For two years running, Danny Shelton was a key part of one of the NFL’s best rush defenses. This year, after leaving the New England Patriots for the Detroit Lions in free agency, he most certainly is not — and he’s taking his new team’s struggles defending the run personally.
“Honestly, that just, that’s part of the D-tackle, D-line room,” Shelton said Wednesday. “We just take all the blame upfront cause it starts with the guys upfront. We got to be solid upfront. If we’re going to stop the run, we’ve got to do it upfront first.