Lions Rookie May Be Poised For Huge Position

The Detroit Lions are heading right into a pivotal 12 months after consecutive devastating playoff losses over the previous two seasons.

Expectations are deservedly excessive even after shedding each coordinators as a result of there may be nonetheless a bevy of expertise on each side of the ball, together with one new rookie who has turned heads all preseason and may very well be poised for an enormous function proper off the bat.

On a current episode of The Ross Tucker Podcast, John Daigle mentioned the current commerce of Tim Patrick, heading from the Lions to the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the way that opens up a considerable function for spectacular rookie Isaac TeSlaa.

“All this does actually is open up TeSlaa for WR3 function that Tim Patrick performed final 12 months. That is nonetheless a logjammed offense, to the place I’m nonetheless questioning their potential to unfold the ball out as they did in previous years, since Ben Johnson and Tanner Engstrand have been the 2 who have been accountable for getting each participant concerned. Now, we’ll see if John Morton is able to that,” Daigle mentioned.

“All this does actually is open up TeSlaa for the WR3 function that Tim Patrick beforehand performed final 12 months.”@NotJDaigle on what the Tim Patrick commerce means for the Lions: pic.twitter.com/i1BR8YM2PY

— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) August 28, 2025

TeSlaa was a third-round pick of…