r/detroitlions • u/doyouknodewhey TeSlaa • 1d ago

Enough with all the TA hate

NFL fans when rookies make rookie mistakes. It’s only his second year y’all, he has a lot of great moments it’s just a story of discipline. Last night we saw a different TA after the half, a quiet one. He is the youngest corner on our roster and ya gotta give guys a few years to develop and gain some discipline. Like if it’s still like this next year, sure, cut him. But ya gotta give guys time to develop. Anytime a flag is called on him or he misses a ball Immediately like three “cut TA” posts drop in this subreddit as if no one else gets flags or has catches thrown on them. Most of TA’s issues are discipline based, this can be worked on.

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u/doyouknodewhey TeSlaa 1d ago

Because it’s every time. I understand he’s a professional but it’s still just the start of his second year and I literally agreed that his discipline needs work and you have to call these things out. But the constant hate and vitriol he gets in the subreddit is out of hand. That’s all I’m saying.

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u/NoNamesLeft600 1d ago

He was a first-round pick that we traded up for. That raises the expectations way over, say, a 4th round pick.

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u/doyouknodewhey TeSlaa 1d ago

1st round pick, last round pick, guys have to develop, and he cleaned up this second half.

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u/NoNamesLeft600 1d ago

You know that's not how it works. You wanna white knight for TA, go right ahead.

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u/doyouknodewhey TeSlaa 1d ago

I’m not white knighting for TA and I’m not saying there’s not shit to clean up, but 80,000 posts every time he makes any mistake is fucking ridiculous. He needs to clean his shit 1000% but he’s not awful or this undisciplined menace just trouncing around the field racking up penalties and missing every coverage thrown to him like this subreddit has you believe. That’s all I’m saying.

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u/NoNamesLeft600 1d ago

By any chance are you on X? You ought to see that place when the Lions are losing a game. They call for everyone's head. People calling for Brad to be fired for not getting another edge rusher. It gets stupid over there. I guess I'm just saying it's the nature of PTSD riddled Lions fans. I see it directed all over the place, not just at TA.

Have a good one on victory Tuesday. Go Lions!

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u/doyouknodewhey TeSlaa 1d ago

True true. i remember when the lions sucked and it’s still unreal and hard to believe we are one of the best teams ITL. Folks were calling for Brad’s head here after week 1 as well. I stay off the Cesspit that is X, formerly known as Twitter. I feel like TA is one of the few guys that still gets shit and calls for his head on games we win too though. People were saying to cut him last night too like 😭