The New York Giants and the Detroit Lions will face each other in a preseason game on Thursday, August 8 at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. However, the Giants and the Lions gathered together on Monday for a joint practice. There have been joint practices in the past where it sparked fights.
One of the main reasons why teams are having joint practices these days is because they do not want their star players going in preseason games. They would rather go up against each other in practice and see what they could do.
One of the things that people want to see in the Detroit Lions and New York Giants matchup is how rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers looks against a different defense. How will the Giants’ defensive line be against the Lions’ elite offense line?
New York Giants Fans Respond To the Fights Against the Detroit Lions
On the first day of joint practices, there was already scuffling going on. Lions quarterback Jared Goff threw a deep pass to wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and it was completed. After that, New York Giants rookie cornerback Andrew Phillips knocked the ball out of his hands. St. Brown shoved after that and then things escalated:
A better angle of the #Giants vs. #Lions practice FIGHT shows that Amon-Ra St Brown and Dru Phillips sparked the conflict.
Football is BACK! https://t.co/XgT8jxJW96 pic.twitter.com/NLK30FzYG4
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) August 5, 2024
Here is how some of the other fans responded to the fight between the Lions and the Giants:
You got fans who complain when The Giants practices bad. Now The Giants have a good practice and bring the fight & fans still complaining 😂😂
— Mace The Flip Flopper 😎 (@realmaceblack) August 5, 2024
I want to thank the @Lions for unlocking something I haven’t seen in my @Giants in quite some time FIGHT! But not just that, the play was good on the field too today! #Giants100
— BigDashKnows (@BigDashKnows) August 5, 2024
5 Team fights
4 Lions DBs fighting for their lives against Nabers in Coverage.
1 fight broken up By GM, Joe Schoen— Kevin (@AndreskParnell) August 5, 2024
It will be interesting to see if tempers calm down the next time they have a joint practice together. There were other fights throughout practice. What also occurred during this practice is wide receiver Malik Nabers had his way with the Lions’ defense.
It appears as if the rookie wide receiver is going to be a massive problem for other teams to deal with this season. He is going to be a stud for the Giants as a rookie and for many years to come.
