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The Detroit Lions suffered a major and unexpected blow this offseason when they released former first-round pick Terrion Arnold after he ran into some significant legal trouble.
The news came out of left field as Detroit was banking on Arnold being its CB1 this season and leading a group of both young and somewhat inexperienced cornerbacks that includes Roger McCreary, D.J. Reed, Ennis Rakestraw, Rock Ya-Sin, Avonte Maddox, and rookie Keith Abney.
And now with training camp having started, and the regular season a little over a month away, the Lions are using the next several weeks to find out how their CB depth chart will shake out.
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Defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard was asked on Monday about how the team is dealing with a setback the magnitude of losing a franchise corner who was the 24th overall pick just two years ago, and Sheppard had a pretty interesting response.
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“I’m not going to say it was a setback because, to me, honestly, that’s disrespectful to the guys that’s still in this locker room,” Sheppard told reporters. “What I’ll say is, Terrion Arnold had No. 1 cornerback potential, but it was still untapped. And I’ll kind of leave that at that.”
The 23-year-old Arnold is facing the possibility of life in prison due to his off-the-field troubles. But that hasn’t stopped other NFL teams from reaching out to inquire about signing him if he doesn’t face extended jail time.
It’s difficult to see Arnold signing with any team while the uncertainty surrounding his off-the-field issues are unresolved, however, strange things happen in the NFL when it comes to player misconduct.
Given the nature of his situation, it’s likely if Arnold does step on an NFL field again, he will have to serve a lengthy suspension before being cleared to play.
Suspensions for violations of the NFL’s personal conduct policy can vary in length, but it wouldn’t be surprising if Arnold’s punishment reached double-digit games based on recent league reprimands for players like Justin Tucker, Cam Sutton, and Deshaun Watson.
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