Detroit Lions: Give kudos to Bob Quinn, Damon Harrison and Darius Slay
By Robert Jones
The Detroit Lions 2019 training camp opened without incident as Damon Harrison and Darius Slay both reported. So who deserves credit for it?
Training camp is now in full swing for the Detroit Lions as the entire roster has reported without incident. Something we all feared would not be the case.
Last Tuesday, both Damon “Snacks” Harrison and Darius Slay announced they would be reporting to training camp without new contracts in hand. Needless to say, the collective sigh of relief from Lions fans could have caused a hurricane since we all know how much they both mean to this defense.
No one knew for sure until Snacks and Slay made their intentions known, exactly what was going to happen.
As a matter of fact, most fans I had spoken to were expecting the worst. A big holdout that caused distractions in camp and put the Lions behind the eight ball before the preseason had even started.
Instead, everything we had heard over the offseason regarding the contract talks now seems like idle prattle. The Lions have their two best returning defenders in house to team with Trey Flowers, their star free agent defensive signing, and things are looking pretty good on that side of the ball.
As a matter of fact, they look like a top-five defense. A defense which can give an offense they type of help they need while assimilating a new scheme.
Yet not too long ago as we watched OTAs come and go without Snacks and Slay, we were wondering how the defense would compensate for their absence as team Rosenhaus, comprised of super-agent Drew Rosenhaus, his client Darius Slay and a newly signed Damon Harrison this offseason cornered Lions general manager Bob Quinn in a Mexican standoff.
While there may have been no actual bullets fired, there were some verbal shots and suddenly the question became; will Bob Quinn find a way to get Snacks and Slay in training camp?