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How Detroit Lions' Bo Scarbrough went from NFL scrap heap to starter: 'Just be Bo:'

The Detroit Lions have a decision to make about Matt Patricia's future. And one NFL owner might have the right logic. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press

There’s a misconception in the NFL that good running backs can be found anywhere. Of the league’s top-12 rushers, two — Chris Carson and Marlon Mack — were drafted after the second round.

But at the risk of jumping to a far-too-early conclusion in another lost season, the Detroit Lions might have unearthed themselves a rare gem in Bo Scarbrough.

Three games into his Lions career, Scarbrough looks like the type of hard-charging, move-the-chains back coach Matt Patricia covets for his offense.