Hankins finished last weekend’s game with three tackles and a quarterback hit, a performance that included a third-and-1 stop, a tackle for loss, and is almost always the case for an interior linemen, plenty of other crucial plays that didn’t show up in the stat sheet, including multiple run plays in the red zone he helped wreck at the line of scrimmage before teammates got there to make the tackle.
Through three games, Hankins has three tackles for loss, tied for second in the league among interior linemen behind Green Bay’s Devonte Wyatt, who has five.
“There’s a reason why you play 12 years in the league,” Durde said. “He’s a constant pro, he goes through the process, he loves football, he loves the everyday grind of it. It’s a cool thing to see. You can see he’s helping the young guys.”
Said Hankins, when asked about his tackles for loss, “I guess just playing 12 years, understanding what I’m getting. To me, it isn’t really that complicated, but just playing a little bit more aggressively, having a better feeling of the defense and with T-Dot (linebacker Tyrel Dodson) behind me and just trying to be impactful and help guys out there.”
With Williams and Murphy both ruled out for Monday night’s game in Detroit, Hankins will again be asked to take on a bigger role once again, particularly against a physical, talented Lions offensive line that leads the way for one of the league’s best rushing attacks.
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