New Detroit Lions tight ends coach Steve Heiden knows what it’s like to rehab from a torn ACL. In his own 11-year NFL career, he had to do it once. It’s a grueling work to just get back on the field, but even then you’re still playing not at your full capabilities.
“You’re really not yourself that whole next year,” Heiden told reporters on Wednesday.
Heiden, who was hired to replace promoted tight end coach Tanner Engstrand back in January, will now get impose some of that wisdom of experience on Lions tight end James Mitchell.