Detroit Lions Roundtable Quintez Cephus Expectations
1.) What are your expectations for WR Quintez Cephus in his 2nd season with Detroit?
Vito Chirco: He’s with out anxiety due for a larger characteristic, with Detroit’s top three wide receivers from 2020 — Marvin Jones Jr., Kenny Golladay and Danny Amendola — all having expiring contracts.
I furthermore mediate that unique Lions receivers coach Antwaan Randle El, who suited up for nine NFL seasons, will relieve Cephus lift a step forward in his vogue as a wideout in his 2nd season within the league.
Cephus recorded 20 receptions for 349 yards and two touchdowns in 2020.
So, in 2021, I demand the Wisconsin product to amass no longer decrease than 500 reception yards and four rankings. I variety no longer mediate that’ll be too unprecedented to demand of Cephus in his 2nd three hundred and sixty five days as a skilled.
Logan Lamorandier: Cephus exceeded my expectations final three hundred and sixty five days from a statistical standpoint. However, that can furthermore be on account of Kenny Golladay missing so unprecedented time, besides.
In 2021, if Cephus can defend a full-time starting up gig, his numbers can absorb to aloof give a enhance to by default.
In the end, I would really like to thought Cephus be a itsy-bitsy more respectable catching the ball and give a enhance to his consistency from final season. My expectations are around 45 receptions for 600 yards in his expanded characteristic.
Adam Strozynski: At this point, Cephus is the fellow at wide out, as Kenny Golladay is in contract purgatory.
Against the tip of final three hundred and sixty five days, he with out a doubt confirmed what he could be, as he gained the self assurance of Matthew Stafford.
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2.) Okay, beside for LB Micah Parsons, give me two-three defensive gamers the Lions could also draft at No. 7 that that you just must be contented with.
Chirco: I’m all about upgrading the Lions’ defensive position and specifically their porous pass-rushing unit from a three hundred and sixty five days within the past. So, for me, if or no longer it’s no longer Parsons, I would lift a laborious survey at EDGE rushers Kwity Paye, from Michigan, and Gregory Rousseau, from Miami, Fla. They also can just no longer exactly be No. 7 seize-noteworthy gamers. However, every of them would absolutely upgrade a basic residence of need for Detroit.
Lamorandier: There are loads of gamers every three hundred and sixty five days that depart outside of the tip 10 and outperform the tip picks.
Searching on how their pro days depart, I’d also behold some pass-rushers bettering their draft inventory. Or no longer it’s a top fee attach, and groups covet athleticism on the brink. Guys devour Kwity Paye or Azeez Ojulari could be within the equation within the tip 10, within the event that they’ll knock their testing out of the park.
Lastly, I variety no longer mediate the Lions want a corner, but they’ll absorb to aloof draft essentially the most attention-grabbing player available. I’m starting up to warm up to Caleb Farely. He has elite dimension and tempo.
Strozynski: Obviously, Parsons gets all the debate, but do no longer be an awfully good deal surprised if Patrick Surtain II is an chance.
Cornerback is repeatedly a attach that wants a form of depth to your roster.
Miami (Fla.)’s Gregory Rousseau and Alabama’s Christian Barmore are two guys that could also relieve abet this defensive position at seize 7. Any one among these guys could also relieve make contributions to this crew next three hundred and sixty five days.
3.) How unprecedented self assurance variety you’ve that Jeff Okudah and Amani Oruwariye will continue to make and be productive participants of the Lions’ secondary?
Chirco: I’m no longer going to command I’m very confident, per how porous Okudah’s pass coverage skills were throughout his rookie campaign. Or no longer it’s less difficult to be confident in Oruwariye, as he changed into as soon as repeatedly Detroit’s most attention-grabbing duvet corner from commence to enact final three hundred and sixty five days.
In my scrutinize, the group is making an are trying its most attention-grabbing to put Okudah and Oruwariye both in a attach to attain 2021. Including outmoded NFL cornerback and Unique Orleans Saints defensive backs coach Aaron Glenn to Dan Campbell’s workers as defensive coordinator and tabbing outmoded L.A. Rams DBs coach Aubrey Gorgeous to the same attach on Campbell’s workers were well-regarded strikes by the group.
However, as unprecedented as they wants to be expected to assist within the vogue of the 2 aforementioned young corners, a neat level of how a success Okudah and Oruwariye could be in 2021 depends upon whether or no longer or no longer they’ll adequately play the attach at the NFL level.
And clearly, the decision is aloof out relating to whether or no longer Okudah is going to be a starting up-caliber corner within the league.
Lamorandier: With Okudah, I variety no longer mediate he could also gain unprecedented worse then final three hundred and sixty five days. The unique design, more trip and getting utterly wholesome can absorb to aloof depart a long procedure for him.
My self assurance level for some verbalize is moderately high. No longer asserting a Professional Bowl-level player in three hundred and sixty five days two, but likely a season devour Oruwariye had final season.
Talking of Oruwariye, he changed into as soon as any other draft prospect I essentially preferred coming into the NFL. Matt Patricia’s design did no longer variety these young corners any favors, and I mediate both could be improved just by being in a unique system.
Strozynski: Gape, Okudah with out a doubt has to lift a step forward. Whether or no longer it changed into as soon as hurt, a lack of self assurance or something else, he have to be better. I mediate he’s going to be, but I’m now unsure how unprecedented.
Oruwariye has been impressive since day one. No longer loads changed into as soon as expected out of him, and I mediate he changed into as soon as a sneaky seize two years within the past within the fifth spherical. I mediate he takes any other step forward this three hundred and sixty five days, and contributes to a revamped defense.
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