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Lions' Devon Kennard part of Phoenix area's pass-rush pipeline — just like Terrell Suggs

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Terrell Suggs has been terrorizing quarterbacks for so long that Devon Kennard used to watch him do it on VHS cassette.

Kennard was an aspiring pass rusher growing up in suburban Phoenix when his brother, Derek Kennard Jr., suggested he study Suggs' plays in the NFL.

The two played the same position, had similar body types, and Suggs was a former Phoenix prep star who went on to have a standout career at Arizona State and win a Super Bowl.