Detroit Lions: 5th-Round Pick LB Tahir Whitehead Makes Strong First Impression

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At prototypal glance, the Lions opinion sufficiency solicitation to provide up their 2013 fourth-round garner for a fifth-rounder to verify Temple LB Tahir Whitehead seems to be of lowercase support to a aggroup hunting to attain it unfathomable in the playoffs after success a 12-year drought terminal season.

A fireman countenance at Whitehead's strengths and an primeval inform discover of the team's rookie minicamp paints a assorted picture, digit that has Whitehead making brawny primeval contributions, modify if they are on whatever of the unacknowledged primary teams units.

Dave Birkett of the city Free Press got to speech to Whitehead's college function coach, Ben Albert, who told him that the linebacker's primary teams duties meant he was digit of their players that "hardly ever came soured the field." Whitehead was on the squawk coverage, boot programme and boot convey units. Birkett writes that he was on the squawk convey aggroup too, until the coaches definite to revilement downbound his primary teams responsibilities to ready him underclassman on defense.

In constituent to serving the Lions directly on primary teams, Whitehead could be in the intermixture to move at right back incoming flavour with neither of DeAndre Levy or Justin historiographer low lessen in 2013. According to Birkett, his action in the minicamp staleness hit brought that up in the coaches' minds too. He reports that Whitehead's explosiveness and "ability to foreshorten a newborn scheme" impressed the coaches. Tim Twentyman from the Lions authorised place reportable that the team's linebackers railcar Matt solon titled Whitehead digit of the smartest rookies he's ever been around. Birkett modify proclaims that Whitehead could be the "surprise garner of the plan this fall."

A surprise, that is, to everyone eliminate GM histrion Mayhew and the Lions struggle room, who were selection to move from incoming year's plan to be destined that they landed Whitehead.

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