On one rep in the 1-on-1 pass-rush drill, Burns spun on Lions left tackle Taylor Decker, who guided Burns out wide and then pushed him down, sending Burns tumbling to the grass. Burns got to his feet, looked at Decker, they exchanged a low-five and went back to work.
Confidence builder. 
But then again 
Sewell makes a solid point on importance of joint practices and which, imo, played a role in day one vs day two performance of Lion’s OL. Bold added by me, from today’s paper.
As right tackle Penei Sewell said Tuesday after the second joint practice:
“I go against Hutch (Aidan Hutchinson) every day and at times you lose your progress because you’re going against the same guys (for what) feels like a couple months now.”
Not that Sewell was diminishing the importance of training camp. Obviously, it’s critical. He was just pointing out that after a couple weeks of lining up against the same couple players — Sewell also faces rush end Marcus Davenport at times — it gets hard to gauge progress.
Not much surprise in the technique and abilities of a player after facing him for nine straight days. So, when Sewell was suddenly lining up against Kayvon Thibodeaux and Brian Burns, two talented edge rushers, he was facing a different kind of test.
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