Lions Believe Ennis Rakestraw Has Future at Outside CB

I do too. Or I guess I should say I see no reason he’s only a slot player, the way he got pigeonholed last year. IF he has a future, it’s as likely to be outside as inside imo.

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Please for the love of God stay healthy. Stay away from banana peels, be careful getting in and out of the cold tub, don’t for any reason drive with pizzas on the passenger seat and avoid lettuce.

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so he’s actually on the field? Like…running around and stuff?

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No chasing puppies down the stairs, either.

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Notes from camp said he got torched on both tries today, so not off to a great start.

No couples yoga

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I have faith he can be everything we thought Arnold could. Might be the only one but I believe he is going to surprise this year

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Can he go to a drive-thru naked though?

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Honestly I think he’s got a much better shot at staying healthy playing on the outside. The nickel still does more heavy lifting in run defense.

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He hasn’t played in two years. He’s gonna need a lot of reps. I’d play him most of every preseason game.

Inconsistent but improving per Dan If you want to look at it from glass half full or half empty perspective.

“We’ve got high hopes for Rakestraw too. You see flashes with him, there’s some good stuff. There’s some just, same thing, inconsistencies with him a little bit. But then I would say those are less and less every day, which is good news.”

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To be fair, Dan said this about Vildor as well.

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Again glass half full or half empty. I’d rather focus on the positive side but that’s just me :person_shrugging:

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Of course. Just take an uber and sit in the backseat though for safety.

Does waymo do fast food runs? :joy:

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Could be for sure. Certainly corners in the slot have a lot more responsibility in the run game, so it might be good strategy to keep him away from it.

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Right now, they have to believe this! There are zero other options lol… Hopefully he answers the call and doesn’t get injured… But that’s probably asking a lot.

Seems like last year we were heavy at outside CB so he was an inside only guy.

This year it’s opposite… Mcreary, Abney, Maddox etc heavy inside

Soo now he’s an outside guy lol

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He will give you the glass fully empty…

or smashed into pieces…

It never changes.

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