On Thursday, news broke that Detroit Lions second-year cornerback Ennis Rakestraw was headed on injured reserve following shoulder surgery. His 2025 season has already come to an end, which is obviously a really tough break for the 23-year-old cornerback. He has already had to fight his way through several injuries, and he’ll have just eight game appearances and a mere 46 defensive snaps over his first two NFL seasons.

But as coach Dan Campbell likes to say in the face of an injury, while it’s terrible for the player, it’s also a tremendous opportunity for other players behind Rakestraw on the depth chart. And with other moveable parts in the secondary—like Rock Ya-Sin being cross-trained at safety and Amik Robertson’s versatility to play both nickel and outside cornerback—the Lions could

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