5 things to watch: Lions vs. Giants

1. Backup quarterback competition

Nate Sudfeld and Hendon Hooker are likely to get a half each tonight as they continue to compete to be Goff’s backup come the regular season.

This will be the first game action for Hooker in almost two years since he suffered a torn ACL while on a Heisman Trophy run at Tennessee. He needs to run a smooth operation getting the calls in and working efficiently.

“He just needs reps. And it doesn’t matter if it’s us or it’s them or it’s a game, he just needs reps and reps and reps and he goes to bed and he needs reps and he wakes up and he needs reps,” Campbell said this week of Hooker. “Any time he can be out there and run the offense and function it’s going to be good for him.”

Sudfeld, who tore an ACL in the preseason last year, has looked pretty good in training camp so far and will be looking for more of the same tonight.

2. Depth at wide receiver

We know Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams and Kalif Raymond are in at wide receiver, but who will be No. 4 and possibly No. 5 on the roster out of camp?

As it stands right now through three weeks of training camp practice including two joint practices this week with the Giants, Daurice Fountain and Kaden Davis have looked the best of all the receivers competing for those roles.

Donovan Peoples-Jones, who the Lions traded for at the deadline last season, is also in the mix, though Campbell said last week he’s looking for more from Peoples-Jones. He and everyone else competing for roles and roster spots at receiver will have an opportunity tonight to make a big impression on a big stage.