The Detroit Lions didn’t give Trinity Benson much time to settle in last year. Detroit traded for the 24-year-old wide receiver less than two weeks prior to their season opener, and Benson was immediately asked to jump into the lineup. He played 49 snaps in Week 1 and at least 20 snaps in each of the team’s first five games.
Unfortunately for Benson, it didn’t click right away. He caught just six passes for 55 in those five games combined, as Detroit’s passing offense limped through the first quarter of the season.
“(It was) definitely challenging,” Benson told reporters on Wednesday.