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Detroit Lions: Full Position Breakdown and Depth-Chart Analysis at Cornerback

Change can be both good and bad. Often times, we fear change, but it almost always works out for the better. That's exactly how the Detroit Lions ended up here.

With Bill Bentley's release the longest-tenured CB in Detroit is Darius Slay. And this will be their best CB group since the 90s...

— Jeff Risdon (@JeffRisdon) June 19, 2015

It's also true that a high rate of turnover, especially among the starters, can be bad for a football team. In Detroit's case, it returns exactly 100 percent of its starting secondary, so the team can continue to embrace new faces behind its top line in an effort to find a winning combination.