MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Michael Roberts didn’t know. He had gone through practice all week, working full speed but not full speed, so he had a clue at where he was coming off a knee injury. But he couldn’t be sure.
There are just some things that can’t get tested until you’re in a live football game, particularly in-season. What it’s like to be hit. What it’s like to cut and pivot. To have to get to the ball or else it could cost your team greatly. The Detroit Lions tight end had confidence he could do those things – the second-year pro is always confident – but until he lined up against Miami, he wasn’t positive.