2: Total number of interceptions from Detroit’s cornerback position among their 16 interceptions as a team last season.
39.6: Opponent passer rating on throws into the end zone in 2024. Opponents were just 7-for-52 on those attempts with seven touchdowns and six interceptions. That rating was the lowest in the NFL last season.
55.6: Completion percentage for opposing quarterbacks when targeting Arnold last season.
62: Completions of 20-plus yards allowed by Detroit’s defense last year. Only Jacksonville (71) allowed more.
81.7: Career passer rating allowed for Reed when targeted by opposing quarterbacks. He’s only given up more than two touchdowns in his coverage area in just one season, and that was in 2021 with Seattle when he allowed three.
1,804: Yards after the catch allowed by Detroit’s defense in 2024. That was the seventh fewest in the NFL last season.
Quotable: “Anytime you get a chance to have as many reps as he had (as a rookie), it helps you,” Lions passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach Deshea Townsend said this offseason of Arnold.
“The only way you can get better is to get a chance to rep. He understands how they are attacking him, and he found that out by himself. ‘What do I do best? How can I make those strengths stronger and then my weaknesses, what do I do now this offseason to make them better?’
“He is trying to be the best player he can be, and that’s what it takes. You have to work on your craft, and you find out how you can get better in the offseason, and he’s working on that.”
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