As Jahlani Tavai enters his second year in the NFL, he knows he has to show some serious improvement from his rookie season. Though 2019 was far from a disaster for the Detroit Lions’ second-round pick, Tavai was thrust into the lineup early and certainly had to go through some growing pains.
“My biggest thing last year was I had a lot of wasted movement,” Tavai admitted on a conference call Wednesday afternoon. “That caused me to miss out on plays.”
There’s always a natural hope that after the chaos of a rookie season—in which players are often overwhelmed by new schemes, higher level of competition and just overall stress—a player naturally makes a Year 2 jump.