Miles Killebrew carved out a pretty important role toward the end of last season in Detroit’s defensive sub-package groupings.
He played a similar role in Detroit’s season-opening win vs. Arizona. But if last week is any indication, Detroit’s use of those packages with Killebrew could be greater this season.
Defensive coordinator Teryl Austin likes to use extra safeties in a bunch of his sub-packages, which continues to benefit Killebrew.
Last year, Killebrew played in about 16.2 percent of Detroit’s defensive snaps. Only twice did he reach at least 20 defensive snaps in a contest.
Last week, he played 29 snaps on defense, the most of his career, or roughly 39 percent of the defensive snaps.