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Lions notes: Fans split on who should win Detroit’s backup QB battle

Fans are almost evenly split between Dan Orlovsky and Jake Rudock.

By Jeremy Reisman@DetroitOnLion Aug 21, 2016, 12:45pm EDT

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Kyle Meinke of MLive.com created a poll on who the Detroit Lions should keep to backup Matthew Stafford: Dan Orlovsky or Jake Rudock. The poll was extremely close:

38.2% of @mlive readers say Rudock should be the backup QB. 37.9% say Orlovsky. And 23.8% say keep all 3. Parity! https://t.co/4aTYY1lbVv
— Kyle Meinke (@kmeinke) August 21, 2016

Cincinnati Bengals players, and former teammates of Marvin Jones, believe Marvin could certainly take over No. 1 receiver duties.

Speaking of Marvin Jones, he made quite the nifty grab at walkthroughs on Saturday:

Ok, @marvinjonesjr

A photo posted by Detroit Lions (@detroitlionsnfl) on Aug 20, 2016 at 6:16pm PDT

Colton Wesley of Detroit Jock City runs down how running back Dwayne Washington worked his way to the Lions’ roster bubble.

Lions hype video? Lions hype video:

Detroit Lions 2016 Hype Video pic.twitter.com/Jzt2DXIYYo
— Detroit Lions Fans (@DetLionBlood) August 20, 2016

Pro Football Focus gave their initial impressions of the Lions-Bengals game, saying the Lions have done well to replace Calvin Johnson.

The Chicago Bears are suffering from even more injuries after their second preseason game:

Kyle Long and Jeremy Langford not practicing tonight. Langford is actually in a walking boot. Seems ok. pic.twitter.com/ia5v6f0z90
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) August 20, 2016

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