At this point, you have heard it all before. You have to be patient during a rebuild. Playing young players comes with growing pains. And through eight games of the 2022 NFL season, the Detroit Lions are well aware of that. It hasn’t been pretty, but if their performance in Week 9 against the Green Bay Packers was any indication of things moving forward, then I would say the Lions are in a fine place, despite only being 2-6 on the year.
If you don’t keep up with the Lions on a week-to-week basis, then I would understand how you might be surprised that they have three defenders on The Athletic’s ‘Midseason All-Rookie Team.