ALLEN PARK, Mich. - They set the tone early, and the Detroit Lions carried it through two full days of joint practices.

And when it was finally over, with Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins' offense going four plays and out in a game-ending simulation to cap Thursday's 90-minute workout, the "tonality," as Miami coach Mike McDaniel described it, was unmistakable. So was the message that the home team delivered: Things are different in Detroit than they are elsewhere in the NFL.

Everyone knows the standard has been raised here these past few years under Dan Campbell, from playoff hopeful to Super Bowl contender. But the Lions' roster is so stacked with high-end talent and across-the-board toughness now that sometimes it takes a side-by-side comparison with another team to remember just how m

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