“Yeah, he continues to grow. He’s a pretty instinctive guy, he’s got length, I thought his coverage has continued to get better and he’s showing up on special teams,” Campbell said Tuesday of Rakestraw. “I mean, some of those things we did yesterday, the gunner drill, it showed up at our place and it showed up here. The gunner, jammer work. He’s competitive, he’s highly competitive and has the ability, so we like his trajectory right now.”
The Lions still have a month before their regular-season opener against the Rams to figure out the best fit in the slot and subsequently the best five-man pairing for their secondary when in the nickel, but the Moseley injury certainly hurts because he was playing well to start camp.
GM Brad Holmes went to work this offseason improving the talent and depth at the cornerback position for scenarios just like this, and the Lions still have some good options and time to piece it all together.
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