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Lions notes: Teez Tabor’s intelligence allowing for quicker learning

The Lions rookie DBs are already impressing Detroit’s coaching staff.

By Jeremy Reisman
NCAA Football: South Carolina at Florida Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
  • Detroit Lions cornerback coach Tony Oden fawned over the team’s two draft picks, Teez Tabor and Jamal Agnew. According to Oden, the team has been able to throw more information to both of them at a quicker pace than normal. “You don’t have to hold back, you can give them more, you can pour into them more and then now, the sky’s the limit," Oden told the Detroit Free Press.

  • Here’s more evidence that Golden Tate is one of the hardest receivers to take down:

  • The Lions rookies took their first headshots as a member of the team:

  • Turns out Lions punter Sam Martin doesn’t just have good touch with his foot. Here he is sticking the landing on the Lions’ second annual closest to the tee contest:

  • As we mentioned last week, Stephen Tulloch, Josh Bynes, and Tahir Whitehead were in Jamaica helping build schools for children. Here’s a look at one of their final products:

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