit show: Hard Knocks. It will be aired tonight at 10pm eastern time and will be covering the Detroit Lions. Detroit is the perfect landing spot for this year’s Hard Knocks. Detroit is extremely young, has an intense and unusual head coach, and has a lot to prove in 2022.
Who will be the Lions Hard Knocks Stars?
Dan Campbell is entering his second season as the Lions Head Coach, and he has much more to prove. He grabbed ahold of the headlines when he was first hired as Detroit’s coach because of his interesting choice of words (biting off kneecaps) and his high emotion and passion towards football. Despite his passion and enthusiasm, Campbell struggled to bring the Lion’s to victory. They only won three games and were the second worst team in the league. We can expect a lot out of Campbell, not just in the Hard Knocks series, but throughout the season as he fights to keep his job and improve a very young and inexperienced team.
The Lions also selected two promising stars in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft: Aidan Hutchinson and Jameson Williams. Hutchinson’s and Williams’ training camps will be much anticipated in the series. Williams will be fighting off an ACL injury sustained in his last game at Alabama, but Aidan should be good to go for the Lions this fall.
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Going back the Lion’s second overall pick: Aidan Hutchinson. Today, August 9th, is also Aidan’s 22nd birthday which just happens to be the same day as the season debut. It is looking like Hutchinson may be the star to this season, and Adam Schefter shared this tweet saying: “Aidan Hutchinson – who turns 22 today – singing Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” during team meeting. ‘Producers claim it may be the most entertaining rookie singing moment in show history,’ per show official.”
If this is true, then we are in for quite the show! Also coming out in recent tweets was Jamaal Williams’ huddle break down during practice. Full video can be viewed here.
Jamaal and this Lions team have so much passion, but can they take that and make that passion into wins? Only time will tell, but this season’s Hard Knocks should give us a glimpse as to if that will happen.
Hard Knocks Debut Means Football is Near
The heading says it all. We are so close to ending the year’s most boring stretch of sports. From the conclusion of College Basketball to the start of Football season is the lowest of the lows when it comes to sports entertainment. We have almost rounded that hump and are almost in the promise land!
Stay Strong, were almost there!