Veteran quarterback Joshua Dobbs has been with the Detroit Lions for nearly two weeks. During that time, the 31-year-old hasn’t seen that many opportunities with his new team.
Lions head coach Dan Campbell explained to reporters Thursday, though, that that will change in Week 2 of the NFL preseason.
Getting Dobbs repetitions is a goal for Detroit in the game. As is continuing to develop undrafted rookie quarterback Luke Altmyer.
Either signal-caller could still be Jared Goff’s primary backup when the 2026 regular season begins.
“It is still open,” said Campbell of the backup QB competition. “We’re going to start Dobbs this game. But they’re both going to play equal amounts, is the plan here, between [Dobbs] and Altmyer.”
Campbell went on to explain why Dobbs hasn’t seen as many snaps as one might expect yet with the Lions.
“Dobbs is a bright guy. He’s played in this league. We are just making sure we got him up to speed. Being true to that,” Campbell added. “But also, Luke’s a young player. He’s promising. Trying to soak him with reps. So it was just kind of a little bit of that.
“But we’ll get a look of Dobbs here and let him go.”
The indication appears rather clear. Despite being an undrafted rookie, Altmyer has a legitimate chance to be the Lions backup quarterback when the regular season opens.
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