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7 Reasons the Lions Will Be a Dumpster Fire in 2016

By Al Stahl

Matthew Stafford took a beating last season, due to poor offensive line play. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
Matthew Stafford took a beating last season, due to poor offensive line play. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 21, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks (10) makes a 27-yard touchdown catch while defended by Detroit Lions cornerback Nevin Lawson (24) in the third quarter of the game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks (10) makes a 27-yard touchdown catch while defended by Detroit Lions cornerback Nevin Lawson (24) in the third quarter of the game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports /

6. Inexperience at Corner

Darius Slay is a stud. Everyone knows that. But after Slay, the Lions’ corner group is young and largely unproven. Quandre Diggs and Nevin Lawson performed admirably in 2015, filling in for injured starters, but in 2016, they’ll be handed starting jobs to run with. If either underperforms, or god forbid, they both stink up the place, their replacements will be Alex Carter (who hasn’t played in a single game) and either Darrin Walls, Crezdon Butler or Johnson Bademosi.

That’s a bunch of guys with no track record, or a proven bad one, backing up two guys with really short resumes. That’s…not ideal.

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