ALLEN PARK Eddie Goldman Jersey , Mich. (AP) Matthew Stafford dropped back and connected over the middle with Golden Tate.
Before the Detroit Lions lined up to take another snap in the two-minute drill, Stafford’s short pass to Tate was shown on a pair of huge TV monitors.
The Detroit Lions under first-year coach Matt Patricia are part of a trend: NFL teams using instant replay to make quick corrections and observations during training camp.
The Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins are also taking advantage of technology common in stadiums on game days.
Tate said the replays between snaps are shown too quickly for him to see them. But if the receiver is walking off the field while the second-string offense is coming on it, he takes a peek at the previous play.
”I look at what the coverage was,” Tate said. ”I can also pull a coach aside and say, `What could I have done differently?’
”It’s great to be able to go over something quickly when it is fresh in your mind versus having to wait and forget about it.”
The Lions, like a lot of teams in the league, have cameras perched atop towers higher than goal posts. Camera operators use joysticks to zoom in and out, tilt up and down and pan the field to record the action. The Lions also have an operator with a safety harness on a scissor lift. And closer to the ground, staff members hold cameras and put them on short tripods to get other vantage points.
Cornerback Darius Slay said he always looks at replays in practice, especially if a teammate catches a pass against him.
”I want to know what I did wrong,” Slay said. ”I can correct it just as fast as I can see it. I’m glad (Patricia) got that out there for us.
”You can see what’s wrong – fast.”
Instant replays during practices potentially provide another way to help players on the sideline Andrew Ladd Jersey , who aren’t getting hands-on repetitions.
”It’s a great teaching tool for our team,” Oakland coach Jon Gruden said. ”I think it’ll be better when we have one huddle going at a time. We had two huddles going at once, so it was a little bit chaotic.”
The Rams also put up a big replay board on the side of a field at their camp at UC Irvine, giving them a chance to get and give immediate feedback instead of waiting hours for a film session.
”That’s really the intent of it,” Rams coach Sean McVay said.
The Browns have a new camera system and it includes a replay screen at their training facility.
”People who are getting the mental reps, who are not doing it, can turn back and really see what is really going on,” Browns coach Hue Jackson said. ”Understand the defense, where the offense might have broken down, or why we executed pretty well. I think it is a really good thing to have for both offense and defense.”
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AP Pro Football Writer Josh Dubow and Sports Writers Tom Withers, Greg Beacham, and Steven Wine contributed.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — One week in and the Browns are still undefeated.
Now that’s progress.
Cleveland ended its 17-game losing streak on Sunday with a 21-21 tie against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who prevented the Browns from getting their first victory since 2016 when linebacker T.J. Watt blocked Zane Gonzalez’s 43-yard field-goal attempt with 9 seconds left in OT.
The Steelers Connor Brown Jersey , who blew a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter, also wasted their chance to escape with a win when Chris Boswell was wide left on a 42-yard field-goal attempt with 1:44 remaining in the extra period.
It was the NFL’s first tie in Week 1 since 1971 and the league’s first overall since Washington and Cincinnati ended in a 27-27 deadlock on Oct. 30, 2016.
“If you don’t win,” Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said, “it feels like a loss.”
The Browns remain winless since Dec. 24, 2016, but at least they have a positive after going 0-16 last season, just the second team in league history to lose all 16 games.
Pittsburgh committed six turnovers, including a strip-sack fumble of Roethlisberger late in OT that had the Browns poised to win their first opener since 2004.
But Gonzalez’s kick was low and Watt, who had four sacks, got deep penetration and appeared to get his hand on the ball, which went sideways and landed on the soaked FirstEnergy Stadium turf as thousands of Browns fans threw up their hands in disbelief.
So close. So far.
“They broke through and were right there, so there wasn’t much I could do about it Womens Antonio Brown Jersey ,” Gonzalez said. “It was blocked. We felt good about it when we went out there. They definitely were in there a little quick.”
Browns coach Hue Jackson felt the Steelers were offside on the climactic kick.
“Disappointed for our fans,” said an exasperated Jackson, who fell to 1-31-1 with Cleveland. “Did not want them going home without a victory. I did not want our players to go home without a victory. We were not able to get it done. Did not finish it, but obviously, a tie. A tie.”
The Browns also had a chance to win it in regulation and were driving for a potential game-winning field goal, but Tyrod Taylor’s deep pass for Josh Gordon was underthrown and intercepted by Cameron Sutton with 16 seconds left.
“There is nothing to be excited about, nothing at all,” said Gordon, who missed most of the past four seasons because of drug suspensions. “We don’t come to work to get ties. It’s the equivalent of a loss to me.”
The Steelers played their opener without star running back Le’Veon Bell, who remains away from the team in a contract dispute. As Bell continued his holdout in warm and dry South Florida, James Conner filled in and scored two touchdowns while running for 135 yards — just nine fewer than he gained as a rookie last season.
Roethlisberger threw three interceptions in the first half and finished 23 of 41 for 335 yards, throwing a 22-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to Antonio Brown.
Down 21-7 in the fourth quarter, the Browns were on the verge of their 18th straight loss.
But they forced a fumble by Conner and scored quickly on Carlos Hyde’s 1-yard run to pull within a touchdown.
Cleveland’s defense then forced a punt before Taylor connected with Gordon Jim McMahon Jersey , who was playing in his first opener since 2012, made a gorgeous leaping catch in the corner over Steelers cornerback Cameron Sutton.
In his debut with Cleveland, Taylor completed 15 of 40 passes for 197 yards.
BUNGLING BROWNS
Cleveland gave up seven sacks and committed 11 penalties, including four on false starts.
“Tyrod got hit way too much,” left guard Joel Bitonio said.
ROOKIE SHINES
Browns rookie cornerback Denzel Ward intercepted Roethlisberger twice in his NFL debut. Both picks by the No. 4 overall selection came in the first half.
“We got guys who can get the ball and are ball hawks,” defensive lineman Myles Garrett said. “Denzel is one of them.”
INJURIES
Steelers: CB Joe Haden injured his hamstring in the second half and did not return.
Browns: DE Emmanuel Ogbah left briefly with an ankle injury in the first quarter but returned.
LEFT OUT
It was a tough week for Browns rookie guard Austin Corbett. First, the No. 33 overall pick was replaced in the starting lineup when coach Hue Jackson slid Joel Bitonio back to left guard and put undrafted rookie Desmond Harrison in at left tackle. Corbett figured to be a backup on game day, but was one of the club’s inactives.
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