The Detroit Lions secondary struggled mightily last season. Their performance against Tom Brady and the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers immediately comes to mind. Despite already being filled with a bunch of young potential, the Lions added another piece with their compensatory pick in the third round when they picked Syracuse cornerback Ifeatu Melifonwu.
That name might sound familiar. His brother, Obi Melifonwu, was on a lot of Lions fans’ wish list in the 2017 NFL Draft, but he went to the Oakland Raiders in second round. Ifeatu, or “Iffy,” for short, brings a lot of the same style of play his brother brought to the New England Patriots when they won the Super Bowl.