LOS ANGELES – Rams defensive back Quentin Lake saw a familiar face as he spent his summer training down in Orange County.

Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, a teammate at Mater Dei High School, was also training at the same facility.

"Nothing was discussed," Lake said with a smile. "We were just laughing, talking a little bit of a mess, but it's always good to see him."

Lake's routine in between the end of minicamp in mid-June and arriving for training camp included lifting from 8-10 a.m., followed by an on-field workout from 10 a.m. to noon. After that, he would go down to Orange County for live competition reps against other players who were training there at Golden West.

"So that was really the fun part of this offseason training, was to get those live repetitions, to get me ready for training camp and all that stuff," Lake said. "And I got to go against one of my former teammates and college rivals, St. Brown, so it's gonna be hopefully a good matchup Week 1."

Getting those reps gave Lake a head start preparing for both camp and the upcoming season because of the speed at which they were conducted. However, as he alluded to, the Rams open the 2024 season at the Lions on Sept. 8, and that did come up as they were figuring out whether they wanted to get reps against one another.

"Not only that (head start), you're getting the full-speed reps against guys that are in the NFL," Lake said. "But also, luckily for me, I had a guy on the Lions that I was able to go against, see what he was doing. And we were kind of talking about, 'Do we really want to go against each other?' because we might not want to give stuff away. That was funny too. It's good to get those live reps because then you're body's used to it. You're used to that full-speed repetition over and over again, so when you get to training camp, it's not that you're not seeing anything new but you're body is used to the speed of the game."

Where Lake lands in the Rams secondary is to be determined. He was at safety during OTAs this spring, but in previous seasons has also seen snaps at nickel defensive back and as a dime backer in those sub-packages for Los Angeles' defense.

Ultimately, the biggest thing for him is just being on the field, no matter what position in the defensive backfield.

"Anywhere is fine," Lake said. "I think (the thing) for me is, you can have communication aspect at different positions. There are little nuances, but as long as I'm on the field communicating with the guys, that's all I can ask for."