As role grows, Lions’ Tabor vows to keep working

(Photo: Daniel Mears / Detroit News)Allen Park — Glued to the bench early in the season, Detroit Lions rookie cornerback Teez Tabor had finally managed to carve out a role down the stretch.

He played a season-high 44 snaps in Weeks 15 and 16, and with Nevin Lawson out with a concussion, appeared primed to see the field even more in the finale. But his day ended in the first quarter, when his arm was injured in a three-way collision with Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb and safety Quandre Diggs.

Cobb had slipped behind Tabor 30 yards downfield on a broken play, before Diggs came over the top, delivered a big hit, breaking up the potentially big gain. The safety was flagged for unnecessary…