Replacing Golden Tate is no easy task. As Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia said on Wednesday, it’s going to take a full team effort.
“You never replace. You never try to walk in and say, ‘Hey, we’re going to replace this guy with this.’ It’s a team effort,” Patricia said.
But listening to players around the locker room this week, it certainly sounded like there was going to be one person that would benefit the most: wide receiver TJ Jones.
Jones has hung around the periphery of the Lions’ receiving corps for years.