Detroit Lions Dan Campbell offers insight on wide receiver competition between Daurice Fountain, Donovan Peoples-Jones.
have a golden opportunity for a player to claim an increased role within the offense at the wide receiver position., an intriguing name has risen to the forefront in Daurice Fountain. The Northern Iowa product has shown many flashes and gotten reps the first unit, but consistency will be key to ultimately cracking the roster at the conclusion of the preseason.is a player worth keeping an eye on.
"Fountain makes plays. He is making some plays," Campbell said. "You see the 1-on-1, he makes a big, high catch there. I think we all are intrigued with Fountain. I said that a few days ago. We need to see more out of him, we need to see more. It's gotta show up. He's gotta be detailed in what he does. He's got an unbelievable opportunity here and he knows that, and it's gotta show up.
"It was to come in here and compete for that third, fourth receiver," Campbell said. "We're looking for, so much of it is, okay, who's gonna fill in for Josh Reynolds? Is it by committee or is there a guy that is gonna step up and kind of become that for us. So that's kind of what we were looking for. He's a guy that I expect more out of too, and he knows that. He works at it man, he wants it, we just need him to take another step here.
Each of the first three classes have had players who have made immediate impacts, and this year's group figures to do the same led byand Ennis Rakestraw. As a result, these classes can compete to stake their claim at being the best of the groups."I think it's like anything else, it's just another way to compete," Campbell explained. "It's a different version of competing. Our class is this much better than yours.
"We're ready to go, the scripts have been passed," Campbell said. "So we know, we already had it kind of set up, the coordinators got with each other and so it's ready to go. It's just a matter of us getting out there. We're gonna get unbelieveable work out there. I've got a lot of trust in Daboll, he's somebody that I have a lot of respect for. He's a friend of mine and I just know they're gonna do things right.
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