"I got welcomed to the NFL quick and there’s really no time to slack out there at corner cause y’all know how it goes," Trufant said. Detroit Lions still planning on hosting fans for all 8 home games in 2020 New, 44 comments The Lions continue to move forward with the hopes to host fans in 2020. I’m just a rookie, and then in the (preseason) game he caught a little pass in the flat and I came up to try to tackle him and he pretty much just ran me over out of bounds.

My bell was rung for sure, so I knew, OK. Like, I knew what time it was after that.”Trufant went on to have a stellar rookie season for the Atlanta Falcons, starting 16 games and intercepting two passes.His experience was the exception to the rule that young cornerbacks struggle out of the gate, and his new team, the Detroit Lions, are hoping their own rookie, “Honestly, I think he has what it takes,” said Trufant, who signed The Lions are two practices and nearly two weeks of strength and conditioning workouts into training camp, so no one knows for sure how quick a study Okudah will be.But a constant refrain dating back to the offseason is that Okudah asks probing and intelligent questions in meetings, and that should help him adjust to the NFL.“He’s always asking me questions about stuff, asking me questions about how the room worked over in New England,” safety Duron Harmon said.

Former Minnesota Vikings defensive back Jayron Kearse (27) signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions in March after spending four seasons with the Vikings. So you just got to stay even-keeled.

Stream live TV from ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN & popular cable networks. So I think that’s the biggest thing that you got to learn transitioning to this league.” Heat's Derrick Jones Jr. 'moving better' after being stretchered off court "Kearse, 26, signed a one-year contract with the Lions in March after spending four seasons with the Vikings. The game was played in Detroit on Thanksgiving and pulled the Lions within one game of the division lead with three weeks left in the season. His experience was the exception to the rule that young cornerbacks struggle out of the gate, and his new team, the Detroit Lions, are hoping their own rookie, No. It was a stat all fans were familiar with. Copyright © 2020 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. That’s how long it took Desmond Trufant to learn playing cornerback in the NFL was “a different game” than college.“So we were scrimmaging the Bengals in (joint) practice,” Trufant said Thursday. Basketball Hall of Fame delays Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan inductions to May 2021 And it’s a marathon at the end of the day. He was just talking crazy, but I remember I was seeing colors. This position, at some point somebody’s going to make a play on you, but how do you react to that? Cloud DVR with no storage limits. 6 accounts per household included. The Lions jumped out to a 23–0 halftime lead and extended the lead to 26–0 before the Packers scored two late touchdowns. The 1969 Detroit Lions season was the 40th season in franchise history. The Lions defense pounded Packers quarterback Bart Starr with 11 sacks. The Lions enjoyed their best season in seven years, and their first winning campaign since 1964 by finishing in second place in the NFL Central Division with a solid 9–4–1 record led by a stingy defense that only allowed 188 total points on … “A guy that’s just trying to learn.”Trufant and Okudah likely will start at the outside cornerback spots for the Lions this fall, with Justin Coleman in the slot and Harmon and Tracy Walker at safety.Trufant said Okudah will have a steeper learning curve than he had coming out of Washington in 2013 because of the coronavirus pandemic, which forced teams to have entirely virtual offseasons.“It’s definitely a different environment, different time,” he said. I mean, we still did things virtual, so he still got some of that, but it’s still nothing like taking those reps physically.”As a cornerback, though, Trufant said Okudah should be used to adversity and quick to adjust. It's a league matter, and I'll leave it at that. Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn talks with reporters during his end of season press conference at their team headquarters in Allen Park on Friday, January 4, 2019. A Detroit Lions rusher had not topped the 100-yard mark in a single game in over four years. “I was talking to (Jermaine Gresham), talking back and forth in practice.

… But it is something we were aware of during free agency. Are you going to come back and make another play, or are you going to let it just continue to roll? New York Yankees put star OF Aaron Judge on IL with calf injury File Photo by Brian Kersey/UPI | 3 …

“We didn’t have a full offseason program to get all the reps in, to get the playbook. Start a Free Trial to watch Detroit Lions on YouTube TV (and cancel anytime).

"We were aware of the situation in free agency, obviously vetted the situation. Vlade Divac steps down as Sacramento Kings' GM; Joe Dumars takes over "You’re the man one play and the next play they’re talking about you. In 15 games last season, he recorded 28 total tackles, one interception and six passes defensed.Kearse is eligible to return to the team Sept. 28 following the Lions' game against the July 31, 2020 / 7:35 PM A place for fans of Detroit Lions to watch, share, and discuss their favoriete videos. July 31 (UPI) --New Detroit Lions safety Jayron Kearse was suspended three games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, the league announced Friday.