Hard Knocks, a documentary series that airs on HBO and takes viewers behind the scenes of an NFL team’s training camp, has been a huge success over the past 17 years because football fans can’t get enough of the National Football League (NFL). The Detroit Lions are the team that everyone is talking about this season.
The show, which is a co-production between NFL Films and HBO Sports and has won 18 Sports Emmys, has concentrated on 13 different teams over the course of its previous 16 seasons, including the Dallas Cowboys on three separate occasions. The Lions are going to participate in the Hard Knocks competition for the very first time this season.
Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Detroit Lions has been the subject of much speculation, and here is everything that we know about it.
Hard Knocks First Episode Recap
The first episode of “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions” took some extra time to put the spotlight on some of the lesser-known members of the Lions’ organization: the coaching staff.
The fiery press conferences that head coach Dan Campbell gave during his first season are likely how many people first learned of him. The first episode of Hard Knocks features Campbell in a prominent role as he delivers a fiery (and not kid-friendly) introduction to training camp for his team. The team is working toward the goal of becoming one of the better teams in the NFL, and Campbell helps them get off to a strong start.
The show then delves into a little bit of Campbell’s history and his core beliefs, some of which include conducting fully padded practices on the first full day of training camp as well as up-and-down drills with his team. However, he does have a sense of humor, as evidenced by the fact that the episode’s closing credits featured him making a joke about “Deez nuts.”
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— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) August 9, 2022
Hard Knocks spoke with a number of the assistant coaches, all of whom had previously played in the NFL for multiple seasons. These assistant coaches included Mark Brunell, Antwan Randel El, Kelvin Sheppard, and Hank Fraley, among others. Campbell was not the only coach to be featured on the show. On the other hand, it’s possible that the coaches, Duce Staley, and Aaron Glenn, were the ones who stole the show.
It was hilarious to watch Staley and Glenn engage in constant trash talking as if they were still players, despite the fact that Staley was now representing the offense and Glenn the defense. Rookie Aidan Hutchinson and running back Jamaal Williams were the two players who stood out the most in the first episode from the player’s perspective.
Hutchinson, who was selected first overall by the Lions in the 2022 NFL Draft, was given his own profile as a Michigan kid playing for his hometown team. The profile followed him as he bonded with his new teammates, competed against the Lions’ best offensive lineman, Penei Sewell, and, most importantly, displayed his musical abilities. It is a requirement for Lions rookies to perform in front of their teammates during their very first training camp. Hutchinson gave a rendition of a Michael Jackson classic that had his teammates going wild.
Williams, on the other hand, was a constant presence throughout the entirety of the show, but his most memorable line was the one he delivered at the conclusion of the team’s first practice: Williams is referring to the Lions’ record of 3-13-1, which was the second worst in the league and was mentioned in the previous sentence. The Lions have a long history of being an unsuccessful franchise, but as Williams’s speech demonstrates here, this is not due to a lack of enthusiasm.
Watching all these non Lions fans and media members buying into this team #OnePride #HardKnocks pic.twitter.com/NukIoJFNqM
— woke moralist (@FeighnerThanYou) August 10, 2022
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Hard Knocks Release Date
On Tuesday, August 16, at 10 p.m. ET/PT, a brand new episode of Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Detroit Lions will air. The episode will also be available to stream live at the same time on HBO Max, at which point subscribers will be able to stream it on demand.
The documentary series will continue to release new episodes on Tuesdays at the same time up until the season finale on September 6, 2022, which will occur just a few days before the start of the 2022 NFL season. We are still waiting for confirmation regarding when and where the premiere of Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Detroit Lions will take place in the United Kingdom. Previous seasons of Hard Knocks have been broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports.
Hard Knocks: Where Can We Watch
Hard Knocks is broadcast live on HBO, and anyone who has a traditional pay-TV subscription that includes the premium cable channel can watch it on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern Time and/or Pacific Time. You also have the choice to watch it via streaming via HBO Max, which is a service that can be subscribed to on its own or is included at no additional cost if you already have the standard HBO cable channel.
You can also purchase an add-on subscription to HBO or HBO Max through services such as Sling TV, YouTube TV, and Hulu with Live TV. The previous home for Hard Knocks in the UK was Sky Sports, and viewers in the UK can subscribe to Sky Sports via Sky TV. However, we are still awaiting confirmation that this season of Hard Knocks will be made available to viewers.
Hard Knocks: Trailer
Here is the trailer for the upcoming documentary Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the Detroit Lions. The voice of head coach Dan Campbell is heard throughout the entire trailer, praising his team and saying how they are at a different level heading into this new season over footage of the first few days of training camp. His comments are heard over footage of the first few days of training camp. Have a look at it down below:
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