The Detroit Lions completed the second day of their 2019 training camp and fans got a glimpse into the potential of the teams first-round pick T.J. Hockenson.

Welcome to the T.J. Hockenson show

On my tracking sheet, I put checkmarks next to a player’s name and an exaggerated checkmark when the player makes an incredible play. Today, Hockenson had three exaggerated checkmarks, after earning two yesterday.

In goal-line work (inside the 5-yard line), the Lions used 23 personnel as their base offense but did everything from keeping players in tight formations to spreading them out five-wide.

In this scenario, Hockenson made a brilliant play on Thursday, then replicated it, in a nearly identical fashion, in today’s practice.

On the play, the Lions ran simple stacked out routes with Hockenson taking the deep route to the back of the end zone. He had bracketed coverage over the top by a safety, while also being covered underneath by a linebacker. Coverage was tight but Matthew Stafford’s pass was better and Hockenson high pointed the ball, toe-tapping in-bounds as he fell to the ground securing the touchdown.

He saved his best play for the end of practice during 11-on-11s.

Hockenson ran the seam against zone coverage and as he crossed the goal line, David Fales zipped a pass that was perfectly placed, although low and behind Hockenson (anywhere else and it would’ve been intercepted). Hockenson was able to throttle down from full speed, sink his hips to drop his center of gravity, flip his body 180-degrees to adjust to the ball, and then engulfed it like a vacuum.

This kid is for real folks.

Pre-planned offensive line shakeup.

Like in spring practices, coaches continued to rotate their guards at different practices, indicating they’re not fully comfortable with their starting five.

Joe Dahl stepped into the starting left guard role in place of Kenny Wiggins, while Oday Aboushi took over for Graham Glasgow at right guard. This held for most of the day, but in certain offensive line only drills, we saw Glasgow take snaps at left guard, center and right guard, illustrating his positional range.

It’s worth noting that despite Aboushi getting first-team reps, he has yet to see any snaps at left guard. In my eyes, this is a red flag for those who believe he may be in the mix for a chance to start at left guard. If he does prove to be better than Wiggins and Dahl, it’s likely he would stay at right guard and Glasgow would switch to left guard. But if the team thinks Glasgow’s best fit is a right guard, Aboushi may only be competing for a reserve role on the roster.

Quick hits from the rest of the offense

Isaac Nauta, who had a challenging day on Thursday, dominate the third-stringers and often found soft spots in the gaps in coverage against the second team. He had a nice bounce-back day, showing off his strong hands.

Logan Thomas also had a nice day after showing some sloppy hands on the first day. Thomas looked athletic and was bodying several of the smaller safeties all around the field.

Nick Bawden made a strong catch in traffic. He ran a quick three-yard curl into the endzone, then had to catch a rocket pass from Stafford only standing a few feet from him. With no pads on today, it likely left a mark.

Ty Johnson once again found space on an out route, where not a single defender was within 3-yards of him. There’s a role for this in this offense.