Detroit Lions linebacker Jamie Collins issued a simple directive in regard to where he expects to line up on the field this season.
“Go check my stats,” he told reporters recently. “My stats is through the roof every season. It’s like, it is what it is. Inside, outside, it’s my job.”
Sure enough, through the roof. Maybe even into the higher wisps of the thinning atmosphere.
The New England Patriots picked Collins out of Southern Miss in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft. The next year, he became a full-time starter and has been extremely productive since then as a versatile chess piece who can line up just about anywhere.