Ameer Abdullah looking forward to being “in there consistently” on Friday

When Bell, who grew up in Benton Harbor and played collegiately at Wayne State, signed his first contract with the Lions in the winter of 2011, he said he planned to stay long enough to retire in his adoptive city. Of course, nothing much comes out of preseason football other than seeing players fight for roster spots and teams work out any and all kinks with their overall game planning.

The Lions have talked up a running back committee with Abdullah, Joique Bell and Theo Riddick all seeing time in the backfield. While the Lions are getting anxious for Bell’s debut this season, they are willing to be patient with Calvin Johnson.

Bell has spent all of coaching camp on the bodily unable to carry out listing after low season surgical procedure to fix a knee drawback that is nagged him for years, however the operating again stated Saturday he is near returning – he ought to come off PUP this week – and nonetheless has loads of soccer left in his 29-year-old physique. We have a lot of team-oriented goals for this team in the future.

That suggests Abdullah will be playing a significant role in the offense in Week One and the rookie is looking forward to seeing how he handles the uptick in responsibilities. We want to be a playoff team. Bell was also assumed as a workhorse in 2015 following the leave of Reggie Bush, the making of Abdullah add that into primary question. “I’m not going to say I’m ready to go out there and take every play and run every down right now, but you never know how I’ll feel in two weeks”. In this case, the Lions are waiting for the regular season to let Abdullah show his true capabilities.

Expect to see Abdullah be a nice surprise in 2015 and do his part to establish the Lions’ running game to the point where it’ll throw off even the most stout defenses.